Jisun from Vibrant demonstrates building an NFT smart contract on Soroban using Taylor Swift concert tickets as an example, covering contract initialization, minting, ownership checks, transfers, and testnet deployment.
Jisun, a senior UI developer at Vibrant, walks through creating an NFT smart contract on Soroban for concert ticketing. Using Taylor Swift's Eras Tour as a practical example, she explains how artists could issue tickets directly on blockchain while maintaining control, enabling regional wallet partners like Vibrant, Decaf, and Beans to handle logistics. The contract implements ERC721-like functionality with mint, owner_of, and transfer functions. She covers Soroban setup, storage types (instance and persistent), writing and testing the contract in Rust, and deploying to testnet. Key features include seat-based NFTs granting priority access, discounts, and community connection opportunities. The talk emphasizes that Soroban is accessible for web developers new to Rust.
