# Introduction

## What is Terra ?

Soil Protocol is built on Terra not only because terra is one of the most open-sourced blockchain, its vibrant community it's what drive us the most as builders in the web3 world. Terra is fueled by a passionate community and deep developer pool, and we really look forward to what we can accomplish and build together in the future. Visit <https://www.terra.money/> <https://www.terra.money/> for more info about the chain.<br>

## What is Soil Protocol

Soil Protocol is the NFT infrastructure layer built for Terra 2.0. Our APIs allow devs to develop NFT projects without writing smart contract code. With Soil Protocol, projects will have the ability to mint and launch their Candy Machine on their project site, and configure various launching parameters simply by connecting through our APIs.

In addition to NFT collection launching capabilities, projects can utilize Soil’s NFT utility tools to help execute their roadmaps. We will be making common NFT utilities available via our APIs over time which will serve as building blocks for various NFT initiatives (such as metaverse, gamefi, web3, and identity layer) to thrive on Terra 2.0.

## Our Mission

<img src="https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f331.svg" alt="🌱" data-size="line"> *`"To nurture projects with nutrients and organic matter that together, support life and build the ecosystem."`* <img src="https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f331.svg" alt="🌱" data-size="line">

Soil Protocol’s mission is to eliminate the entry barriers for project builders on Terra, making project launches more accessible for everyone who wants to participate in the Terra ecosystem by providing tools and features that projects will need to build and grow.\
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