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How Pivah Works
A practical, step-by-step guide to using Pivah — how minting, the Marketplace, the DEX, and staking actually work.
1. Mint an NFT
Create something to trade
Go to Mint NFTs
Choose Single NFT for one unique piece, or Collection for many items sharing one contract.
Add your artwork
Upload one shared image for every token, or upload layered traits and let Pivah generate unique combinations with rarity weights.
Fill in the details
Name, symbol, description, supply, and — for collections — how many to mint right away.
Create & deploy
One click deploys your contract. Large mints (over 80 tokens) happen in a few small batches automatically, so no single transaction gets too big to confirm.
Once minted, a single NFT can be listed on the Marketplace. A collection can also be deposited into a DEX pool to trade instantly, like a token.
2. Marketplace
List at a price, or buy at one
To list: pick your NFT(s) and a price
One shared price for a batch, or a different price per token if some are rarer than others.
Your NFT moves into escrow
From the moment it's listed, the NFT is held safely by the Marketplace contract — it can't be staked or pooled elsewhere at the same time, and you can cancel anytime to get it straight back.
To buy: pick a listing and confirm
If you're paying with plain ETH, Pivah wraps just enough of it into WETH automatically first — you don't need to think about that step.
Sale proceeds
If you're the seller, payment lands in your wallet as WETH the moment your item sells. Convert it to ETH anytime from your Portfolio page.
3. Pivah DEX
Trade instantly, no waiting for a buyer
Find or create a pool
Each collection can have one or more liquidity pools. If none exists yet, the first liquidity provider sets it up — the starting price is derived automatically from their deposit, never typed in by hand.
Buy or sell against the pool
No matching buyer needed — trade directly against the pool's inventory. Price moves a little with every trade, the same way a token's price does on any DEX.
Add liquidity (optional)
Deposit NFTs and WETH together to earn a share of every trade's fee. Withdraw your share anytime.
4. Staking
Stake NFTs, earn PIVAH
Stake any NFT
From any collection — not just ones minted on Pivah. No lock-up: unstake anytime.
Earn continuously
Every staked NFT earns an equal share of PIVAH rewards, accruing in real time for as long as it's staked.
Claim your rewards
Claim your accumulated PIVAH whenever you like, directly from the Stake page.