NFTs have seen a massive level of popularity throughout the past few years. However, the majority of NFTs, as well as the majority of NFT marketplaces, were initially created on the Ethereum blockchain, which had issues surrounding its high gas fees, which meant that publishing NFTs was expensive for many.
Fantom as a blockchain network addressed this issue due to the fact that it essentially enables users to mint and publish NFTs through a smart contract on Fantom a lot cheaper.
Lets take a [step-by-step look at everything that you need to know when it comes to publishing NFTs through a smart contract on top of the FTM blockchain network.](https://nownodes.io/blog/how-to-get-a-first-time-users-nft-published-via-smart-contract-on-fantom/)
