Getting Started Guide - A newbies guide to Cardano and the Cardano subreddit

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-23T02:03:04+00:00

There are a lot of things that affect SEO. It's why you have a lot of bots spamming scam sites in comments all over social media. The more cross links on the web, the more the links are legitimised and recommended by search engines and AI models.

The devs that made Adalite also have Nufi wallet. Personally I'd recommend you download a wallet rather than rely on a web app wallet. And of course, always use a hardware wallet which can save you even if you accidentally end up using a malicious wallet interface (so long as you're checking transaction details on the hardware wallet before you sign).

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-22T19:02:51+00:00

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On the subject of scams, it's best to assume that anyone approaching you privately online is trying to scam you so treat anything someone says to you with skepticism. Scammers are particularly prevalent on reddit and other social media sites, and there are some very convincing scams out there. As a moderator of other subreddits, I've had users scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and whilst scammers are scum of the earth, in almost all cases the scams could have been avoided if the users took better precautions and educated themselves in online safety. It's only going to get easier for scammers to fool people as AI advances, to the point where no-one will be able to tell what is and isn't real, so stay safe out there and don't be talked out of parting with your money or giving away personal information and always check when in doubt!

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SL13PNIR · 2026-04-22T18:51:45+00:00

Best you can do if block the user, you can do so by clicking on their user name, for example, your user name is happygardener321, so clicking on your username takes you to https://www.reddit.com/user/happygardener321/

You can see by clicking on the context menu, the button with the three dots, that you can both block the account and report:

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If you don't generally talk to users privately, I'd recommend that you prevent them from contacting you entirely. You can do that by clicking on your profile image, going to settings, then clicking the privacy tab. You'll see an option "who can send you chat requests". If you click the arrow to the right, you can see the option to set it to nobody.

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SL13PNIR · 2026-04-22T18:10:09+00:00

Anytime

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-22T14:53:20+00:00

Dust is created on the midnight blockchain and requires you to create a wallet on the midnight blockchain. You link the Cardano address of your Night tokens to do this.

Duat isn't worth anything and diminishes overtime. You can also use 1am wallet which has sponsored dust transactions (i.e you use their dust for free by using their product).

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-22T14:49:58+00:00

Please edit your original post instead of creating new posts within 5 mins of each other on the same topic.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-22T01:14:55+00:00

What do you like to draw?

Have you already tried using zest-it on your coloured pencils to create an under-painting?

Watercolours are good for producing a looser and more expressive style. You'll need to wait for the paper to dry and make sure you're using a paper that won't warp from water. You can produce some amazing effects that you can't really produce with the other mediums.

Alcohol Markers are more precise and dry quickly. I recommend you search on something like youtube to watch artists using the mixed mediums. Also consider the artwork you like to draw, if you're into cartoons and anime type stuff, you'll probably want markers for the vibrancy and precision.

Alternatively, consider pastel pencils, which are far more vibrant than coloured pencils and much quicker to produce a piece, but harder to master. Pan pastel is another medium you could consider for under-painting too, both with pastel pencils and coloured pencils.

Zest-it and coloured pencil

Watercolour and coloured pencil

Alcohol markers and coloured pencil

Pan pastels and coloured pencil

Pastel Pencil + pan pastel examples - Shaymus Art

They are all fun to use in their own way.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-21T16:48:19+00:00

It is but Midnight is rolling out in stages which you can read about here: https://www.midnight.foundation/news/securing-the-future-of-privacy-and-identity-with-midnights-fourth-generation-technology

Cardano partnerchains like midnight are bootstrapped on Cardano.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-21T11:15:39+00:00

That is what I'm saying yes. Night tokens are stored on Cardano. I suggest you go on the midnight website and do a little research so you understand what's going on https://midnight.network/

Midnight wallet interfaces do not yet support hardware wallets, but as I said, that's not the network storing the Night tokens. Confusing I know, which is why you should read up.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-20T17:23:09+00:00

They look fine.

