# How I use AI to store NFTs onchain

> A new way to mint onchain art

**Published by:** [Nahiko's Bookmarks](https://paragraph.com/@nahiko/)
**Published on:** 2024-09-29
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@nahiko/bookmarked-28

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Estimated read time: 1 minute 12 seconds.GM fellow beliebers ! Just five months in, and we've hit 120 subscribers with zero drop-offs! Writing is hard. But I do it because you love it.me writing this way past bedtime (2AM, let me sleep 😭) Alright, Today we use AI to store images onchain 👇Onchain NFTs are hardEthereum isn't designed for large files. Smart contracts are capped at 24kb. For context, here’s Beeple's latest Everyday compressed to ~24kb:Doesn't look too goodAnd it still costs $240 to put this pixelated garbage 👆 onchain:Ethfs is a great project that makes it easy to store any file onchain This is why most onchain art is pixel art. Less details → smaller files → cheaper storage ! BaseChain @BaseChain ok but do you have a @0xdiid 1/1? smokestacks @smokestacks ok but do you have a @0xdiid 1/1? 26 21:57 • 19 Sept 2024 the birth of "compressionism" a movement led by 0xdiidA new techniqueStable diffusion is the best compression algorithm I've seen. After storing the initial 3-8GB model, each image is just a sentence and a few bytes of data."Jabba the hutt" leads to a 2k super detailed image thanks to @javilopen's Mystic V2Sadly storing Stable Diffusion onchain would cost millions (I don't have) 😅 The TrickWhat if we only store a low-res version of the artwork + a prompt ? Future upscalers, likely embedded in browsers, can handle the rest, Here's a real-life example for my next project Zima:This example uses the ClarityAI upscalerThis is how I turn a detailed 3D render into an AI✨ upscaled onchain artwork.See you next week ✌ NahikoIf you enjoyed this issue, please tap the Share button below ❤ Thank you!Share on Twitter I share 1 new thing I learned in the NFT space, every Sunday ✨ Don’t miss the next one:Subscribe

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