What is a QQL Mint Pass?

A QQL Mint Pass is the key that allows a QQL seed to become an official work in the QQL collection. The Mint Pass essentially empowers the collector to become a co-creator and curator within the QQL ecosystem by participating in deciding which generated outputs become part of the official collection.

Collectors need to own a Mint Pass in order to “burn” it to create a new QQL NFT out of a seed of their choice. When the collection was released in September 2022, there were 999 Mint Passes and 0 QQLs. As QQLs get minted over time, Mint Passes are destroyed one-by-one until no Mint Passes remain and the collection is complete. Mint Passes don’t expire and can be used any time.

How QQL works

QQL's Mint Pass system presents a unique approach to long-form generative art. Unlike platforms such as Art Blocks, where collectors mint randomly generated outputs from a pre-defined algorithm, QQL empowers collectors with significant curatorial control. Each Mint Pass grants its holder the ability to select and mint a single seed, leading to a gradual and deliberate expansion of the collection.

Because anyone can curate QQL seeds, the collection becomes a collective effort where “parametric artists” thoroughly explore and curate the algorithm while collectors have the final say in what seeds make it into the collection. A Mint Pass holder may choose to explore the algorithm themselves or select a seed from another parametric artist. With time the QQL collection takes shape through a collective aesthetic sensibility.

How can I get a Mint Pass?

Secondary market Mint Passes are available on marketplaces such as OpenSea.

From the token’s Opensea page, clicking on the contract address will take you to Etherscan, where the contract should read “0xc73B17179Bf0C59cD5860Bb25247D1D1092c1088”.