Bittensor EVM NFT documentation

What Elevate is and the four things you need before your first mint. Read

• Getting Started with Elevate

  What Elevate is and the four things you need before you mint.

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The network: chain ID 964, TAO, wallets, addresses and moving TAO across. Section overview

• How to move TAO to Bittensor EVM

  Buy TAO, hold it in a Substrate wallet, bridge it to your 0x address with the official bridge.

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Supported wallets and step-by-step network setup for MetaMask and Rabby. Section overview

• How to add Bittensor EVM to MetaMask

  Network name, RPC URL, chain ID 964 and explorer — copy them in or let Elevate add the network for you.

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• How to add Bittensor EVM to Rabby

  Add Bittensor EVM as a custom network in Rabby and connect it to Elevate.

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How to mint, how phases and allowlists work, and what the contract checks. Section overview

• How to mint an NFT on Bittensor EVM

  The ten user-facing steps from wallet setup to verifying your minted token.

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• NFT minting phases explained

  Independent price, supply, wallet limit and timing per phase, enforced by the contract.

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• How NFT allowlists work

  Signed per-wallet allowances, verified on-chain — no merkle trees.

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• The mint transaction flow

  Every check that happens between clicking Mint and the token landing in your wallet.

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• On-chain status and real-time data

  Phase status, mint counts and wallet allowances are read from the contract, not a database.

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Traits, rarity scores and tiers, and how they are calculated. Section overview

• NFT rarity explained

  How trait frequencies become a rarity score and a tier from Common to Legendary.

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• NFT traits explained

  What traits are, how they are stored, and how frequencies are shown.

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The ERC-721A collection contract, ERC-2981 royalties and built-in controls. Section overview

• ERC-721A explained

  Why minting several NFTs costs about the same gas as one, and what that trades off.

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• ERC-2981 royalties explained

  The on-chain royalty standard, and how Elevate enforces it on marketplace sales.

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Contract and platform controls, key handling and how to verify a collection. Section overview

• Smart-contract security

  What the contract prevents, what the owner can do, and how to verify a deployment.

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Applying, launching, reveal mechanics, royalties and the transfer lock. Section overview

• How to launch an NFT collection on Bittensor EVM

  Apply, get reviewed, configure, deploy, launch — with what to prepare at each step.

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• NFT reveal mechanics

  Placeholder at mint, reveal when ready, freeze permanently if you choose.

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• Setting royalties

  Receiver, rate, cap — and how the marketplace pays them out.

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• The transfer lock

  Tokens start non-transferable; the creator decides when trading opens.

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Gas-free listings, escrowed offers and how royalties are paid on sales. Section overview

• Listings: how selling works

  Sign a listing for free; the token stays in your wallet until it sells.

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• Offers: how bidding works

  On-chain offers with TAO in escrow, accepted by the seller.

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How the backend is built and what it does -- and does not -- expose. Read

• Platform architecture

  Projects, collections, minting and indexing services behind the site. Not a public API.

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Short definitions of every term used across the docs. Read

• Glossary

  Every term used in the docs, defined in a sentence or two, with a link to the page that explains it.

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