About Artifactx
A home for serious digital art.
Artifactx is an independent NFT marketplace built for artists who take their practice seriously and collectors who know the difference. Not a trading floor. Not a launchpad for speculation. A platform where the work comes first — no investors, no exit plan, built every single day by OGs of the cryptoart movement.
The Story
Born in the underground. Built through the bear.
Artifactx exists because cryptoart gave us some of the best relationships of our lives. We were there early — early enough to remember when minting a JPEG was a fringe act of faith — and what kept us wasn't the money. It was the people. Minds that think differently finding each other at 3am across ten time zones, arguing about art that wasn't supposed to exist.
Let's be honest about what this place is: a PVP economy. It is not comfortable, and it isn't meant to be. But we're all here for it — artists, collectors, the rugged — because the same arena that humbles you is the one where brilliant work gets found.
We watched the trading platforms eat themselves — Blur's race to zero, OpenSea's pivot to counter it — and we watched royalties, provenance, and whole catalogues become collateral damage. Yes, there are broken links from 2021. We restore them. That is the job: persevere, repair what the last cycle broke, and keep making unbelievable art.
We chose no investors. Not because we couldn't raise — because building without them teaches you what a thing is actually for. It teaches you meaning. It teaches you how to survive a bear market on conviction instead of runway.
The honest version of the build: we hired dev shops across Pakistan, India, Ukraine, and beyond to make it happen — and it didn't. So last year Generationart took it into his own hands and rebuilt the entire app from the ground up, with every piece of drive he had left — because without this world and this subculture, life would be boring and tiring. The COO has been beside him the whole way, along with Desultor and Max Capacity — legends in the space. We have not gone a day without building this app. We're not embarrassed by that. It's the whole point.
The art is the product. The artist is the platform. The underground is home.
Manifesto
Most NFT marketplaces treat digital art as a vehicle for financial speculation. Artifactx is built on the opposite premise: that the work has intrinsic value, and that the infrastructure around it should reflect that. Curation is not optional here — it is the foundation.
Every creator on Artifactx has passed through a verification process. Every drop is reviewed before it goes live. The result is a catalogue where collectors can trust what they are looking at — and artists can build a body of work without competing against noise.
We operate across seven chains because art should not be constrained by network allegiance. We enforce artist royalties because compensation should not depend on the goodwill of whoever runs the next marketplace.
For Creators
Deploy your practice on your terms.
The Creator Studio gives you full control over how your work enters the world — what contract type, what minting phases, what royalty you receive, and which chain carries it.
- Verification badge — curated, invite-based or application-based
- Creator Studio to deploy and manage your contracts
- ERC721 Collections, ERC721 Drops, and ERC1155 Editions
- Up to 25% artist royalties guaranteed on every secondary sale on platform
- Phased minting with configurable claim conditions
- Real-time notifications for every sale and offer
Chains Supported
7
Contract Types
3
Max Royalty
25%
Primary Fee
5%
For Collectors
Verified artists. Guaranteed royalties.
Every artist on Artifactx has been verified. Every secondary sale honours the royalty the artist set. Buying here funds the person who made the work.
- Curated drops from verified artists only
- Full provenance — every work traceable to its creator
- Secondary market with guaranteed royalties flowing to artists
- Discovery feed updated in real time
- Multi-chain portfolio in one place
Collector guarantee
Artist royalties set at the time of minting are immutable on Artifactx. No platform update, no secondary-market migration, no change in ownership will reduce the royalty flowing to the creator of a work you hold.
100%
Royalty enforcement on platform
Fees & Transparency
The fees, in full.
Platform Fees
5%
on primary sales
2.5%
on secondary sales
Applied to all contract types — Collections, Drops, and Editions.
Artist Royalties
Up to 25%
guaranteed on platform
Set your own royalty up to 25%. Every secondary sale on Artifactx honours it — no exceptions.
Collector Rewards
Coming
loyalty program
A loyalty programme for active collectors is in development. Founders Pass holders will receive priority access.
Founders Pass
Be part of the founding record.
The Artifactx Founders Pass is a limited NFT issued to the earliest members of the platform. It is not a badge of financial participation — it is a permanent on-chain record that you helped shape what this became.
- Reduced platform fees across all transactions
- Early access to curated drops before public release
- Governance rights — vote on platform direction
- Priority support and direct access to the team
- Permanent record as a founding member of the platform
Pass details
Supply
Limited
Contract type
ERC721 Drop
Network
Ethereum
Fee reduction
Reduced platform fees on all transactions
Start creating.
Deploy your first collection, edition, or drop. Verification is open — apply directly from your profile.