Success and Ego: Unveiling the Realities Behind an NFT Adventure

<h1>Part 1: A Stone That Didn&rsquo;t Kill the Crypto Superman</h1> <p>Let&rsquo;s rewind to the moment my partner (now my spouse) and I first stumbled upon NFTs. We were thrilled at the idea that artists, like us, who were not willing to compromise their integrity to climb the social ladder could find a place in a community that truly valued their work. But what exactly are NFTs? At the time, I had never bought any cryptocurrencies, and the only cryptocurrency I&rsquo;d ever heard of was Bitcoin. I hadn&rsquo;t dabbled in traditional stock markets either. Terms like &ldquo;bull&rdquo; and &ldquo;bear&rdquo; markets only vaguely reminded me of the Cold War. The only investment I knew was putting money into gold, and that hadn&rsquo;t gone well either. In fact, I had been in the red with gold investments for the past five months. So, you&rsquo;ll understand that you&rsquo;re about to hear the success story of someone who started at the absolute bottom in this arena. By the way, I still don&rsquo;t trust or like cryptocurrency, but that&rsquo;s a topic for another article.</p> <p>Back to our entry into the world of NFTs. Everything started with some research and my partner&rsquo;s quest for a Foundation invite. We were frantically chasing invites on Twitter. Back then, Foundation required an invite to join. It took us about 1.5 to 2 weeks to find one. Until that point, I had never even used Twitter. During this process, I learned a lot more than just about cryptocurrencies. When we were finally ready to upload our first pieces of art, it felt like stepping out of a cave into the modern world. We had expected the process to be as easy as posting a photo on Instagram, but we couldn&rsquo;t have been more wrong. Uploading art cost money, and it wasn&rsquo;t cheap. We encountered new terms like &ldquo;minting&rdquo; and &ldquo;listing,&rdquo; and they came with their own price tags. It felt ludicrous to me that I had to spend money before making any. If you&rsquo;d asked me a hundred times if I&rsquo;d pay $100 for a chance to earn money, I&rsquo;d have said no each time. Fortunately, my partner was the first to upload an NFT, and this issue was resolved. But even transferring money to MetaMask, our digital wallet, was a challenge. At least, it was in my country. To get there, I had to register with a crypto exchange, transfer money from my bank to the exchange, then from there to MetaMask, and finally link it to my Foundation account. On top of that, I had to safeguard something called a &ldquo;seed phrase.&rdquo; This is where I had left off, and thankfully, my partner was more tenacious. She tackled all the challenges, even after watching ten YouTube videos on how to transfer money to MetaMask. $100, hard work, and tears &mdash; that&rsquo;s how this journey started. Little did we know that it would lead to much greater achievements!</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@lazybrewer/success-and-ego-unveiling-the-realities-behind-an-nft-adventure-c15b8f87ee6"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>
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