NFT Marketplaces

Project information

• Author: Yiyang Zhang, Computation and Design with tracks in Digital Media, Class of 2025, Duke Kunshan University
• Instructor: Prof. Luyao Zhang, Duke Kunshan University
• Disclaimer: SRS program instructed by Prof. Luyao Zhang at Duke Kunshan University.
• Acknowledgments: Thanks to Professor Luyao Zhang for guiding my project. Thanks to the SciEcon editorial team including Xintong Wu, Wanlin Deng, Xinyu Tian, Zesen Zhuang, Prof. Luyao Zhang. Thanks to Colden Johnson and Jiayi Wang for peer review.
• Project Summary:
  • [Data Source] Das, Dipanjan, Priyanka Bose, Nicola Ruaro, Christopher Kruegel, and Giovanni Vigna. 2021. “Understanding Security Issues in the NFT Ecosystem,” November. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2111.08893. https://zenodo.org/record/6526192

Table of Contents

• Data
• Code
• Spotlight
• GitHub Page

Data

• Data Source: https://zenodo.org/record/6526192
• Meta Data Infomation:

Data Files	Data Type	Data Content
foundationsizetype.csv	Processed	The size, duration, file type, and last transaction time of the NFT asset on Foundation.
superrareaccount.csv	Processed	Accessibility of user names and addresses for both sides of the transaction on SuperRare.
Raribleaccount.csv	Processed	Accessibility of user names and addresses for both sides of the transaction on Rarible.
foundationevent.csv	Processed	Classification of NFT events on the Foundation (e.g., mint, buy, sell, auction creation) and when the event occurred.
superrareeventtype.csv	Processed	Classification of NFT events on the SuperRare (e.g., mint, buy, sell, auction creation) and when the event occurred.
Raribleventtype1.csv	Processed	Classification of NFT events on the Rarible (e.g., mint, buy, sell, auction creation) and when the event occurred. （first part)
Raribleventtype2.csv	Processed	Classification of NFT events on the Rarible (e.g., mint, buy, sell, auction creation) and when the event occurred. （second part)
nifty url.csv	Processed	image url of the NFT asset on Nifty

• Data Dictionary

File Name	Variable Name	Description	Frecuency	Unit	Type
foundationsizetype.csv	width	the width of the NFT assets on the Foundation	daily	pixel	int
	height	the height of NFT assets on Foundation	daily	pixel	int
	duration	the duration of NFT assets on Foundation	daily	second	float
	mimetype	the mime type of NFT assets on Foundation	daily	\	string
	date	the last transaction time of NFT assets on Foundation	daily	day	datetime
superrareaccount.csv	from_account_username	accessible or not for the username of the sender account of a transaction on SuperRare	transaction	\	int
	to_account_username	accessible or not for the username of the recipient account account of a transaction on SuperRare	transaction	\	int
	from_account_address	accessible or not for the address of the sender account of a transaction on SuperRare	transaction	\	int
	to_account_address	accessible or not for the address of the recipient account of a transaction on SuperRare	transaction	\	int
Raribleaccount.csv	from_account_username	accessible or not for the username of the sender account of a transaction on Rarible	transaction	\	int
	to_account_username	accessible or not for the username of the recipient account account of a transaction on Rarible	transaction	\	int
	from_account_address	accessible or not for the address of the sender account of a transaction on Rarible	transaction	\	int
	to_account_address	accessible or not for the address of the recipient account of a transaction on Rarible	transaction	\	int
foundationevent.csv	time	the time of the NFT event on the Foundation	event	day	datetime
	type	the typr of the NFT event on the Foundation	event	\	string
superrareeventtype.csv	time	the time of the NFT event on the SuperRare	event	day	datetime
	type	the typr of the NFT event on the SuperRare	event	\	string
Raribleventtype1.csv	time	the time of the NFT event on the Rarible	event	day	datetime
	type	the typr of the NFT event on the Rarible	event	\	string
Raribleventtype2.csv	time	the time of the NFT event on the Rarible	event	day	datetime
	type	the typr of the NFT event on the Rarible	event	\	string
nifty url.csv	URL	the image url of the NFT asset on Nifty	asset	\	string
	DATE	the last transaction date of the NFT asset on Nifty	asset	day	datetime
	URLTYPE	the website type according to the image url of the NFT asset on Nifty	asset	\	string

Code

Changes in NFT asset characteristics	Privacy of NFT transaction accounts	Changes in the types of NFT events	Changes in the type of access link for NFT assets
FoundationSizeType.ipynb	SuperrareAccount.ipynb	Foundation_Event_Type.ipynb	NiftyURL.ipynb
	RaribleAccount.ipynb	SuperRare_Event_Type.ipynb
		RaribleAccount.ipynb

Spotlight

Changes in NFT asset characteristics

MIME Type Distribution

• Figure No.1. MIME Type Distribution on Foundation

Characteristics Variation of Video

• Figure No.2. Average Width Variation of Video.png

• Figure No.3. Average Height Variation of Video.png

• Figure No.4. Average Duration Variation of Video.png

Size Variation of Image

• Figure No.5. Average Width Variation of Image.png

• Figure No.6. Average Height Variation of Image.png

• Figure No.7. Average Height Variation of Image (Log Transformed).png

Privacy of NFT transaction accounts

Rarible

• Figure No.8. Account Accessibility of Transactions on Rarible.png

Superrare

• Figure No.9. Account Accessibility of Transactions on Superrare.png

Changes in the types of NFT events

Foundation

• Figure No.10. Foundation Event Type.png

Rarible

• Figure No.11. Rarible Event Type.png

SuperRare

• Figure No.12. SuperRare Event Type.png

Changes in the type of access link for NFT assets

Nifty

• Figure No.13. Nifty Website Proportions.png

More about the Author

• Yiyang Zhang is from the class of 2025, majoring in Computation and Design with tracks in Digital Media at Duke Kunshan University. She is designated a Summer Research Scholar for the summer of 2023 and awarded by the SRS program. Her research interest is NFT transaction, digital design, and media interaction.

References

Data Source

• https://zenodo.org/record/6526192

Code Source

• https://github.com/Rising-Stars-by-Sunshine/stats201-portfolio

Literature

@inproceedings{nft-study,
    author = {Dipanjan Das and Priyanka Bose and Nicola Ruaro and Christopher Kruegel and Giovanni Vigna},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS)},
    title = {Understanding Security Issues in the NFT Ecosystem},
    year = {2022}
}