Taproot NFT mint on Flash from A to Z

Flash Protocol
6 min readJan 17, 2024

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In general there are four major steps to mint and own your first Taproot NFT on Flash Protocol

1. Fund wallet with sufficient sats via Lightning network

2. Connect wallet to Flash Protocol

3. Deposit sufficient gas fee into Flash Protocol before Mint

4. Mint NFT

1. Fund wallet with sufficient sats for mint cost

There are four types of wallets supported by Flash Protocol (OneKey, Wallet of Satoshi, Phoenix and Alby)

Please watch below video for detailed instruction on transferring fund from CEX (Binance/OKX) to those wallets and to Flash Protocol

2. Connect Wallet

There are three ways to acquire Lightning Network Address (Option #1 ,#2 & #3)

Option #1 (recommended): Use OneKey Wallet to log in Flash Protocol

(OneKey is available on PC, Mac and Mobile, providing seamless experience for Lightning Network transaction. You may opt to use OneKey Web Extension or OneKey Mobile App to Login Flash Protocol, It could be downloaded via link: https://onekey.so/download)

For OneKey users connecting to Flash Protocol, Please click ‘chain’ icon in OneKey wallet and select ‘Lightning Network’ before proceeding

For Users with OneKey Web extension installed and configured, please follow below steps

Step 1: Open Flash Protocol site : https://flashprotocol.xyz/

Step 2: Click ‘Connect Wallet’ on the top right corner of webpage, a QR code will pop out

Step 3: Click ‘Login with OneKey’

Step 4: Click ‘Confirm’ and the extension wallet pops out

Final Step : Click ‘Login’ on the OneKey wallet browser extension

For Users using OneKey App on Mobile, please follow below steps

Step 1: Open OneKey wallet App and configure ‘chains’ to ‘Lightning Network’

Step 2: Click ‘ Explore’ at the menu bar

Step 3: Type in Flash Protocol URL ‘ flashprotocol.xyz’ and click ‘go’

Step 4: Click ‘ Connect Wallet’

Step 5: Click ‘ Login with OneKey’

Final Step : Click ‘ Login’ and you have your wallet connected to Flash

Option #2: Use App to log in Flash Protocol (Wallet of Satoshi or Phoenix Wallet)

Step 1: Open Flash Protocol site : https://flashprotocol.xyz/

Step 2: Click ‘Connect Wallet’ on the top right corner of webpage, a QR code will pop out

Step 3: Download “Wallet of Satoshi” or “Phoenix Wallet” from App Store or Google Play

Step4: Click ‘Send’ and scan the QR code in Step 2

Final Step : Scan the QR code shown in Step 2 then Authenticate on app. Then you are logged in!

Option #3: Use Alby Extension to Log in Flash Protocol (If you have Alby account)

Step 1: Open Flash Protocol App site : https://flashprotocol.xyz/

Step 2: Click ‘Connect Wallet’ on the top right corner of webpage, a QR code will pop out

Step 3: Click “Login with OneKey or other lightning wallet extension”

Step 4: Log onto your Alby after extension pops out

Step 5: Click ‘Connect’

Final Step : Click ‘Login’

3. Deposit sufficient gas fee into Flash Protocol before Mint

Before your interaction with Flash Protocol , the first action is to make deposit to Flash Protocol

It starts from clicking ‘Assets ‘ tab in the menu bar which directs you to the below page

Click the ‘Deposit’ if you wish to make some deposit for follow-up actions such as Asset issuance & trade or NFT mint. You will then be re-directed to fill out the amount you intend to deposit per below. Please note that the amount is denominated in sats (satoshi) which is the smallest unit of Bitcoin.

In case you intend to deposit 10000 sats. You click ‘Deposit’ button after filling up the amount. A QR code with a hyperlink will display per below. You may choose to click the hyper link.

Upon clicking the invoice hyperlink, the Wallet will be activated per below screenshot. It’s your turn to confirm the deposit transaction on Wallet extension. Once it’s confirmed on wallet end, the deposit will be securely made on Flash Protocol.

4. Mint NFT

Flash Protocol is the first to allow users to mint Taproot NFTs. The interface is simple to use and features NFT projects within it.

First, let’s click ‘NFT’ on the menu bar, all the Taproot NFT projects will be listed below, click the one of your choice, in this case ,would be ‘Flash Pilot NFT(test)’.

Once clicked, an array of 30 NFTs will be displayed. if none of the NFTs interest you, you may choose to click ‘Refresh’ to change to another batch. Otherwise, click the one NFT of your choice, and click ‘Mint’,

Once successfully minted, you can find the NFT in the ‘Explorer’ section under the ‘NFT’ sub-section. The confirmation of minting may take up to 20 mins depending on network congestion condition.

That’s it. Congrats on Owning your first Taproot NFT via Flash Protocol !

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Flash Protocol

A Taproot protocol enabling asset issuance and DeFi on Bitcoin. Powered by FlashVM. Find us at https://flashprotocol.xyz/