Course · Intermediate
Tokens & NFTs on NEAR
This course is about NEAR token standards. You will implement NEP-141 with storage deposits, mint NEP-171 NFTs with metadata (including soulbound diplomas), and walk through how a marketplace settles a sale without taking custody of private keys.
0 of 3 lessons complete
What you will build
A mental (and optional testnet) implementation of an FT and an NFT mint, plus a sketch of a marketplace buy flow using approvals or nft_transfer_call.
Prerequisites
- NEAR Smart Contracts (collections, deposits, and deploying to testnet).
- Web3 Fundamentals: the difference between fungible tokens and NFTs.
Lessons
- 01Fungible Tokens (NEP-141)Implement a fungible token with near-contract-standards: metadata, storage deposits, ft_transfer, and ft_transfer_call.3 min
- 02NEP-171 NFT MintingMint a soulbound or transferable NEP-171 NFT with metadata, enumeration, and a storage deposit — the same standard the diploma uses.3 min
- 03Marketplace BasicsHow a NEAR marketplace lists an NEP-171 NFT, takes payment, and transfers the token with approvals or nft_transfer_call — and why a soulbound diploma cannot be sold.2 min