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Braille Terminal

Braille Terminal is a 10,000-piece animated on-chain art collection built around Braille glyphs, command codes, AI-agent solving, and wave-based minting.

01 // Collection

Total supply10,000 terminals

ArtOn-chain image + metadata

Wave structure10 waves × 1,000 terminals

Free mints / wave100 free mint opportunities / wave

Access codes5-minute expiry

PriceETH value set before launch

02 // Mint Flow

Minting is command-gated. A collector can use the AI route or the manual checksum route. The AI route copies only the terminal command; the agent asks for the wallet address and returns a wallet-bound mintCode if it finds one. The manual route uses the connected wallet, a Braille checksum gate, and a scan button on the site.

AI route 1. copy the terminal command 2. paste it into an AI agent or terminal 3. provide the wallet address when asked 4. paste the returned mintCode and mint before it expires Manual route 1. connect wallet 2. GET GATE 3. SOLVE the Braille checksum 4. SCAN after cooldown 5. if a valid code appears, click MINT

Each wave has 1,000 terminals. Up to 100 free mint opportunities / wave can appear through free wallet-bound codes. They are random opportunities, not first-100-free. Codes are wallet-bound, wave-bound, expire after 5 minutes, and are single-use once minted. If a short code expires, hunt or scan again.

03 // Waves

Waves create pacing. When one wave is complete, the terminal moves to the next transmission. Old wave codes do not carry forward.

Wave 0 opens the archive.
Each wave releases 1,000 terminals.
100 free mint opportunities / wave are available through random wallet-bound free codes.
Default wallet limit is one terminal per wave.
Expired, reused, or old-wave access codes are rejected.

04 // Phase Roadmap

The protocol is designed as three public phases. Phase 1 is mint. After the collection sells out, the owner may activate Phase 2 Evolve, then Phase 3 Burn to Redeem. Evolve and redeem actions are unavailable until their phase is opened, and phases may be paused for operations or security.

Phase 1 // Mint

Ten command-gated waves release the Genesis terminals. Each minted token starts as Genesis and records its paid mint value at mint time.

Phase 2 // Evolve

After sellout, Evolve can open. A holder can merge two owned Genesis terminals into one Ascended terminal.

Phase 3 // Burn to Redeem

After redeem opens, a holder can burn a token to redeem 90% of the token’s recorded paid mint value. Free mints have a recorded paid mint value of zero.

Recorded value only

Recorded paid mint value is a contract accounting value from mint/evolve history. It is not a statement about market price, resale value, or future availability.

05 // On-chain Art

The image and metadata are generated by the contract on-chain. Website preview captures are only a lighter way to display the current contract-rendered look in the browser.

Each terminal has a different signal profile based on mode, palette, access class, frame, glyph set, signal level, protocol state, and DNA.

06 // Traits

Access

Shell, Root, Daemon, Kernel, Oracle.

Mode

Orbit, Rain, Pulse, Snake, Helix, Scan, Sparkle, Checker.

Protocol

Genesis or Ascended.

Identity

Palette, frame, glyph set, signal, and DNA.

07 // Evolve: Genesis to Ascended

Evolve phase

After sellout, Evolve can be owner-activated. Two owned Genesis terminals merge into one Ascended terminal; token B burns into token A.

Every minted terminal begins as Genesis. After sellout, if the owner activates evolution, a holder can call evolve(tokenA, tokenB) on two Genesis terminals they own. Token B is burned into token A; token A remains in the holder’s wallet, becomes Ascended, and carries the recorded paid mint value from both tokens.

Evolution is an optional owner-activated protocol phase. Until the phase is active, evolve actions are unavailable.

08 // Burn to Redeem

Burn to Redeem phase

After redeem opens, burning a token destroys it and redeems 90% of its recorded paid mint value. Free mints record zero paid mint value and redeem zero.

After sellout and after the redeem phase is owner-activated, a holder can burn a token to redeem 90% of that token’s recorded paid mint value. A free mint has a recorded paid mint value of zero and redeems zero. If an Ascended token carries mint value from an evolved pair, the carried recorded value is used for the redeem calculation.

Redeem is a burn action: the token is destroyed as part of the redemption. This mechanic is based on recorded mint value only and is not a statement about market price, resale value, or future availability.

09 // Free Code Logic

Each wave includes 100 free mint opportunities / wave through random free-code opportunities. They are not simply given to the first 100 users. The hunter command may return a free code or a regular mint code depending on the active wave result.

100 free mint opportunities / wave.
Not first-come-first-free.
Any capable AI agent can run the mission file and return a mintCode.
Access codes expire 5 minutes after issue. If one expires, hunt or scan again.
A wallet can only mint once per wave by default.

10 // Regular Mint Price

Regular mint price will be set in ETH before launch, plus network gas.

11 // Website and Deployment

The website at https://www.braille-terminal.xyz is a terminal interface for minting, reading the protocol, and previewing the art. Preview captures are generated from the current contract-rendered terminals so the page stays fast while showing the real visual direction.

12 // Summary

Braille Terminal combines command-code minting, AI-agent hunting, wave pacing, on-chain animated art, evolvable protocol states, and optional burn-to-redeem mechanics into a terminal-native collection.