Paras

Paras is an NFT NFT Marketplace Marketplace project focusing on Digital Cards Collectibles, bringing these conventional items from the traditional world into the crypto space. The project believes that every single physical art form needs to be stored and digitized to keep as an original version.

The project runs on top of NEAR ProtocolNEAR Protocol, a layer one blockchain scaling solution with high transaction speeds, low cost, and climate-neutral, therefore taking this leverage to offer a cheap, fast NFT Marketplace for NEAR Ecosystem users.

Paras is also ready for the cross-chain trend in the future since with the help from Rainbow Bridge, Ethereum Users would easy to transfer their assets to NEAR Protocol and use it to buy/sell NFTs on Paras, move back the proceeds to the Ethereum chain seamlessly.

Paras co-founders Rahmat “Riqi” AlbariqiRahmat “Riqi” Albariqi and Afiq ShofyAfiq Shofy started out to create a decentralized social media site. After some months of experiments, they discovered NFTs, or non-fungible tokens—a cryptographic asset where each unit represents something unique and indivisible. Intrigued by the potential for provable digital ownership and sales, they decided to build a platform where digital artists could create and thrive.

To keep up with the pace of innovation in the NFT space, one of the hottest topics in crypto today, Riqi and Afiq knew they had to develop and launch fast. Getting from the first testnet experiments to full MainNet launch took just three months, a testament to NEAR’s seamless developer experience. The pure build time of the application was four weeks, once they understood the basics of how to build on NEARNEAR.

“We are big on collector’s cards and their surrounding worlds—like YuGiOh and PokémonPokémon. We aim to create a framework where artists can do the same in NFT format. On Paras, artists can expand their portfolios and reach new audiences.” –Riqi, Paras co-founder

On Paras, artists mint and sell limited-edition NFT trading card collections – so each NFT is part of an ever-expanding world created by each artist. NFT creators can grow their audience base directly without middlemen, test the market, and expand their collections collaboratively with the Paras community. They are looking for long-term collaborations and sustainable approaches to expanding their digital art businesses. This framework allows artists to hyperfocus on building the colorful stories behind each card’s representation. For example, artist Fetus Squid launched a batch of digital art trading cards to fund the creation of his novel.

aras Paras does weekly artist invitations, so there are a limited number of artworks issued on the platform at any given time. After an artist is whitelisted, they can start minting right away. 400+ registered wallets are ready to grab the artist’s card collectibles, so they can begin building a collector fanbase by selling at low prices or in multiples and still make a profit—thanks to the very low cost of minting and storage on NEAR. The long-term hope for cultivating artist careers on Paras is that building collections will evolve into creating their own IP universes in the realm of Pokémon or YuGiOh.

For collectors, the 3D3D, interactive visual representation of the art cards sets Paras apart from other NFT marketplaces. Paras’ eye-catching cards pop on the page and have an undeniably rich style even within the fixed size of the trading card art format. The native format of a Paras digital art card mimics real-world trading cards with a portrait ratio of 64:89—and Paras recently added .gif support alongside .png, .jpg, .jpeg.