questions
Short answers about the pets, rarity and the mint.
on-chain
What makes Tamabits the first of its kind on Arc?
It is a pixel pet collection whose art lives fully on Arc. Most NFTs, on Arc and elsewhere, only store a link to an image kept on IPFS or a server. Tamabits store the pets themselves.
How can art fit on chain?
Each pet is a 24×24 one-bit picture, just 72 bytes. The whole collection is about 216 KB, small enough to store on chain for a few dollars in network fees.
What is the provenance hash?
A sha256 fingerprint of all 3,000 pictures in token order, published before mint. After reveal, anyone can hash the on-chain art and confirm it matches.
the pets
What is a Tamabit?
A fully on-chain pixel pet: a 24×24 one-bit portrait, built from fourteen creature families and seven more trait layers, stored and drawn on Arc. There are 3,000 of them on Arc.
Can two Tamabits look the same?
No. No two pets share the same set of traits or the same picture, and no two share the same creature (family, eyes, mouth, headwear and marking), so there are no twins that only differ in background.
How was the art made?
Every pet is drawn by a generator from hand-made pixel parts. Bodies are drawn as a left half and mirrored, so every pet is symmetric. Combinations that do not fit, like a beanie on a pet with ears, are thrown out.
Can I download a pet?
Preview pets can be downloaded from their page as a 1200 px PNG or the original SVG. The rest can be downloaded after reveal.
rarity
What are the tiers?
Common, uncommon, epic, legendary and mythic. There are 1,800 common, 750 uncommon, 300 epic, 120 legendary and 30 mythic pets.
How is a tier decided?
Pets are ranked by the rarest trait they carry, then by how rare their full set of traits is. The ranking is split into the fixed quotas above. The rarity page explains every step.
mint
How many are free?
1,500 Tamabits are a free mint. You only pay the network fee. The other 1,500 are a paid mint at a price announced later.
When does mint open?
The date is announced before minting opens, together with the rules and the limit per wallet.
Why is the collection locked?
So every pet is a surprise. A preview shows the style, and the rest of the collection is revealed after mint.
Why Arc?
Arc is a fast EVM chain where fees are paid in USDC and transactions settle in under a second, which keeps minting simple.