# 5.4 The Metaplex NFT Standard The Kanon NFT and its underlying infrastructure will all be built internally using the set of open source tools provided by Metaplex Studios (aka ‘Metaplex’). The Metaplex toolkit is designed to provide NFT creators an easy way to bootstrap creating, launching and providing a marketplace for trading NFTs on Solana Metaplex has achieved overwhelming traction in the short period of time since it started in early 2021. The vast majority of NFT projects are currently being built using Metaplex, and the metadata and associated specifications on the Metaplex docs and GitHub pages can be considered de-facto standards for NFTs on the Solana blockchain. What this means is that in addition to the dramatically reduced time-to-mint for NFTs built using Metaplex, an NFT creator conforming to the Metaplex specifications will be ensured compatibility with the growing community of Dapp developers also building on Solana. For example, conforming to the Metaplex specification means an NFT creator’s image assets and metadata will be shown by the Solana popular wallets. For those familiar with Ethereum, Metaplex implements a similar set of features and metadata standard as found in the Ethereum ERC-721 and ERC-1155 specification. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://synesis.gitbook.io/synesisone/ecosystem/5.4-the-metaplex-nft-standard.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.