🖼️What's an NFT?

An NFT (non-fungible token) is a unique digital asset that lives on a blockchain—in this case, Tezos—where we operate the largest digital art marketplace.

Think of it as a digital certificate of authenticity that proves who created a piece of artwork and who owns it today. For example, an artist can create a digital painting, mint it (into an NFT on objkt), and sell 5 editions of that artwork. The publicly available NFT records show that the artist is the creator and that the 5 collectors who purchased the editions are the current owners of those NFTs. Without this, anyone could save your work as a JPG and claim it as theirs.

What types of NFTs exist?

Creators from all over the world come to objkt to mint (create) a variety of artworks into NFTs. Some common forms include:

• Art: illustrations, photography, paintings, animations

• Generative art: code-based artworks that create unique outputs

• Collectibles: PFPs, avatars, digital badges

• Music: songs, stems, sound packs

• Gaming items: characters, skins, in-game assets

And much, much more. Objkt indexes over 7 million NFT tokens on our marketplace, so feel free to explore!

Buying and selling NFTs

NFT artworks can be bought, sold, or transferred between wallets directly on objkt. Each token listing clearly show historical data (when it was last sold, at what price, and to whom), so you can make informed decisions as you grow your NFT collection.

If you're new to collecting, check out our starter guides for more info. 👈