NEAR Onboarding Meetup Debrief:
The following is a brief overview of the events and individuals we onboarded, the night of February 1st, 2022. During this gathering, 14 people who were new to NEAR Protocol convened via Google Meets to be instructed and educated about the various tools, resources, and opportunities available to them on NEAR. This included not only how they could benefit from being users, but also contributors to our ecosystem using both traditional DeFi such as Ref.Finance and independent minting and distribution like with Paras and Mintbase.
Among the guests that were invited, 5 were artists completely new to NFTs and blockchain technology as a paradigm. Once introductions were made, we commenced the on-boarding process by explaining what separates our Wallet system from others(UX, Ease of accessibility, etc). We then ensured every respective account was set up, proceeding to gift their wallets via NEAR DROP, funded by NEAR MEET. Furthermore we discussed in minor detail about the plans and future of NxP and NEAR, followed up by the concept of PhyDi and how NFTs can be applied both for utility and otherwise in the tangible plane. From there, we explained the many events - like the one they were attending and many more on a much larger scale -that were being organized currently and in the future for NEAR by people like NxP.
Once we went over the applications in theory for the comprehension of the guests we demonstrated the process of logging into each application using the wallet and fees incurred therein. From there we visited ParasHQ & Mintbase, as well as Ref.Fi for good measure. Using these first hand accounts from one of our own members’ wallets, doubly reinforced how simple usage and navigation was and encouraged visual learning to those who do better by viewing others perform the task they are learning about. We repeated this process for every application we exposed them to. After a final moment before the conclusion to field questions and concerns regarding all they learned, they were each given a Proof of Attendance Participation(POAP) NFT airdropped to their new NEAR wallets in gratitude for their time and recognition of attendance at the meet.
We look forward to our next event, and hope to bring in even more artist into the NEAR ecosystem! Special thanks to @jlwaugh for helping make this event possible!
NEARxPublish Team
