Notes from people who sat down with the specs
These are responses from session participants and regular glossary readers. Names are used with permission; some details are shortened for privacy.
The metadata review caught a mismatched image hash across 40 tokens in my test mint. I would have shipped that to mainnet without noticing.
— Hyejin M., illustrator, Mapo-gu · Metadata Review, March 2025
Yuna walked me through my collection's JSON files line by line. I finally understood why my royalty field was being ignored — wrong key name, not a marketplace bug.
— Daniel R., collector, London · Metadata Review, remote, January 2026
The compression workshop was dense. Minho paused whenever I looked lost, which happened often. I left with a diagram I still pin above my monitor. Still wish we'd had more time on proof verification.
— Ara L., project coordinator, Busan · Compression Workshop, November 2025
Glossary study hour connected terms I had read separately for months. "Candy machine" and "collection authority" finally clicked together when Sora traced a real mint transaction.
— James W., curator, Singapore · Glossary Study Hour, remote, February 2026
I read the free articles first and booked a session only when I got stuck. That order worked well — I didn't pay to hear things already on the blog.
— Eunji K., art student, Yangcheon-gu · Glossary Study Hour, in-person, December 2025
Case: Fixing metadata before a gallery opening
A Seoul gallery preparing a Solana-backed exhibition discovered that 12 of 80 artwork tokens pointed to thumbnail URLs instead of full-resolution files. The curator booked a metadata review session ten days before opening.
During the session we mapped each token's URI chain, identified the upload script that defaulted to thumbnails, and drafted a correction checklist. The gallery's developer updated Arweave pointers over three days. Opening proceeded with correct images displayed on the exhibition screens.
The curator noted that the session cost less than reprinting exhibition materials would have, had wrong images been shown.
Case: Choosing compression for a membership pass
A community space in Incheon wanted to issue 2,000 membership passes on Solana. They were unsure whether standard NFTs or compressed NFTs fit their budget and tooling.
The compression workshop compared account rent costs, explained what changes when a member transfers a pass, and outlined which wallets display compressed assets cleanly. They chose compressed NFTs and minted successfully two weeks later, referencing our diagram during their developer handoff.