Reports said that Behance, the creative showcase platform owned by Adobe, has announced that users can now connect their Phantom wallet to their Behance accounts and showcase Solana (SOL) nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on their profiles.
It has been reported that QuickNode, a Miami-based Web3 infrastructure platform, helped build out this feature with Adobe on Solana. Behance creators can already display their NFTs minted on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain within their profiles.
William Allen, the Adobe Vice President leading Behance, said that many of Behance’s users may no longer want to associate with Ethereum due to concerns over its high energy usage and gas costs.
Allen added that Solana is a proof-of-stake chain that addresses these concerns, pointing out that a single transaction on Solana "uses as much energy as a Google search and costs a fraction of a penny."
However, Phantom echoed the sentiment by saying that this integration is "huge" for the Solana creator economy because it allows artists "an eco-friendly and low-cost way to experiment with NFTs." Behance first enabled its artists to connect their crypto wallet and NFTs to their Behance profile in October 2021. At that time, Adobe also partnered with Rarible, OpenSea, KnownOrigin, and SuperRare NFT marketplaces as part of the company's "Content Authenticity Initiative" to protect digital creators by displaying provenance data.
Allen added that Solana addresses will be added to the Content Credentials tool in Photoshop to combat NFT artwork getting stolen and ensure that proper credit is given.
Thus, QuickNode permits Adobe to rent access to the Solana blockchain, as opposed to building and maintaining its own node. According to the QuickNode website, the company is the top Solana node service provider and it powers more than 50% of the Solana ecosystem.
Source: Cointelegraph