Mint Songs V2 includes the support for testnets on both Ethereum & Polygon:
Ethereum: https://testnets.mintsongs.com
Why are testnets important?
For musicians, releasing your first song on Ethereum mainnet can be daunting. The costs are high & most platforms have gatekeepers. These factors make Ethereum mainnet a poor environment for new musicians to experiment and learn the basics of web3.
Enter testnets: Testnets are a free space for experimentation. Testnets are blockchains with the same environment as Ethereum mainnet without the associated costs. Musicians can test out new apps, try new forms of music, and run experiments. All 100% free. In the same way coders use testnets to test out code before releasing software to mainnet, creators can experiment freely. When a creator plans a new drop (on Mint Songs V2 for example) they can test it out on a testnet first.
An example experiment on Mint Songs V2 testnet might be:
Mint a song on Rinkeby testnet.
does your metadata look how you’d expect?
See the Zora V3 auction.
Place a bid.
did you see the nft leave your wallet?
Settle the Zora auction.
did you see the funds transfer?
See how it looks on OpenSea testnet.
How is this special?
Most platforms, today, don’t support testnet. For example, Zora has smart contracts on testnets / Polygon. However, they do not offer a UI for non-technical musicians to test Zora before heading to Ethereum mainnet. Try it out, see if you can find a way to use Zora on the Rinkeby testnet. This is why Mint Songs V2 testnets are important.
Mint Songs V2 is the first UI to offer testnet support of Zora V3.
If you’ve never used Zora, and want to try it out without spending your precious Ether, try testnets on Mint Songs V2 to use use a sandbox version of Zora V3.
Getting started:
Visit a faucet to get free gas.
Visit Mint Songs Testnet.
Ethereum: https://testnets.mintsongs.com
When you’re ready, take what you learned to mainnet:
Ethereum: https://mintsongs.com
Polygon: https://factory.mintsongs.com
