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NFT Infrastructure

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Last updated 2 years ago

In addition to the digital assets themselves, the NFT ecosystem is empowered by several key pieces of infrastructure including:

  • Smart Contract Platforms: Decentralized computers, such as Ethereum, that create, store, and facilitate the exchange of NFTs

  • Rollups: Protocols that are designed to increase the efficiency and affordability of smart contract platforms

  • Storage Providers: Decentralized protocols such as Arweave and Filecoin that host the artwork, audio files, video files, etc… that constitute NFTs

  • Marketplaces: Platforms such as OpenSea that allow users to buy and sell NFTs

  • Wallets: Hot wallets such as Metamask that store NFTs and allow access to marketplaces and other dApps

Next, we’ll take a look at each category and provide some detail on the market leaders .

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