Pesto Bowl

Pesto Bowl is a unique NFT collection that leverages recent innovations around the Farcaster Protocol, as well as generative AI.

Specifically, users can come across the Pesto Bowl Frame on a Farcaster client, like Warpcast, choose a set of ingredients, and mint a unique NFT.

This approach enhances engagement for both new and existing protocols, like https://pesto.finance, rewarding supporters with an NFT that holds potential future value within the protocol.

The Pesto Bowl Frame on Farcaster first prompts users to choose a set of ingredients. After this, the chosen ingredients are sent to a backend which handles the following:

• Send a request to OpenAI's API to generate an image using the ingredient information
• Send a request to Pinata's API to pin the image to IPFS
• Use Pinata's analytics API to track user engagement
• Prepares the transaction for the user to mint the NFT via the PestoBowl contract

Below is a breakdown of how the project's tech stack:

• Next.js
• TypeScript
• Frog
• Hono
• Viem
• Pinata FDK
• IPFS
• OpenAI