January 4, 2023

Mint by Cope Studio Takes Center Stage With Polygon Spotlight

Introducing Polygon Spotlight, a community-inspired program dedicated to capturing and amplifying the stories of the greatest builders, creators, contributors, and partners building on Polygon.

Polygon Spotlight is where the drama of building the next iteration of the Internet comes to life. This is an opportunity for builders on Polygon to show off their accomplishments and tell the story of their journeys through Web3. For readers, this is a way to stay up to date on the latest applications and experiences being built on Polygon.

First in the Spotlight: Mint by Cope

The Spotlight series is kicking off with a series of partner stories with Mint, one of the world’s simplest non-fungible token (NFT) creation tools developed by Cope Studio, a Polygon company. Mint was created with support from community builders including Dehidden, Biconomy, Galaxis, and Thirdweb.

Building NFT-backed dApps from the ground up is complex and challenging. It requires custom contract development that takes time, money, and hours of testing, and the result is often a solution designed for a single use case. Builders and creators need trusted technology backed by robust infrastructure and a lively ecosystem to scale NFTs beyond profile pics.

Mint is an open-source NFT toolkit that empowers today’s builders to develop and deploy tomorrow’s NFT experiences at scale. The mission is to explore the full potential of NFT technology—from ticketing and marketplaces to digital certification and in-game transactions—by focusing on great user experiences through seamless and robust tooling.

Here’s what Mint has in store for every kind of NFT user.

Mint API: for developers and NFT projects who want to create a seamless minting experience for users, the Mint API enables them to integrate MintNFT into their dApps.
Unity SDK: for gaming studios and developers who want to make in-game minting of digital assets possible for titles developed on the Unity platform.
Creator Tools Powered by Dehidden: creators and non-creators can mint a single piece or launch a 10K collection with minimal effort and enhance the NFT user experience with added utilities.

Mint was used for ticketing at Polygon Connect in Bangalore and for our commemorative football collection. It also powered NFT collections by Surface. Mint is also opening its doors to more community builders. Reach out if you are interested in working with us to make this an even more useful tool the whole of Web3 can benefit from.

Minting NFTs has never been easier. Try it for yourself in just a few clicks, share your freshly-minted digital collectibles with the world. Check out the Polygon blog and tune in to our social channels to stay up to date on the latest from the Polygon ecosystem.

Together, we can build an equitable future for all through mass adoption of Web3!