Gasless NFT Experiences & Barrier-Free Mints: Powered by Gelato
Gelato Team
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May 4, 2023
With the growing acceptance of decentralized technologies, web3 is gaining significant traction as the next-gen internet built on blockchain and dApps. Yet, despite its immense potential, it still faces challenges — particularly the high and unpredictable gas fees linked to blockchain transactions.
Gelato and Omni X are working together to change this.
A Seamless Web3 Experience
Gelato enhances the user experience of decentralized apps by subsidizing gas fees via their keeper network. Traditionally, users bore the costs of blockchain transactions like NFT minting, transfers, and purchases. These fees could be expensive and unpredictable, creating friction while interacting with dApps.
By leveraging Gelato’s technology, dApps can now cover these costs, offering a smoother, more user-friendly experience. In some cases, it can even eliminate the need for users to sign transactions manually in their wallets.
Breaking Barriers
Gelato’s gasless solution has the potential to revolutionize the NFT space by removing the burden of high gas fees during minting and trading. Gasless minting lowers the barrier to entry for newcomers, making NFT interactions more accessible and intuitive — similar to the seamless user experience on popular Web2 platforms like Instagram or Twitter.
Case Study: Omni Elements
The launch of Omni Elements, the first NFT collection incubated and released by Omni X, showcases the game-changing possibilities of Gelato’s gasless mint technology. It exemplifies just how easy and convenient claiming and minting NFTs can be.
On day one of Omni Elements' release, whitelisted users claimed NFTs by simply connecting to the Arbitrum network and clicking "claim." Gelato’s relayers handled the minting transactions in the background, delivering NFTs to users’ wallets seamlessly.
To mint Omni Elements, users only needed to authorize the use of USDC (a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar). The contract then executed the process and minted NFTs to the user’s wallet — without charging them any gas fee.
Challenging Expectations
Omni Elements' gasless minting, powered by Gelato, demonstrates what a frictionless, blockchain-powered future could look like.
This case study highlights the importance of creating a more user-friendly Web3 experience. As more platforms adopt Gelato’s gasless technology, the barriers to entry will continue to shrink, driving broader adoption of decentralized apps and accelerating the growth of the Web3 economy.
Omni Elements' success serves as a strong example of how gasless minting can challenge current expectations and pave the way toward a more accessible, mainstream web3 experience.
Conclusion
Gelato’s method of subsidizing gas fees addresses a key challenge for Web3 users while transforming the NFT market with a more inclusive and intuitive experience. This innovation bridges the gap between Web2 and Web3, making blockchain technology more approachable for the masses.
Together, Gelato and Omni X are proving to be essential players in driving adoption, pushing Web3 closer to its decentralized future.
About Gelato
Gelato is the Web3 Cloud Platform empowering developers to create automated, gasless, and off-chain-aware Layer 2 chains and smart contracts. Over 400 Web3 projects trust Gelato to power millions of transactions in DeFi, NFTs, and gaming.
Gelato RaaS: Deploy tailor-made ZK or OP L2 chains in a single click with native Account Abstraction and Gelato middleware baked in.
Web3 Functions: Connect your smart contracts to off-chain data & computation by running decentralized cloud functions.
Automate: Automate your smart contracts with reliable, developer-friendly, decentralized execution.
Relay: Provide reliable, scalable, gasless transactions via an easy-to-use API.
Account Abstraction SDK: Built in partnership with Safe, combining Gelato’s gasless infrastructure with the industry’s most secure smart contract wallet.
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