How does the minting process work?

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Hey,
We would like to make the process of minting more seamless (faster) and therefore I'm trying to deconstruct what's going on under the hood.

We would love to hear your ideas!

1. construct metadata

First of all, we will take an image and post it to the IPFS, as the result we are expecting a CID (IPFS hash) which will well append to the metadata

To create metadata we will take name, description, attributes and image CID and create a JSON file which will publish to the IPFS again

2. construct RMRK string

In the process of generating NFT RMRK, we will construct another JSON containing collection's d, name, instance, serial number and metadata hash. This JSON is then prefixed with the RMRK::1.0.0::MINTNFT:: string

3. Constructing the call and making the transaction

After we have the correct RMRK string we can construct a call. This call is system.remark and as an argument takes a string :). Once we have this call ready using polkadot/api we will sign the transaction and send it to the Kusama network