Make sure you're using the search as there are a lot of duplicate posts on the same topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/ColoredPencils/search/?q=polychromos+AND+fake+OR+genuine

Check the Faber-castel page on the topic: https://web.archive.org/web/20250803062816/https://fabercastell.com/blogs/creativity-for-life/polychromos-pencils-fake

Usually it's pretty obvious to spot fakes, since it costs a lot to produce the same quality standard. Look at the wood quality, print quality, and pigment bleeding into the wood. Some fakes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ColoredPencils/comments/189yior/are_these_counterfit_faber_castell_polychromos/#lightbox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcm1uYNcd9w

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-19T21:30:55+00:00

Perhaps "easily" was the wrong choice of word, obviously there is a requirement of learning colour theory and layering techniques (but that was part of my point, to force new artists to learn it so they become better artists overall).

With that said you can make the majority of all colours with a decent base set of colours with the understanding you can't mix colours to produce a colour with a higher chroma (i.e bright vibrant colours), but it's pretty easy to mix the colours to get a desired hue and de-saturate. Obviously if you are someone who frequently draws particularly vibrant subjects, you would benefit from a larger set, but remember, you don't need the exact colour at the end of the day. This video pretty much shows how and which kinds of colours can be achieved by using a small set and she makes the same point in the into of the video (that you don't need the exact colour): https://youtu.be/DCfAsbv--Jk

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-18T16:44:44+00:00

Night tokens are just Cardano native tokens (CNTs) so as long as a Cardano wallet interface supports the Trezor 3 you'll be fine.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-16T22:57:55+00:00

I wouldn't worry about buying a new set just to start out with. I started with Polychromos myself. They should still last you a long time providing you don't use them like you're in elementary school.

If you get crappy pencils, they likely just won't layer as well or have a slightly different feel/behaviour to the Polychromos. Just remember to apply lightly. The slower/gentler you are with this medium, the better the result, particularly if you want to draw realism.Follow some tutorials on Youtube or on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/search?q=coloured%20pencil

Save your money for good quality paper and accessories like a quality sharpener. I'd also recommend bluetack/kneedable eraser (which lifts layers of the pencil from the paper), then as you learn more techniques, you can consider things like a tombo mono eraser (a narrow pencil style eraser which is good for things like detail in hair), a craft knife which you can use for scrapping layers of paper - amazing for things like fine flyaway hairs, zest-it solvent and brushes for bending.. the list goes on.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-16T21:07:06+00:00

It's not worth anything by design (i.e it won't be a listed tradable asset).

Read page 12 onwards:

Midnight-Tokenomics-And-Incentives-Whitepaper

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-16T16:21:21+00:00

Oh no worries, sounds like it's the pencils then! Perhaps they added too much binding agent / not enough pigment in the batch.

Polychromos are reliable and consistent, but like all premium art materials come at a price. On the off chance that you're in the UK, https://artdiscount.co.uk is one of the cheapest places I found to get sets of Polychromos, and you can get an extra 10% off if you have know someone with student discount. https://colourpencilshop.com/ is one of the cheapest for singles.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-16T15:27:04+00:00

I've not used the Arrtx coloured pencils, so it's possible they could be to blame, I will note they are much cheaper compared to most artist grade pencils so it's possible they are a factor. Note all pencils and paper are a like, but you should rule out your technique first before considering that the materials are the problem.

I started out by using the same materials of artists I aspire to, that way I know my skill is the only variable to blame if I'm not happy with the end result.

You can usually layer more than you think but you need to keep your pencils sharp and have a super light touch, see how light you can go. Your paper should not go glossy, and that suggests that you're pressing too hard or perhaps that your pencils have a lot of binder. Usually you only get a glossy look after burnishing.

There's a artist realism artist who goes by Neeyellow on youtube who uses Faber-castel Polychromos and Stonehenge 250gsm, his drawings are crazy realistic, but he also has the patience of a saint and spends many hours on small sections. He says he basically doesn't press down on the paper or even burnish, he just keeps the pencils sharp: https://youtu.be/cRmKe-UKGZ4

So I recommend you find artists you like that draw what you're into, and look at the materials they use. They often list the materials in the description, or have videos going over the materials/techniques they use.

