This tutorial will teach you how to send a single whole unit of a Counterparty (XCP) asset to be minted on the official and specific Emblem Vault Curated Collection supported for your XCP token. This tutorial also includes how to list and sell these Bitcoin based assets on popular Ethereum NFT markets like Opensea.
First off, it is important to familiarize yourself with the correct sources and support channels for Coval and Emblem Vault:
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Coval official website: https://circuitsofvalue.com/
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Emblem Vault official website: https://emblem.pro/
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Emblem Vault official minting interface: https://emblem.finance/
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Emblem Vault official Discord/Support: https://discord.com/invite/9fpgkyyAHP
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Emblem Vault official Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@emblemvault
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Emblem Vault official Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmblemVault
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Circuits of Value (COVAL) official CoinGecko page: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/circuits-of-value
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Emblem Vault Documentation: https://docs.emblem.wiki/
Shannon Code : https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannoncode/
Eric Porper : https://www.linkedin.com/public-profile/in/porper
Jake Gallen : https://www.jakegallen.com/
Adam McBride : https://twitter.com/adamamcbride
COVAL - ETH: 0x3d658390460295fb963f54dc0899cfb1c30776df
COVAL - Polygon: 0x4597c8A59Ab28B36840B82B3A674994A279593D0
Emblem Vault is also deployed on Gnosis, FTM, and BSC. Please check Coingecko for up-to-date contracts.
Always review the official documentation if confused about which Contract Address you will be dealing with during this process: https://docs.emblem.wiki/
- Email: hello@emblem.pro
- Discord Support: https://discord.com/invite/9fpgkyyAHP
This document is intended to be a written version of the tutorials already posted by the: Emblem Vault Youtube
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For the official Rare Pepe video tutorial for minting: https://youtu.be/i1XF0PnGURs?si=sy4FU2xpJyREDauE
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For the official Rare Pepe Emblem Vault Curated Collection on Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/rare-pepe-curated
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For the official Fake Rare video tutorial for minting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsgmzZ4065Y
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For the official Fake Rare Emblem Vault Curated Collection on Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/fake-rares-curated
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For the official Fake Commons video tutorial for minting: https://youtu.be/QuWzi4Vc5GI?si=eLBaTSq58MjynjtW
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For the official Fake Commons Emblem Vault Curated Collection on Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/fake-commons-curated
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For the official Age of Rust video tutorial for minting: https://youtu.be/GOBS9iX4-EQ?si=0PkSu8Qw6USCCJC6
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For the official Age of Rust Emblem Vault Curated Collection on Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/age-of-rust-curated
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For the official Dank Rare video tutorial for minting: https://youtu.be/SePuDu7H5Rw?si=ECPhXV0_D1XyAR4Z
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For the official Dank Rare Emblem Vault Curated Collection on Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/dank-rares-curated
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This is the most popular and up to date wallet for all Counterparty Functions. We will specifically be using the Desktop Version: https://github.com/jdogresorg/freewallet-desktop/releases
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Freewallet is developed by the historically notable and active Counterparty Developer, Jdog: https://github.com/jdogresorg
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Freewallet.io is the ONLY official site for this Counterparty Wallet
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DO NOT USE 'Freewallet.org' - this is NOT the same Counterparty Wallet shown in this tutorial.
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This is one of the most popular Ethereum wallets and is compatible with Emblem Vault.
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The official github for Metamask is here: https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/
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This is the most recommended tool by the community to Revoke Permissions on the Ethereum blockchain.
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You can review their public FAQ here: https://revoke.cash/learn/faq
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The official github link for RevokeCash is here: https://github.com/RevokeCash/revoke.cash
First off, you will want to download a supported Ethereum Wallet. It is recommended to use: https://metamask.io/
- Make sure you back up your seed-phrase and never share it with anyone, as this is the password to your Ethereum Wallet as well as all the assets you own on Emblem Vault. It cannot be noted enough to keep this seed-phrase information safe and written down.
Next, navigate to the Emblem Vault official minting interface: https://emblem.finance/
In the upper right hand side of this page there will be a button to "Connect to MetaMask".
MetaMask will then give you a popup notification to connect MetaMask to this site. In which it is required to see your address, account balance, activity and suggest transactions to approve.
