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Your 2 minute on-ramp into web3. No tech background. No stress. Just take the ride into a place where your music actually pays you.
Web3 in 2 minutes
Tap through. By the end you will actually get it, and you will be onboarded.
Your moment is here
For years the music game was built so other people ate first. Labels, platforms, middlemen. You made the sound, they kept the bag.
Web3 flips that. It is a new way to put your music online where you own it, you get paid direct, and nobody can quietly cut you out. Africa is early, and early is where the real upside lives.
What "on-chain" means
A blockchain is just a public notebook that everyone can see and nobody can secretly erase or edit. Once your name is next to your song in that notebook, it is proof, forever.
What you actually gain
- 👑Own your mastersYour release is yours, provable and permanent.
- ⚡Get paid directFans pay you. Smart contracts split money instantly, no middleman.
- 🔄Earn on the resaleSet it once and earn every time your work trades again.
- 🌐Borderless moneyReceive value from anywhere on earth. No bank gatekeeping you.
- ⭐Reputation that travelsEarn Respect that follows you across the whole ecosystem.
- 🏆Real fundingGrants, prize pools and comps like the ZABAL Gamez, open to you.
Know the risks
The upside is real, but so is being smart. Quick truths:
- 01Token values move up and down. Never put in rent money.
- 02Scams exist. Never share your secret phrase, ever. Not with anyone.
- 03Transactions are final. Double check before you confirm.
- 04You hold your own keys, so keep them safe and backed up.
Your wallet is your backstage pass
A wallet is your ID, your bank, and your all-access pass rolled into one. It holds your keys, it receives your money, and it is how you sign in everywhere in web3.
You just onboarded
That is the whole idea of web3. Now here is where you take it, and what is on the line.
First move: get your wallet
Before anything else, you need a wallet. Your wallet has an address, a long code that starts with 0x. That address is how you receive every kind of money you earn or win. No wallet, no bag. Think of it as your account number for the internet of money, and you are the only one who holds the key.
Base AppBest for Africa- Install the Base App from your phone app store.
- Open it and sign up with your email or a passkey.
- Your wallet is created for you automatically. No 12 words to memorise.
- Tap Receive to see and copy your wallet address. That is what you share to get paid.
MetaMask- Install MetaMask, the phone app or the browser add-on.
- Tap Create a new wallet and set a strong password.
- It shows you 12 secret words. Write them on paper and hide them. Never type them anywhere online.
- Confirm the words. Done. Tap your address at the top to copy it.
- 01Your password and your 12 secret words are the keys to your money. Never share them with anyone, ever.
- 02No real company or person will ever ask for your secret words. Anyone who asks is trying to rob you.
- 03Write the words on paper. Do not keep them in screenshots, photos, WhatsApp or email.
- 04Always check the address before you send. Money sent cannot be undone.
When you earn or win a token, you can cash it out into Zambian Kwacha:
Binance P2P
N3M3SIS
N3M3SIS, formally known as NemesisVsLadyryn, is a rapper, singer, songwriter and composer out of Lusaka, Zambia. One artist, two names. Nemesis is the side that tries everything and takes the shot. Ladyryn is the soul, the poet, the calm. Her debut album SYNERGY put both on the map, right inside a rising scene of Zambian and Nigerian talent moving Afrobeats, R&B, rap and folk.
She is a builder, a founder, and an onchain geek living across web2 and web3, deep in all things crypto, NFTs and art. She has lived the part where you make something real and watch the value land in everyone's pocket but yours. So she built Surfboard: a way for the artists in her circle and across the continent to walk into web3 without being coders, traders, or born rich. The play is simple. Bring her people in, and make sure they win where they used to get left out.
$ONGCHAINN
The home for your sound. $ONGCHAINN is a web3 music platform where you upload your music, own it on-chain, get discovered, and get paid without the usual middlemen taking the first and biggest cut.
- 🎵Upload your musicYour tracks live on your terms, ownership provable.
- 💬Build your fanbaseFans connect with you directly and back you early.
- 💸Get paidEarnings flow to you, on-chain and transparent.
The ZABAL Gamez
A three month build competition run by The ZAO community, and it is running right now. There is a track built for artists, and July is the entry window. This is where the Cypher lives: African artists drop their bars in public, and every finisher gets paid.
Let AI explain it
Any question you have, AI can answer it in the simplest English, any time. Open ChatGPT or any AI app, paste one of these, and read the answer back. Tap Copy, then paste it in.
Explain what a crypto wallet is like I am 10 years old, and tell me why I need one to get paid.
Give me step by step how to create a Base App wallet on my phone, in very simple English.
What are the top 5 rules to keep my crypto wallet safe? Keep it very simple.
How do I sell my crypto for Zambian Kwacha using Binance P2P? Explain it step by step.
I got paid in a token. What is it, is it safe, and how do I turn it into cash?
Your seat is open
You learned it. You get it. Now own your music on $ONGCHAINN and drop your verse. Entry is open right now, and N3M3SIS saved you a spot.