I was introduced to the NFT towards the end of 2020. I was into the Cardano blockchain at the time and heard that people were working on minting NFTs to the chain. There wasnt much information about it at the time as it was early so to stay on top of news I created the r/CardanoNFTs subreddit, figuring that moderating that community, I’d be able to stay on top of things. 

There I met the creator of the CardanoBits collection, a developer rancing to release one of the earliest collections. I was trying to mint some of my work so we had similar interests which led to a collaborative relationship, pushed us to learning the skills we needed to bring something to the space. By early 2021, CardanoBits was able to release his collection, the second ever released on the blockchain and I was able to mint my work, some of the earliest artwork on the chain. This relationship continued and culminated is us organizing the CollaBits project, a chain wide collaborative event supporting over 50 artists and projects, almost everyone at the time. This project allowed me to branch out, creating connections throughout the community.

Around this same time, I began working with the limited art marketplace Artano, serving as one of the 12 council member for its first two terms. There I attended weekly meetings to help develop the platform as well as curating the platform with artists entering the NFT space. I also had the honor of releasing work for several major events for the marketplace such as the opening marketplace collection, their first iNFT collection and testing out their auction functionality with the second auction on the site with my R.T.A. FOMOing piece.