Ethereum Memory. Rendered Alive.
The Vitaliks are on-chain SVG identities built from compact DNA, historical Ethereum traits, and a renderer that assembles every token from stored layers. Not a hosted image. Not a static costume. A museum body that can mutate with a record.
Live Now. Expand Later.
The launch is simple: mint a Vitalik, receive a Serum, render from on-chain layers. Later updates can add new trait states without rewriting the V1 record.
- ERC-721 stores compact DNA: six trait ids plus optional Normie host id.
- Renderer assembles the final SVG from SSTORE2 layers on-chain.
- Trait validation blocks nonexistent ids before minting.
- Quirkies variants obey their matching base rule.
- Normies Shirt requires a real Normie owner and preserves the source id.
- One identical ERC1155 Serum is minted through the Vitaliks mint path.
- Creator Token transfer hooks prepare 4.20% OpenSea creator earnings enforcement.
- Strategy contract routes royalty-funded acquisitions to vitalik.eth.
- V1 is the original SVG archive. Final visual bugfixes stay possible until the V1 freeze.
- Serum can later unlock V2 and V3 art for a trait: same trait name, new drawing, V1 still recorded.
- Some future unlocks can require ownership of another NFT collection.
- Reviewed community traits can be stored on-chain and sold as optional additions.
The Museum Is The Material.
The visual system should show the actual layers. Every shirt, hat, mouth, base and reference is part of the artifact, not decoration around it.
The Loop Is Simple.
Mint a Vitalik, receive its Serum, keep the renderer honest. The Serum is the customization key once the base DNA rules are stable.
V1 -> Serum -> V2 / V3
V2 is the evolved artist form: often bigger, cleaner and more authored. V3 is the extravagant state: louder, stranger and more theatrical.
M1 Sea Captain Hat V1
The launch trait stays readable as the historical record.
The Serum
A Serum burn can unlock an approved later state for that token.
M1 Sea Captain Hat V2
The holder can display the original V1 or the unlocked artist version.
Captain Hat
V2 readyV1 keeps the collection reference. V2 is the cleaner artist redraw.
Costume
V2 ready
The same trait lineage can become sharper without deleting the launch state.
Rainbow Puke + Alien Hat
V2 ready
One body can stack evolved layers: stronger mouth chaos, upgraded head silhouette.
Choose DNA
The user selects six trait ids. The UI mirrors the same compatibility rules enforced by the contract.
Validate On-Chain
The mint reverts if a trait does not exist, if Normies rules are bypassed, or if linked Quirkies traits mismatch.
Render From Storage
tokenURI asks the renderer for SVG layers stored through SSTORE2 and returns inline metadata.
Receive Serum
The same valid mint transaction also airdrops one identical ERC1155 Serum for trait-state evolution and ownership-gated customizations.
Enter The System.
Mint Terminal
Assemble and mint a contract-validated Vitalik.
The Museum
Browse trait origins and collection references.
Chop Shop
Extract traits through the deflationary mutation module.
Deathmatch
Enter the tactical game module.
Whitepaper
Read the protocol rules, invariants and Serum layer.