How to get started with Tatum - YouTube
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Overview
This video is a quick start guide on how to use the Tatum blockchain development platform. It explains how to sign up for a free API key, generate a wallet, private key, deposit address, deploy an NFT smart contract, mint a new NFT, work with NFT metadata, and transfer your NFT on Polygon.
Introduction to Tatum
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Tatum is a blockchain development platform that provides infrastructure, SDKs, and an API for over 40 blockchain protocols.
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Users can sign up for a free API key, which allows for five API calls per second.
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A paid plan offers 200 API calls per second.
Generating a Polygon Wallet
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The video demonstrates how to generate a Polygon wallet using Tatum's API and the Postman tool.
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It explains the importance of the mnemonic and extended public key in wallet generation and address creation.
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The process involves generating a wallet, creating a private key from the mnemonic, and generating an address from the extended public key.
Creating and Managing NFTs
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The video guides users on deploying a pre-built NFT smart contract on the Polygon network using Tatum's API.
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It explains how to mint a new NFT by specifying the contract address, chain, private key, recipient, token ID, and metadata URL.
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The video demonstrates transferring the minted NFT to another address using the owner's private key.
Working with NFT Metadata and Storage
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Tatum offers lifetime unlimited free IPFS storage for NFT data through a partnership with Protocol Labs.
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Users can upload NFT images, videos, audio, and metadata to IPFS using Tatum's API.
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The video explains how to structure the metadata JSON schema, including the NFT's name, description, and IPFS image link.
Alternatives to Using Tatum
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Developers can create and deploy their own smart contracts using Solidity and interact with them using web3 endpoints.
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This approach requires knowledge of smart contract development, compilation, deployment, and interaction with blockchain nodes.
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Tatum offers web3 HTTP drivers for developers who prefer to interact with blockchain nodes directly.
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