🎨Public Testnet Minting Guide
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Halalanft will be launching soon, and to ensure release readiness on the mainnet Avalanche network and invite early community involvement with the Halalanft ecosystem, Halalanft is conducting a 'public testnet minting' campaign event. The event offers a prize of 3 Halalanft NFTs worth $199 USDC per NFT for 3 wallet addresses chosen by raffle. To participate, anyone who meets the following conditions is eligible :
Conduct NFT testnet minting on: https://test.halalanft.com/minting, Avalanche Fuji Testnet network, from May 25, 2023, at 00:00 UTC to May 30, 2023, at 00:00 UTC.
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To make it easier for participants, especially those who are new to the Web3 world, we will provide a step-by-step guide on how to mint NFTs on the Halalanft minting test page, starting from installing Metamask. Here are the instructions::
Metamask is a crypto wallet. Just as a browser serves as your gateway to the internet, a crypto wallet serves as your gateway to interact with decentralized applications, also known as dapps.
A crypto wallet is a means to store and manage your identity, which is represented by a digital key. You need this key to do anything on the blockchain - connect to a dapp, send or receive crypto, buy or sell NFTs, etc. Think of your wallet as a Web3 permission manager, where you grant access to the apps you want to use.
When your crypto wallet is created, a unique phrase is created, known as the 'Secret Recovery Phrase' (SRP) or 'seed phrase'. This is the cryptographic master password that you must keep secret. This is where your digital public address and private key come from-one pair for every account you create in MetaMask.
Public Address is the first way to identify yourself on the blockchain. This public address is like your bank account number, while your private key (which comes from your SRP) is more akin to a pin code to log into your bank account. You don't want to share it with anyone, and want to keep it safe, right?
Here are some of the things you can do with crypto wallets:
Create, build, and manage your Web3 identity
Connect to dapps
Confirm transactions
Buy cryptocurrency Store your cryptocurrency
Approving and revoking permissions
Giving dapps access to parts of your digital identity
Purchase and print NFTs
Vote on proposals/petitions
Here's a step-by-step installation of Metamask on Google Chrome.
Open https://metamask.io/ in your chrome or brave broser, and click donwload metamask
Add to chrome
Next, please read the "terms of use" first and click "create new wallet"
Create a password and confirm the password according to the character requirements. Then click "create a new wallet". On the next page, you will be given information about wallet security and should watch an educational video about metamask wallet security.
Write down the 12-word Secret Recovery Phrase and store it in a place that you trust and only you can access (the phrases in this article are shown for educational purposes, and not for actual use).
Some tips :
What is a Secret Recovery Phrase?
Your Secret Recovery Phrase is a 12-word phrase that is the "master key" to your wallet and funds. Write down this 12-word Secret Recovery Phrase and keep it somewhere you trust and only you can access it.
How do I save my Secret Recovery Phrase?
Save in a password manager, store in a safe deposit box, write it down and store it in multiple secret places.
Should I share my Secret Recovery Password?
Never share your Secret Recovery Phrase, not even with MetaMask! If someone asks for your recovery password, they are most likely trying to scam you and steal your wallet funds.
Confirm the 12-word phrase, then your wallet is successfully created, click "got it" and "next".
Please check the chrome extension, and you can start to enter the Web3 gate. Your Public Address is 0xf68...792c (under the name Account 1).
To mint Halalanft NFTs on the testnet, you need to add the Avalanche Fuji Testnet network in metamask. An easy way is to add the network through chainlist.org which is a platform to make it easier to connect to the EVM network instead of having to do manual network settings in metamask.
Next, please check if the network in your metamask has changed in Avalance Fuji Testnet. If so, then you are connected to the Avalanche Testnet network.
To be able to mint Halalanft NFTs, you need to have AVAX tokens as transaction gasfees and USDC tokens as currency for NFT purchases. And of course this token is a faucet that has no price, only for testing purposes. To get it, users can contact the Avalanche team or on platforms that provide avalanche testnet faucets, one of which is at https://faucet.avax.network/. Select the Fuji network (C-Chain), select the AVAX token (Native), and enter your public address. Once successful, you will get 2 AVAX faucet tokens
After getting the AVAX faucet token, then you need to exchange 1 AVAX for USDC to mint Halalanft NFTs, through the Decentralized Exchange (DEX) platform on the avalanche blockchain, one of which is TraderJoe (testnet version) accessible at the following link: https://traderjoexyz.com/fuji.
Next, connect the metamask wallet by clicking "connect wallet" in the top right corner of the traderjoe page, select the metamask wallet, and please sign approval for access.
After connecting, please enter the trade page, by entering 1 AVAX faucet token that was obtained to exchange for USDC (just search USDC, or by entering the USDC testnet contract: 0xB6076C93701D6a07266c31066B298AeC6dd65c2d)
Next please click swap, and confirm in metamask. If there is a success notification, then you now have USDC, and are ready to mint on the Halalanft testnet minting page.
After passing steps 1 to 3 above, it means that you are ready to do the Halalanft NFT minting test. Please access https://test.halalanft.com/minting and kilk the "connect" button to connect your wallet with the minting page.
Once connected, click "approve" to approve the use of USDC tokens in the wallet. If you are asked to set a USDC usage limit (spending cap), then please click MAX only (this limit can be set again at a later time). And click confirm and next.
When the "purchase" button appears, you are ready to mint. Determine how many NFTs to print, with the price of NFTs on this testnet at $1 USDC / NFT. Next check "agree to terms and conditions". Then click "purchase" and confirm in the metamask wallet.
And if the page changes as shown above, then the NFT minting has been completed, and you get a testnet version of Halalanft NFT (dummy / not unique).
