Zora Canvas provides a simple interactive interface for Zora users to create, design, edit, and mint new digital art content. You can create new content from scratch, incorporate NFTs that creators have agreed to share with the Zora community (“NFT Layers”) or use the AI integration, powered by Fal.ai, to generate images through visual and text prompts (“AI Layers”). In this article, we break down how that works.

By using Zora Canvas and incorporating NFT Layers and/or AI Layers into your creation, you acknowledge and agree that:

1. NFT Layers and/or AI Layers made available for use on Zora Canvas may only be used to create canvases on Zora Canvas. Any other use and/or monetization of NFT Layers and/or AI Layers will be deemed a violation of this Agreement and the Zora Terms of Service.

2. You will add new elements and/or modifications to an NFT Layer on a canvas to create a new creation.

3. Any content you create incorporating NFT Layers and/or AI Layers will align with the Zora Terms of Service, which are hereby incorporated by reference.

As a reminder, when you create an NFT collection using Zora, you are eligible for your share of Protocol Rewards (specifically a Creator Reward, in the case of a free mint, or earnings from sales in the case of a paid mint). When you create content using Zora Canvas and incorporate one or more NFT Layer(s) and/or AI Layers to your canvas, upon minting, your portion of the Protocol Rewards will be subject to a split with the original creator(s) of the NFT Layer(s) or the provider of the AI tooling, as the case may be (the “Canvas Split Fee”). We further discuss below how the Canvas Split Fee is calculated in different scenarios:

1. NFT Layer(s) only

2. AI Layer(s) only

3. NFT Layer(s) and AI Layer(s)

If your canvas incorporates one or more NFT Layer(s), the original creator(s) of the NFT Layer(s) will be entitled to a share of your Protocol Rewards. The Canvas Split Fee is calculated as follows (but is subject to adjustment in Zora’s sole discretion at any time without prior notice):

Protocol Rewards Split Mints via Canvas:

*If more than one NFT Layer is included on your canvas, each NFT Layer on your canvas will entitle its original creator to an even split of this category of reward or earnings, as the case may be. Please take a look at the examples below.

To help you understand how the Canvas Split Fee is allocated when more than one NFT Layer is incorporated, here are some example scenarios:

If a canvas incorporates two NFT Layers, the fee allocation is as follows:

1. Creator Reward:

   1. Canvas Creator: ✧49 Sparks (0.00004995 ETH)

   2. Creator of NFT Layer #1 included on Canvas: ✧2 Sparks (0.000002775 ETH)

   3. Creator of NFT Layer #2 included on Canvas: ✧2 Sparks (0.000002775 ETH)

2. Mint Referral Reward: ✧22 Sparks (0.0000222 ETH)

3. Creator Referral Reward: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

4. Secondary Market Fee: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

5. Zora Fee: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

If a canvas incorporates three NFT Layers, the fee allocation is as follows:

1. Creator Reward =

   1. Canvas Creator: ✧49 Sparks (0.00004995 ETH)

   2. Creator of NFT Layer #1 included on Canvas: ✧1 Spark (0.00000185 ETH)

   3. Creator of NFT Layer #2 included on Canvas: ✧1 Spark (0.00000185 ETH)

   4. Creator of NFT Layer #3 included on Canvas: ✧1 Spark (0.00000185 ETH)

2. Mint Referral Reward: ✧22 Sparks (0.0000222 ETH)

3. Creator Referral Reward: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

4. Secondary Market Fee: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

5. Zora Fee: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

If your canvas incorporates one or more AI Layer(s), each of (i) FAL and (ii) Stability AI will be entitled to a share of your Protocol Rewards. The Canvas Split Fee is calculated as follows (but is subject to adjustment in Zora’s sole discretion at any time without prior notice):

Protocol Rewards Split on 0 ETH Mints via Canvas

Under the AI Layer(s) only scenario, the calculation of the Canvas Split Fee described above does not change based on the number of AI Layers used on a canvas. In other words, you would receive the same ratio of Creator Reward or earnings from sales, as the case may be, regardless of whether your canvas includes only one or more than one AI Layer(s).

If your canvas incorporates (i) one or more NFT Layer(s) and (ii) one or more AI Layer(s), each of (a) the original creator(s) of the NFT Layer(s), (b) FAL, and (c) Stability AI will be entitled to a share of your Protocol Rewards. The Canvas Split Fee is calculated as follows (but is subject to adjustment in Zora’s sole discretion at any time without prior notice):

Protocol Rewards Split on 0 ETH Mints via Canvas

*If more than one NFT Layer is included on your canvas, each NFT Layer on your canvas will entitle its original creator to an even split of this category of reward or earnings, as the case may be. See examples below.

To help you understand how the Canvas Split Fee is allocated when more than one NFT Layer is incorporated, here are some example scenarios:

If a canvas incorporates two NFT Layers and one AI Layer, the fee allocation is as follows:

0 ETH Mint:

1. Creator Reward

   1. Canvas Creator: ✧38 Sparks (0.00003885 ETH)

   2. Creator of NFT Layer #1 included on Canvas: ✧2 Sparks (0.000002775 ETH)

   3. Creator of NFT Layer #2 included on Canvas: ✧2 Sparks (0.000002775 ETH)

   4. FAL: ✧5 Sparks (0.00000555 ETH)

   5. Stability AI: ✧5 Sparks (0.00000555 ETH)

2. Mint Referral Reward: ✧22 Sparks (0.0000222 ETH)

3. Creator Referral Reward: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

4. Secondary Market Fee: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

5. Zora Fee: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

If a canvas incorporates two NFT Layers and two AI Layers, the fee allocation is as follows:

0 ETH Mint:

1. Creator Reward

   1. Canvas Creator: ✧38 Sparks (0.00003885 ETH)

   2. Creator of NFT Layer #1 included on Canvas: ✧2 Sparks (0.000002775 ETH)

   3. Creator of NFT Layer #2 included on Canvas: ✧2 Sparks (0.000002775 ETH)

   4. FAL: ✧5 Sparks (0.00000555 ETH)

   5. Stability AI: ✧5 Sparks (0.00000555 ETH)

2. Mint Referral Reward: ✧22 Sparks (0.0000222 ETH)

3. Creator Referral Reward: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

4. Secondary Market Fee: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

5. Zora Fee: ✧11 Sparks (0.0000111 ETH)

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