Stargaze
  • Welcome
    • Coming from Ethereum?
    • Coming from Solana?
    • Coming from Coinbase or other exchange?
    • Coming from MANTRA?
  • Introduction
    • What is Stargaze?
    • Meet the Team
  • Core Apps
    • Launchpad
      • Minters
      • Whitelists
      • Minter and Whitelist Fees
    • Marketplace
      • Governance Parameters
    • Names
    • Live Auctions
    • Infinity Swap
      • How it works
      • Price Mechanics
      • Swap
      • Why use Infinity Swap
      • Infinity Swap Fees
      • Examples
    • DAO DAO
    • StarDEX
      • Navigating StarDEX
      • Swapping Tokens
      • Providing Liquidity
      • Pool Analytics & Metrics
      • Managing and Removing Liquidity
  • Creators
    • Launching a Collection on Stargaze
    • Collection Guidelines
    • Content Guidelines
    • Featured Projects
  • Creator Tools
    • Stargaze Studio
      • Create an NFT Collection
        • Upload Assets and Metadata
        • Configure Collection and Minting Details
        • Creating a Standard Collection
          • Upload Assets and Metadata
          • Configure Collection and Minting Details: Standard Collection
          • Whitelist and Royalty Options
        • Creating an Open/Limited Edition Collection
          • Upload Assets and Metadata
          • Configure Collection and Minting Details: OE/LE
          • Whitelist and Royalty Options
        • Creating a 1/1 Collection
          • Upload Assets and Metadata
          • Configure Collection Details: 1/1 Collection
          • Whitelist and Royalty Options
          • Adding Additional Tokens to a 1/1 Collection
        • Creating a Burn to Mint Collection
          • Upload Assets and Metadata
          • Configure Collection and Minting Details: Standard Collection
          • Whitelist and Royalty Options
      • Interact with a Collection
        • Execute Messages
        • Query Data
    • Launching an NFT project via CLI
      • 1. Setup a basic project
        • 1a. Need help?
      • 2. Configure your project
      • 3. Add assets and metadata
        • Pinata Upload
      • 4. Instantiate minter contract on testnet
      • 5. Whitelist
      • 6. Mint from your contract
      • 7. Query contract
      • 8. Testing your contract on testnet
      • 9. Launching on mainnet
        • 9a. Launching on mainnet with Keplr (optional)
    • Create a Multisig Wallet
      • Create a Multisig using Keplr
      • Create a Multisig using DAO DAO
      • Create a Multisig using CLI
    • Stargaze Studio Fees
  • Developers
    • CosmWasm Contracts
      • Contract Code IDs
      • Deploy to Testnet
      • Deploy to Mainnet
    • Stargaze API
    • Indexers
      • Constellations
      • SubQuery
    • Token Factory
    • Minting and Trading Denoms
  • Tokenomics
    • STARS Token
    • Fair Burn
    • Real Yield
    • Governance
  • Nodes & Validators
    • Getting Setup
    • Running a Full Node
    • Setting up Cosmovisor
    • Running a Validator
    • Configuring StateSync
    • Running a Relayer
    • Foundation Delegation Program
  • Extras
    • FAQ
    • Stargaze Assets
    • Ranking and Algorithms
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  • The NFT Chain with Real Yield
  • Real Yield
  • Zero Gas Minting and Trading
  • Chain-enforced Royalties
  • CosmWasm Developer Royalties
  1. Introduction

What is Stargaze?

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Last updated 11 months ago

The NFT Chain with Real Yield

Stargaze is a sovereign app chain designed to empower creators, traders, and developers. It enforces royalties onchain for both creators and developers, and offers real yield to stakers. Stargaze offers a suite of apps that compose well with each other, from NFT minting and trading, to more advanced NFT-Fi apps.

Stargaze is the place to mint your first NFT if you're new to crypto, but also offers advanced trading tools for more sophisticated traders.

As an app chain, Stargaze is secured by a validator set consisting of 140 nodes. This network runs CometBFT proof-of-stake consensus and is secured and governed by STARS. Stargaze supports IBC and are pioneers of , the Interchain NFT transfer standard.

Real Yield

On Stargaze you earn staking yield by delegating STARS to validators. These are rewards for adding to the security of the network. But Stargaze offers an additional form of yield called Real Yield. Real Yield are rewards earned from protocol fees. As a STARS staker, you earn yield from protocol activity such as minting and trading, as well as yield from securing the network.

Zero Gas Minting and Trading

A nice feature of an app chain is the ability to customize gas and fees. Stargaze is the only NFT platform that offers minting and trading with ZERO gas.

Chain-enforced Royalties

A big differentiating factor Stargaze has compared to other NFT platforms is that royalties are enforced at the chain level. Since Stargaze is community-owned, a governance vote would have to pass to bypass royalties. Therefore, marketplaces on Stargaze all enforce royalties — an impossibility on other chains and L2s.

CosmWasm Developer Royalties

Stargaze was one the first chains to run a execution environment. All apps built on Stargaze are in the form of CosmWasm smart contracts written in Rust.

Developers that build on Stargaze earn 50% of all fees charged by a contract, known as Developer Royalties.

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