01 · Fungible tokens
Plan a token
Understand supply, decimals, minting permissions, and the difference between a token contract and the units it tracks.
Explore token creationTokens · NFTs · Access
Understand the mint. Build with a clear purpose.
A thoughtful guide to creating tokens, preparing NFT collections, and understanding the access they can unlock. Begin with the concepts that make the technology useful.
Learn the foundations
A clear starting point for your next idea
Creating a token starts with a decision about what it should represent. Interchangeable units, individual artworks, and access passes solve different problems. The useful work happens before a mint: choosing the right model, understanding who controls it, and deciding what holders can actually do.
Mintgate is an educational hub for those early decisions. Follow a learning path, work through a fictional example, and build a checklist before experimenting on a test network.
From idea to understanding
Choose your learning path
02 · NFTs
Prepare an NFT mint
Connect the artwork, metadata, storage, and contract decisions that turn a collection idea into a workable mint plan.
Explore NFT minting03 · Access
Understand token gating
Learn how a wallet proves ownership and why a useful access rule also needs a clear policy for transfers and expiry.
Explore token gatingGet the vocabulary right
One word. Several different actions.
Deploying publishes a smart contract. Minting creates token units or records a new NFT under that contract’s rules. Transferring changes which account holds an existing token. Some workflows combine these actions; the distinction still matters when you read a transaction request.
A successful mint proves that a blockchain operation completed. It does not, by itself, prove authorship, grant copyright, or guarantee that a linked file will remain available.
Read the minting explainerPut it together
Follow an idea through the whole process
Start with the rules, then the mint
Write down the purpose, supply, permissions, and storage plan. A clear specification makes the next technical decision much easier.