Mint NFT Advertisement Standard: Decentralized Ad Space Trading on the Blockchain

✍️NFT Improvement Proposals
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Author’s information:

I’m vividwood, blockchain and web3 developer

Discord: vividwood
Email: vividwood@proton.me

Simple Summary: This NIP introduces a novel concept of NFT advertisement, facilitating the buying and selling of ad spaces on the blockchain, creating a decentralized and transparent marketplace for digital advertising.

Abstract: The NFT Advertisement proposal revolutionizes the digital advertising landscape by leveraging blockchain technology for the buying and selling of ad spaces. It envisions a decentralized marketplace where advertisers can tokenize ad spaces as NFTs, providing transparency, traceability, and efficiency in the ad trading process. This innovation aims to reshape the dynamics of digital advertising by incorporating the benefits of blockchain.

Motivation: Traditional digital advertising faces challenges related to transparency, fraud, and lack of direct engagement between advertisers and publishers. This NIP is motivated by the need to address these issues by introducing a decentralized and verifiable system for buying and selling ad spaces through NFTs. The transparency and traceability of blockchain technology contribute to a more trustworthy and efficient advertising ecosystem.

Rationale: The NFT Advertisement proposal addresses the current inefficiencies in digital advertising, including ad fraud, lack of transparency, and complex intermediaries. By tokenizing ad spaces as NFTs, this proposal provides a transparent and auditable record of ad transactions on the blockchain. It outlines the technical details of implementing this decentralized advertising (DA) model, emphasizing its potential to empower advertisers and publishers while mitigating fraud risks.

Specification (Non-Mandatory):
The NFT Advertisement framework is implemented through a set of Solidity smart contracts, providing decentralized and transparent functionality for buying and selling ad spaces on the blockchain.

AdSpaceNFT Contract:

  • The AdSpaceNFT contract is responsible for the creation and management of ad space NFTs. It includes functions to mint new NFTs representing unique ad spaces, transfer ownership, and retrieve relevant metadata.
   contract AdSpaceNFT {
       // State variables and functions for NFT creation, ownership, and metadata.
   }

PricingOracle Contract:

  • The PricingOracle contract serves as an oracle for dynamic pricing. It retrieves relevant data, such as ad space popularity and website traffic, to dynamically adjust bid prices during auctions.
    solidity
contract PricingOracle {
    // State variables and functions for retrieving dynamic pricing data.
}

RevenueDistribution Contract:

  • The RevenueDistribution contract automates the distribution of revenue to relevant parties, including publishers and content creators, based on predefined rules set in the smart contract.
contract RevenueDistribution {
    // State variables and functions for automating revenue distribution.
}

AdAuction Contract:

  • The AdAuction contract facilitates decentralized auctions for ad spaces. Bidders can place bids, and the contract determines the winning bid based on predefined rules. It manages the auction lifecycle, from bidding to revenue distribution.
contract AdAuction {
    // State variables and functions for managing ad space auctions and revenue distribution.
}

Open-source Commitment: I commit to open-sourcing this NIP, granting permission for developers within the Mint blockchain ecosystem to build protocols and applications based on the NFT Advertisement standards, fostering collaboration and innovation in the decentralized advertising space.