Click "Connect" to connect your MetaMask wallet to the Emblem Vault interface.
Once you have successfully connected your MetaMask wallet to Emblem, you can find the "Create Curated" button on the upper left of the website.
The Emblem Vault interface will now have you choose which specific Curated Collection you are going to be minting to.
In this care we are going to be minting a "Rare Pepe".
The specific XCP asset we will be minting is named as "TUXPEPE".
Make sure to verify the information and artistic image is correct here before clicking "Create Rare Pepe Vault". It is required to send exactly 1.0 units of the card you pick and this minting process will not work if it is not the exact card you chose.
With this in mind, go ahead now and click "Create Rare Pepe Vault".
The Emblem Vault interface will now show you some simple information about this collection. It will also show you the the card's attributes like issuance, card series and other useful information.
Take note here, that it says "Nothing in here! Fill 'er up!", because we have yet to send this XCP asset to the vault.
Near the bottom there is a "Deposit Addresses" area with a button that says "BTC/XCP/OMNI". This is your public address that is owned by this Emblem Vault to store your XCP asset.
When you click "BTC/XCP/OMNI" it will pop up the "BTC Deposit Address". Copy this address to your clipboard, you will need it when using Freewallet to send this asset to the right address.
That's all the information we need for now from Emblem Vault. Let's now send our XCP asset to this Emblem Vault.
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For a larger version of an extensive User Manual/FAQ for Freewallet.io, check out this discussion in the Freewallet github: jdogresorg/freewallet-desktop#138.
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It is always recommended to use the most up to date version of Freewallet and all releases can be viewed and downloaded here: https://github.com/jdogresorg/freewallet-desktop/releases.
If you would like an overview of the process of sending an XCP asset from Freewallet, take a look at this tutorial.
For our purpose here it is important we send specifically the "TUXPEPE" asset to the correct Emblem Vault address. Simply right click the asset you wish to send and click "Send [YOUR ASSET NAME]". A "Send Funds" popup will appear.
As you can see below, the "Destination" field is the same address we recieved on the Emblem Vault we created when clicking the "BTC/XCP/OMNI" button earlier.
Use the address copied from your clipboard before and VERIFY it is EXACTLY the same address. This is of the highest importance because this transaction is immutable. If you send your asset to the wrong address, it is un-recoverable.
Take note here that for our purpose, we would like this transaction to happen as fast as possible and get confirmed on the Bitcoin blockchain in a short amount of time. It is recommended to use a higher fee than the "High" setting in the "Priority" section of this send. In this example we doubled the recommended fee.
Freewallet will now give you another popup, make sure you verify this information is EXACTLY correct before pressing "Yes".
Once you have sent the transaction you can track it's progress on the Bitcoin blockchain by clicking "View Transaction".
This will now take you to a public Counterparty block explorer named "xchain" (https://xchain.io/).
If the transaction has not showed up immediately, please have patience as the xchain servers will need a couple minutes to update with the data of your unconfirmed transaction. Take note the processes in Bitcoin will take a little longer than you might normally be accustomed to using the Ethereum network.
This Counterparty transaction is showing as "Unconfirmed", which at the moment is how it should be. This process of confirming the transaction can take anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour depending on Bitcoin network conditions.
If you click the "Transaction Hash" link, which in this example starts with "cf472..." it will take you to a Bitcoin block explorer to review more information about this Bitcoin transaction (which is what the Counterparty Transaction is based in).
The main thing to take note here is that the "ETA" shows something within 1-3 blocks. If this is the case, at the moment you will just have to wait for this transaction to be confirmed.
Now that we have verified all the details of our transaction, navigate back to the "xchain" transaction page.
Here you can click the address link of the destination. Which is the same address link shown on the Emblem Vault "BTC/XCP/OMNI" address.
From here you can also use the "More" tab on the right side of this xchain page to review that this asset is in the Unconfirmed section of xchain.
As you can see here, this transaction was sent "2 minutes ago" and is still unconfirmed.
When the transaction is confirmed, it will now show on this page under the "Balances" area of xchain.
Navigate back the the Emblem Vault interface and the specific Curated Vault you created before.
