> TOADS! SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE > THE MECHANICS OF THE SPAWN

TOADS! is not a standard NFT drop. There are no JPEGs sitting on a centralized AWS server. There are no IPFS links pointing to pre-rendered images that can be lost or taken down.

This is PURE ONCHAIN GENERATIVE ART.

### 1. THE PREREQUISITES ### To initiate the spawn sequence, you must interact with our smart contract deployed on the official Tempo Layer-1 network. You will need pathUSD (the native stablecoin routing token) in your wallet to cover the minting cost.

### 2. THE SPAWN (GENERATION) ### When you click "Mint" and confirm the transaction, you are not buying an image. You are buying a chain reaction. The smart contract utilizes the hash of the current block as a pseudo-random seed. This seed is your unique DNA.

### 3. THE MATRIX ### Our smart contract holds raw, unadulterated pixel matrices—strings of code representing colors and coordinates for every possible Toad trait (skins, backgrounds, hats, etc.). Your unique DNA determines which matrices are selected and layered together.

### 4. ONCHAIN RENDER ENGINE ### Once the layers are selected, the smart contract mathematically pieces them together. It converts these raw pixel matrices directly into a scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) using zero external dependencies.

The image is drawn by the blockchain itself, at the exact moment of your transaction. Your Toad lives inside the Tempo network forever.