Frequently Asked Questions

Cyborg Sentience is a three-stage NFT evolution project featuring 500 unique characters that progress through Origins → Ascendant → Sentience. Each character exists across all three collections with decreasing supply at each stage, creating a dynamic ecosystem where scarcity increases as characters evolve.

All Cyborg Sentience NFTs are deployed on Ethereum using the ERC-1155 standard. This allows for efficient batch operations and lower gas costs compared to ERC-721.

Each of the 500 characters has a distinct visual design, personality, and lore. Characters maintain their identity across all three evolution stages (e.g., Samurai #5 in Origins evolves to Samurai #5 in Ascendant, then to Samurai #5 in Sentience). This creates a character-locked evolution system where your favorite character grows with you.

Yes! Origins is the entry point to the ecosystem. Anyone can mint Origins NFTs during the public mint phase (0.015 ETH each, max 5 per wallet). You can choose any character from 1-500.

All NFT artwork is minted at 2048 × 2048 pixels. Images are stored on IPFS in this resolution.

Origins → Ascendant: No, you have two options. You can keep your Origins and simply pay 0.05 ETH to mint Ascendant, OR you can burn Origins to get Ascendant (and potentially receive a bonus Origins NFT).

Ascendant → Sentience: Yes, burning is required. Sentience can ONLY be obtained by burning Ascendant NFTs (plus paying 0.1 ETH).

When you burn an NFT, it is permanently destroyed from the blockchain. The token is removed from your wallet and the total supply of that character is reduced by one. In exchange, you receive the next evolution stage NFT (and potentially a bonus reward). This action is irreversible.

No. The system is designed for character-locked evolution. Each character should evolve into itself (Samurai #5 → Samurai #5 → Samurai #5). Cross-evolution may result in metadata mismatches and won't follow the intended lore/storyline. Our official interface enforces character-locked evolution.

1:1 burn ratio means you burn 1 NFT to receive 1 NFT of the next evolution stage. For example: burn 1 Origins → get 1 Ascendant, or burn 1 Ascendant → get 1 Sentience. You cannot burn multiple NFTs to get a single higher-tier NFT, and vice versa.

Early burner rewards incentivize burning NFTs to evolve them. The first 300 burners of each character receive a bonus NFT of the previous stage. For example:

• Burn Origins #5 → Get Ascendant #5 + Bonus Origins #5
• Burn Ascendant #5 → Get Sentience #5 + Bonus Ascendant #5

300 bonuses PER CHARACTER!

Each of the 500 characters has its own independent pool of 300 bonus rewards. This means:

• 500 characters × 300 bonuses = 150,000 total bonuses per evolution stage
• 2 evolution stages × 150,000 = 300,000 total possible bonus NFTs
• Popular characters may exhaust their 300 bonuses quickly
• Rare/unpopular characters may retain all 300 bonuses for a long time

Each wallet can receive one bonus per character per evolution stage. For example:

• ✅ You can get bonus for Samurai #5 + bonus for Viking #10 (different characters)
• ✅ You can get Origins→Ascendant bonus + Ascendant→Sentience bonus for same character (different stages)
• ❌ You cannot get two bonuses for burning Samurai #5 twice in Origins→Ascendant stage

Burning multiple editions of the same character in one transaction still counts as a single bonus eligibility check.

Visit our Rewards Page and use the character selector dropdowns. You can select any character (1-500) and see:

• How many bonuses have been claimed (out of 300)
• How many bonuses remain available
• Whether your wallet is eligible for a bonus
• Live progress bar showing bonus availability

Bonus NFTs are minted instantly in the same transaction as your burn. When you burn an NFT and qualify for a bonus, you'll receive both the evolved NFT and the bonus NFT immediately in your wallet. No waiting, no claiming – it's automatic!

Cyborg Sentience uses the ERC-1155 standard. This allows for:

• Multiple editions of the same character in a single contract
• Batch transfers (lower gas costs)
• Efficient burn operations
• Better scalability for large collections

Before burning, you must grant approval to the next-stage contract:

1. Click the "Approve" button on the burn interface
2. Confirm the transaction in your wallet (this calls setApprovalForAll)
3. Wait for confirmation
4. Now you can burn NFTs (approval remains active for future burns)

You only need to approve once per contract. You can revoke approval anytime using the same function.

The smart contracts are built using OpenZeppelin battle-tested libraries (ERC-1155, AccessControl, ERC1155Burnable, EIP-712, ERC-2981) and the full source code is verified on Etherscan.

All minting, burning, supply caps, and evolution mechanics are enforced directly on-chain and cannot be altered after deployment.

This project is fully self-funded by Cyborg Studios. At launch, the contracts have not undergone an independent third-party audit.

A third-party audit may be considered in the future once the project becomes financially self-sustaining.

All metadata and images are stored on IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) via Pinata, ensuring decentralized and permanent storage. This means your NFT's artwork and attributes cannot be changed or removed, even if our website goes offline.

No. All minting functions enforce the same supply caps:

• Origins: 3,000 editions per character (hard cap)
• Ascendant: 2,000 editions per character (hard cap)
• Sentience: 1,000 editions per character (hard cap)

Even admin/MINTER_ROLE addresses cannot exceed these limits. Total supply is permanently capped.

Any Ethereum-compatible wallet works with our platform. Popular options include:

• MetaMask (browser extension and mobile)
• WalletConnect (connects mobile wallets)
• Coinbase Wallet
• Rainbow Wallet
• Trust Wallet
• Any wallet supporting Ethereum and ERC-1155

Yes! Your NFTs will appear in any wallet or marketplace that supports ERC-1155 tokens. If they don't show up immediately, you may need to:

• Refresh your wallet/marketplace
• Import the token contract address manually
• Wait a few minutes for metadata to load
• Check on OpenSea or other NFT marketplaces

If a transaction fails, no NFTs will be minted or burned, and you'll only lose the gas fees paid to the network. Common reasons for failure include insufficient ETH balance, rejected wallet confirmation, or network congestion. Simply try again when ready.

For support, questions, or community discussion:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/jer9VHB2
• Twitter/X: @CyborgStudios
• Facebook: #CyborgStudios

Absolutely! Cyborg Sentience NFTs are standard ERC-1155 tokens and can be traded on any marketplace that supports the standard, including OpenSea, Rarible, LooksRare, and others. Our contracts implement EIP-2981 for on-chain royalty enforcement where supported.