new? here are the steps to get started.

Here are the three main steps to collecting a NFT on this site:

• Buy Cardano (ADA) on an exchange (Steps 1-2) [for Canadians]
• Create a Cardano Wallet and move ADA into your wallet from the exchange (Steps 3-4)
• Purchase NFT (Steps 5-7) 

1. Register a Newton account to buy Cardano (easiest way to buy Crypto)

Use this link to receive $25 when you trade more than $100. 

2. Exchange at least $35 CDN to Cardano (ADA). This will be around 25-30 ADA depending on the exchange rate. (exchange rate can fluctuate a lot!)

3. Create a Cardano wallet, we recommend using Nami - https://namiwallet.io/. Make sure to write down your seed phrase on paper and store it in a safe place. These are some other options: 

- https://daedaluswallet.io/

- https://ccwallet.io/

- https://yoroi-wallet.com/

Note: Once you have at least 30 ADA or more, send it to the receiving address of your Nami wallet. (Remember, Nami is a browser based wallet extension to interact with the Cardano blockchain)

Each placeholder NFT will cost 25 ADA

 IMPORTANT - you will need to have extra ADA in your wallet for fees. Allow 3 ADA per sale to be safe, so: 

• 28 ADA in wallet for 1 NFT
• 53 ADA for 2 NFTs
• 78 ADA for 3 NFTs
• 253 ADA for 10 NFTs

The extra 2 ADA and transaction fee are used in the background to send the NFTs. If you start with 28 ADA, then 2 ADA and some change will remain in your wallet after the sale.

4. It will take some time for your funds to arrive in your wallet (possibly up to 15min). There is usually some congestion in the network. 

5. Once you have your ADA in your Cardano wallet, you are ready.

DO NOT SEND ADA FROM AN EXCHANGE, YOU WON'T GET YOUR NFT AND LOSE YOUR ADA 

6. Purchase the NFT on the site either through the random purchase option or selecting COLLECT on an individual NFT in the gallery. There will be some transaction fees in the payment gateway. The minting time is difficult to estimate due to the current blockchain congestions (up to 10 min).

7. Again, there will be congestion so it will take some time for the NFT to appear in your Nami wallet (up to 30 min). 

To check if you have received your NFT simply check our NAMI wallet and go to pool.pm. Copy your receiving address after the pool.pm URL eg. https://pool.pm/[your-address-here] There you will see all your NFT. (once successfully sent by the blockchain)!

Cheers, and go collect. 

More Notes:

Can we mint from a mobile phone? Only works on desktop 

How do I receive a rare placeholder NFT? If you mint 10 NFTs, a rare NFT will be airdropped to your wallet. Rare NFTs are reserved for those who mint at least 10. Only common types will be available to mint.