BIP-36: Fifth Period

Summary

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BIP-36 confirms the upcoming format of the fifth period.

Here is a bullet-point summary of the proposed format:

• Existing Period and Round format remain the same
• Existing Art Engine format remains the same
• Existing Rewards format is used as the default
• Stable Diffusion XL is added (§2.2)
• Models are permanently culled when they represent less than 5% of the Voting Pool (§2.2)
• Buffer Time between “Rebellion” and the Fifth Period is set to 1 week (§2.3)
• New themes for Botto’s Fifth Period are voted on from Rebellion Period’s 11th Round (§2.4)
• Manifold Creator Contracts continue to be used

Please refer to the BIP-36 forum post to see details of each section.

Period Key Dates:

• August 15th - August 22nd: Theme curation via Botto.com
• September 5th 22:00CET / 16:00EDT / 13:00PDT: Fifth Period Starts
• September 12th 22:00CET / 16:00EDT / 13:00PDT: First round ends
• September 13th 22:00CET / 16:00EDT / 13:00PDT: 1st Mint & Auction
• November 28th 22:00CET / 16:00EDT / 13:00PDT: 12th Mint (last artwork of 5th Period)

Budget

• Software and hardware costs of running all aspects of the engine with four models runs to approximately to $10,000 per month.