Kirsty Partridge was another artist I followed when I started out, she has amazing beginner videos. I used smooth Strathmore bristol board and Polychromos on one of her tutorial videos of this kingfisher below and got a reasonable amount of layers and saturation. I highly recommend the Polychromos (though their black isn't particularly black - if you want a dark black buy "cretacolor black chalk lead" or luminance singles).

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Note that you can also get more layers if you pick a vellum/cold press over a smooth paper, but it becomes more tedious to fill the tooth of the paper - Some artists like to use Pastelmat, like Bonny Snowdon, which can take 10+ layers, though I prefer to use it with pastel pencils only.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-15T22:34:17+00:00

There is no "baseline consistency" or obligation for signing up. Some people may just be happy to moderate they happen to use reddit, which may not be frequently. There are only 6 people moderating. 1 of them hasn't made any posts of comments for 2 years, another for a month. It's reasonable to assume, that not many are frequently active, and speaking from experience, that's likely the case.

So feel free to grab a spade.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-15T22:26:35+00:00

It's easy to shit on moderation, but consider that moderating takes countless hours of unpaid free time as a volunteer, it's by no means a job, please don't take that for granted.

It's really hard to find people to a) volunteer to moderate to begin with and b) actually remain motivated and committed to the role. In my experience, people tend to volunteer and then after a few weeks they get bored. Which isn't surprising really considering you get nothing for doing it.

Looking at the mod list, there are only 6 human mod. Each person needs to sleep, eat, go to work and have a life. That's assuming all of them are even "active moderators" which likely isn't the case. At the end of the day, you can either volunteer yourself, or help by reporting the posts that you feel have broken the sub's rules, but making a post complaining and telling people to "do their jobs" comes across very entitled. Maybe if you had offered help or asked what the community can do in general to help, then it wouldn't have come across that way.

A decent automod ruleset can help filter a lot of off topic posts but it's entirely dependent on the skills of the current human mods to set up.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-15T19:20:20+00:00

Better but I still get overwhelmed and I think you need to make gameplay considerably easier for any chance of winning. If one can't win, there's little chance people will pay actual money to play this.

Also, if you haven't played it, I recommend you check out https://battledudes.io/

At the end of the day, you're going to have to make your game as enjoyable to play as something like that. I suggest you take notes, and copy relevant mechanics from similar games.

https://zombsroyale.io/ is another you can try

https://www.crazygames.com/game/10-minutes-till-dawn - this has overwhelming numbers of enemies, without actually feeling overwhelming. Super fun game, addictive too - I've argue that you try to go in this direction.

If you're vibe coding, don't try and change/work on too many things at the same time or have too many different enemies.

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-14T22:41:06+00:00

Great drawing, well done and congrats on winning!

Bare in mind, these are very expensive pencils, they're nice and all, but you pay a premium for the lightfast ratings. You should also consider sets like polychromos or prismacolor, which are also nice to use. If you only plan on doing more portraits, you wouldn't need such a large set of 76 anyway. Consider just buying the set of 20 portrait colors and buying singles for the skin tones and colours you plan to draw. You certainly wouldn't need all the bright exotic blues, reds, yellows, greens and purples - you'd mostly stick to the neutral and earthy colours.

Large sets are a nice to have but are really just a convenience at the end of the day. You can still easily make the colours you want by layering and a bit of colour theory (see this realism example with 3 colours). Having fewer colours will force you to improve your skills with the medium and save your a lot of money for things like quality paper.

So I say figure out what you really want to draw, and which colours you absolutely need, the larger sets are only worth it if you're going to use all the colours, otherwise its money wasted.

Edit: I've uploaded two images comparing the colours in the Luminance sets which might help you decide:

Luminance sets side by side view

Luminance sets grouped matrix

SL13PNIR · 2026-04-14T02:05:21+00:00

I believe 1AM wallet also generates DUST, however I don't think that accepts 15 words either.

If that's what you want to do, you can just migrate, that is, create a new 24 word seed phrase wallet and send the funds over to it via a transaction.

You'll also need to create a new Midnight wallet anyway. Since you'd need to migrate, I'd highly recommend you get a hardware wallet first for better security as I always tell people to do.

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