A living museum of generative art
Random Walk NFT is a generative art collection on Arbitrum, running since 2021. Every mint draws a one-of-a-kind artwork from an on-chain seed, releases it to the public domain, and feeds a growing ETH vault that pays out to the last minter standing.
The permanent collection
Each token is six works in one: a high-resolution still and two films — a single walker and a triple walker — each rendered on black and on white. Hover any frame to see it move.
Ranked by community votes in the Beauty Contest
The latest walks to enter the museum
The atelier
A random walk is a path built one random step at a time — up, down, left, or right — repeated millions of times. Each Random Walk NFT starts from a seed created by your mint transaction and stored on-chain forever. A SHA3-256 hash stream turns that seed into steps, while three color channels drift alongside, so the shape and the palette of every work are born together from the same randomness.
The canvas beside this text is not a recording — it is the real algorithm, drawing a fresh walk in your browser right now.
Drawing a walk from a fresh random seed…
The vault
Every mint pays into a vault inside the smart contract — the creators take nothing. The most recent minter holds the vault's only key. If 30 days pass without a new mint, the keyholder may withdraw half of everything inside; any new mint resets the clock and takes the key. Right now the vault holds 40.68 ETH — about 450x the current mint price.
Inside the vault
40.68ETH
The key is held by 0xB225...50eC — if nobody mints before the clock below runs out, everything above is theirs.
The vault opens in
About 24 days and 5 hours remain until the withdrawal window opens.
Every mint resets this clock to 30 days and hands the key to the newest minter.
Sealed since 2021 · 4,097 mints in 5 years · never opened
The salon
The museum curates itself: visitors compare works two at a time, and every vote shapes the beauty ranking of the whole collection.
The charter
No admin keys, no creator fees, no dependence on this website. These guarantees are enforced by the verified contract at 0x895a6F444BE4ba9d124F61DF736605792B35D66b.
Immutable contract
The smart contract that runs this collection has no admin keys and cannot be upgraded. Nobody — including the creators — can alter the rules, pause the game, or take ETH out of the vault by any path other than the one written into the code in 2021.
Read the verified contract →Zero creator fees
The creators take nothing from minting. All ETH paid for mints goes into the contract's prize pool, where the last-minter game decides who claims it. The creators minted early like everyone else — that is their only stake.
CC0 public domain
Every artwork is released under CC0 — free for anyone to use, remix, or sell. What you own on-chain is the token itself: the seed, the provenance, the naming rights, and the place in the game.
Open-source generator
The Python program that turns seeds into images and films is open source and pinned on IPFS. If this website vanished tomorrow, every artwork could be regenerated from the chain by anyone, forever.
See the generator source →The Annex
Beyond collecting and the vault game, Random Walk NFTs have live utility in Cosmic Signature, a closely related on-chain art protocol on Arbitrum by the same team. Holders can put their tokens to work there in two ways.
Use your Random Walk NFT in Cosmic SignatureAnchor a Random Walk NFT on Cosmic Signature — without selling it — to become eligible for Stellar Selection, where chosen holders receive 1,000 CST tokens and a Cosmic Signature NFT at the end of each cycle.
Attach an unused Random Walk NFT to one ETH gesture on Cosmic Signature and pay half the usual cost. Each token can grant this discount once.
Visitor's guide
What is Random Walk NFT?
Random Walk NFT is a generative art collection on Arbitrum, running since 2021. Each token is created from a unique on-chain seed that produces a still image and two video variants using a mathematical random walk algorithm. All artwork is CC0 (public domain), and every mint feeds an ETH vault that pays out to the last minter if minting pauses for 30 days.
What is a random walk?
A random walk is a mathematical process where each step moves in a random direction — up, down, left, or right — repeated millions of times. Visualized, these paths create intricate abstract patterns. In this collection, three color channels drift in parallel with the walk, so the shape and the palette of every artwork are generated together from the same seed.
How do I mint?
Install a wallet like MetaMask or Rabby, add some ETH on Arbitrum, connect your wallet on this site, and click Mint. The transaction creates your unique seed, and the artwork is generated automatically within a few minutes.
How much does it cost to mint?
The mint price increases by roughly 0.1% after each mint, so it rises slowly as the collection grows. The current price is always displayed on the Mint page and read live from the contract. You will also need a small amount of ETH for Arbitrum gas fees, typically under $0.10.
What do I receive when I mint?
You receive an on-chain NFT tied to a unique seed, which produces six works: a high-resolution still image and two films (a single walker and a triple walker), each rendered on black and on white backgrounds. You also become the vault keyholder — if nobody mints after you for 30 days, you can claim half the ETH in the vault.
How does the Vault game work?
All ETH paid for minting goes into a vault inside the smart contract — the creators take nothing. The most recent minter holds the vault's only key. If 30 days pass without a new mint, the keyholder may withdraw half of everything inside. Any new mint resets the 30-day clock and hands the key to the new minter. After a withdrawal, the remaining half seeds the next round.
Minting creates a new seed no one has ever seen, hangs six new works in the museum for 0.0905 ETH, and hands you the key to the vault — 40.68 ETH and counting.
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