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Minters

Complete catalog of Art Blocks minter types with configuration parameters.

A complete reference of all available minter types in the Art Blocks Shared Minter Suite.

Quick Reference

Minter Use Case Price Discovery Bot Resistance
Set Price – ETH Simple fixed-price sale None Low
Set Price – Allowlist Fixed price, curated audience None High (allowlisted only)
Set Price – Token Holder Fixed price, holder-gated None Medium
Set Price – ERC20 Custom token payment None Low
Dutch Auction (w/ Settlement) Fair price discovery, equalized price High High
Dutch Auction (exponential) Price discovery, variable final price Medium Medium
Dutch Auction (linear) Price discovery, variable final price Medium Medium
Dutch Auction + Token Holder Holder-gated dutch auction Medium High
Ranked Auction (RAM) Bid-based, all pay lowest winning bid High High
Serial English Auction (SEA) Sequential per-token auctions High High
Minimum Price Near-free distribution with small fee None Low
Minimum Price – Allowlist Near-free, allowlisted None High
Polyptych Identical-hash multi-piece sets N/A N/A

Set Price Minters

Set Price – ETH

The simplest minter. All tokens sell at a fixed price in ETH, first-come-first-served.

Best for: Projects with moderate demand, straightforward drops.

Key parameters:

  • price: Price per token in wei
  • maxInvocations (optional): Minter-level cap on total mints

Set Price – ETH, allowlisted users only

Fixed price restricted to an allowlist. Artists configure a list of eligible wallet addresses and optionally limit how many times each address can mint.

Best for: Early access passes, community-exclusive drops, token-gated experiences.

Key parameters:

  • price: Price per token in wei
  • merkleRoot: Merkle root of the allowlist
  • maxInvocationsPerAddress: Max mints per allowlisted wallet

Set Price – ETH, token holders only

Fixed price restricted to holders of a specified ERC-721 token collection.

Best for: Rewarding existing community holders; companion piece drops.

Key parameters:

  • price: Price per token in wei
  • holderContract: Address of the ERC-721 contract holders must own

Set Price – custom ERC20

Fixed price accepting any ERC-20 token. Useful for "mint pass" mechanics or custom community tokens.

Key parameters:

  • price: Price in ERC-20 token units
  • currencyAddress: ERC-20 contract address
  • currencySymbol: Display symbol

Dutch Auction Minters

Dutch Auction (w/ Settlement) – exponential price decrease

All collectors pay the same final price — the price at which the last token sold. Collectors who purchase above the final price can claim a settlement (refund of the difference). Funds are held non-custodially by the contract until revenues are collected by the artist.

This is the most equitable Dutch auction for buyers: early purchasers aren't penalized for enthusiasm.

Best for: High-demand projects where fair price discovery and collector equitability are priorities.

Key parameters:

  • startPrice: Starting price in wei
  • basePrice: Minimum (resting) price in wei
  • startTime: Auction start timestamp
  • halfLifeSeconds: Controls price decay speed (exponential curve)

Dutch Auction – exponential price decrease

Price starts high and decays exponentially over time. Collectors pay the price at the time they purchase — earlier buyers pay more. No settlement mechanism.

Best for: Projects where price discovery is desired and collectors accept variable prices.

Key parameters:

  • startPrice: Starting price in wei
  • basePrice: Minimum resting price in wei
  • startTime: Auction start timestamp
  • halfLifeSeconds: Half-life of price decay

Dutch Auction – linear price decrease

Price decreases linearly from start to end over a set duration. Predictable price curve.

Best for: Projects where a predictable, transparent price reduction curve is desired.

Key parameters:

  • startPrice: Starting price in wei
  • basePrice: Minimum resting price in wei
  • startTime: Auction start timestamp
  • endTime: Auction end timestamp

Dutch Auction – exponential, token holders only

Extends the exponential Dutch Auction to require token holders of a specified collection to participate.

Dutch Auction – linear, token holders only

Extends the linear Dutch Auction to require token holders of a specified collection to participate.

Ranked Auction (RAM)

The Ranked Auction Minter (RAM) allows collectors to submit bids for a limited number of tokens. The highest bidders win; all winning bids pay the same price (the lowest winning bid).

Losing bidders receive automatic refunds. The ranked auction process runs non-custodially on-chain and scales to any project size. Artists may incur gas costs for minting tokens to winning bidders.

Best for: Projects with strong demand and a community-oriented ethos; "museum-quality" drops.

Key parameters:

  • auctionEndTime: When bidding closes
  • numTokensToSell: Number of tokens in the auction

Serial English Auction (SEA)

The Serial English Auction (SEA) runs sequential English auctions for individual tokens. Inspired by nouns.wtf.

  • Collectors kick off each token's auction by submitting a bid
  • Any wallet can outbid; outbid amounts are refunded automatically
  • Bids submitted near the end of an auction extend the auction window, ensuring human competitors can respond to bots
  • Once an auction ends, the next token auction can be started alongside delivering the previous winner their token

The minter pre-mints tokens before their auction starts. Bids are placed on existing tokens, not hypothetical ones.

Best for: Long-running projects meant to be savored token-by-token; 1:1 auctions; community engagement over an extended period.

Key parameters:

  • auctionLengthSeconds: Minimum duration per auction
  • minBidIncrementPercent: Minimum increment for a new bid
  • startingPrice: Minimum starting bid in wei

Minimum Price Minter

Distributes tokens at near-zero cost. A small mint fee is sent to the render provider to help cover rendering and indexing costs.

Best for: Community giveaways, public art projects, accessibility-focused releases.

Minimum Price – allowlisted users only

Extends the Minimum Price minter to restrict minting to an allowlist. Supports per-wallet limits.

Polyptych Minter

The Polyptych (copy-hash) minter mints tokens with identical token hashes. This allows a project to produce multiple pieces that share a common generative seed — creating visual or conceptual cohesion across a set.

  • Artists may mint child tokens to a parent token holder's wallet, or allow the parent holder to mint children themselves
  • The artist's script must handle frame assignment by token number (e.g., tokens 0–99 render frame 1, tokens 100–199 render frame 2)
  • Artists can increment the active frame on the minter

Requires: Configuration of the shared randomizer. Some interactions may need Etherscan/gnosis safe tx builder.

Best for: Multi-panel generative works, polyptych editions, companion pieces.

Polyptych – custom ERC20

Extends the Polyptych minter to accept any ERC-20 token as payment.

Custom Minters

Engine partners can add custom minters for their contracts. See Custom Minters for the integration process.

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