Now that we have confirmation of the asset being sent to the correct Emblem Vault "BTC/XCP/OMNI" address, we will now have to click the [Refresh Balances] button.
Give this process a few minutes (or more) to have Emblem Vault internally verify the XCP asset you sent is confirmed as well as the correct card you specified when creating the Curated Vault.
When Emblem Vault has verified that this asset is in fact the correct asset chosen, it will now show your card in the "Current Contents" area of this interface. You will also now see the "Mint Vault" option. Click the "Mint Vault" option.
Here you will be guided in your MetaMask wallet for a signature request to mint this vault.
After the signature request you will be given details about how much ETH this Curated Emblem Vault will cost to mint.
In this circumstance, the Ethereum fee for this transaction plus a flat $20 fee is applied. This totals to 0.015604 in ETH to mint this vault on the Ethereum network. If you have more than 50,000 coval token in this Ethereum address, the flat fee is reduced to $10. If you hold more than 15,000 Coval, the flat rate is $18.
Review the pricing below:
In this specific cirumstance, the fee applied was $20 in Ethereum, set in USD value and not a certain amount of ETH.
Once you have minted this vault. It is now locked and will not be able to access the private keys for this vault unless you click "Unlock Vault (Get Private Keys)". At this moment, since you intend to list this on NFT markets like Opensea, you must leave this asset locked.
From here, to see this vault on Opensea, simply click the "Opensea" button on the bottom of the vault.
When clicking the "Opensea" button on your minted vault, it will point you to the page on Opensea where your vault is located.
Take note here that the "List for Sale" button will not be visible until you connect your wallet address to Opensea.
Below is how that sign message function will look.
Once you have connected your wallet address to Opensea you will then be able to use the "List for Sale" button to properly denote the details of how you would like to sell the vault.
You are able to verify all the components of this process on any vault in any Emblem Vault Curated Collection. To do so, navigate to the asset page shown on Opensea. For this exmaple we are looking at the "SUCKMYPEPE" Rare Pepe asset.
On the left side of the Opensea page is a section shown as "Details", click the dropdown and navigate to the "Token ID" link denoted in the red box below.
This link will take you to the Emblem Token ID and within the first few lines of this code you can verify the "BTC/XCP/OMNI" addresses associated with this SUCKMYPEPE Emblem Vault.
You can copy this address and paste into the search bar on the Counterparty Block explorer: https://xchain.io/
Here you can verify this SUCKMYPEPE asset is within the Balances of the Emblem Vault Token ID's specific XCP address associated with this vault.
You can also find the exact link to the Emblem Vault as it is seen on Emblem.finance by clicking this link in the Description. It is recommended to verify all Curated Emblem Vault assets using both of these techniques to find the information behind the vault you are viewing.
This next step is recommended for the safety of you Ethereum wallet, especially if you have used Emblem Vault to mint assets on the previous "Legacy Vault" system in the past.
Below is the main page of the RevokeCash interface: https://revoke.cash/.
Go ahead and paste your public Ethereum address that holds your Emblem Vault assets to view the permissions that are active on your Ethereum address.
Within this list, if you have previously used the "Emblem Vault Legacy" an entry for "Emblem Vault_v2: E..." will be shown on the RevokeCash interface. It is recommended, since you are now finished minting your vault, to "Revoke" this specific permission.
Also note here that OpenSea now has an open contract on your Ethereum address for the specific Emblem Vault Curated Collection you chose. If you have a card up for sale, do not revoke this permission yet as it will cancel your open price point on your Curated Vault.
In the circumstance you have none of your Emblem Curated Vaults up for sale, or have simply stopped using Opensea, it is recommended to Revoke this Opensea contract as well.
You will have to sign in to RevokeCash with your Ethereum address to revoke this contract. When you click the "Revoke" button, RevokeCash will show you the details and price it will be to revoke these permissions.
Once you have Revoked the permissions RevokeCash will show you a pop-up on the upper right side of the interface.
The last step after you are all finished is to navigate to your MetaMask wallet and click "Lock Metamask" for safety.
Congratulations! You just minted an XCP asset to a Curated Emblem Vault.
Don't forget to enjoy the artwork associated with your token!
This tutorial was written by davesta.xcp : https://twitter.com/davesta_xcp