Market documentation
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The market
UnstableNfts is an NFT marketplace on Arc. Collections list here, holders trade them, and every payment settles in USDC. The market is non-custodial software: you hold your own wallet, your assets move only on transactions you sign, and nothing here can act on your behalf.
How trading works
- Listing moves the NFT into the escrow contract until it sells or you delist it. Delisting is always available, even if the market UI is paused.
- The market takes a per-token approval when you list — it never asks for approval over your whole collection.
- Buying pulls the exact listing price in USDC from your wallet and transfers the NFT in the same transaction. You approve exactly the amount you spend, never an unlimited allowance.
- A sweep is a batch buy: several listings settle in one transaction, capped at 50.
- Sale proceeds are pushed to the seller as the sale settles. If a transfer to a recipient fails, the amount is credited inside the contract and can be claimed from My Portfolio at any time.
Fees
The market charges a 2% fee on sales, taken from the sale amount before proceeds reach the seller. Listing, delisting, minting, and claiming carry no market fee — you pay network gas only. The fee rate is set on-chain with a hard ceiling of 5% written into the contract; the current rate is always readable from the contract itself.
Collections may additionally declare an ERC-2981 royalty (Arcane Golems declares 2.5%). Royalties are advisory for third-party platforms; this market does not add them on top of its fee.
Listing a collection on the market costs a flat 100 USDC submission fee, escrowed with the submission and capped on-chain at 1,000 USDC. Approval forwards the fee to the market; a rejection refunds it in full. The current fee is always readable from the registry contract.
Contracts
Golem Market
Escrow marketplace — holds listings, settles trades
Arcane Golems
Flagship ERC-721 collection
USDC
Payment token (6 decimals) — the canonical USDC on the chain
Collection Registry
Paid collection submissions and operator review
The market contract is pausable by its operator as an emergency brake; a pause blocks new listings and purchases but never blocks delisting your NFTs or claiming credited proceeds.
Image guidelines
Art renders best when it is sized for the surfaces that show it. Formats: PNG, WebP, or JPG; registry submissions accept IPFS URLs only.
- Collection banner — 1600×400 (4:1). Market and home cards crop it to a wide strip anchored to the top: keep the subject centered, expect the side edges to trim.
- Collection avatar / thumbnail — 512×512 square. Shown small (80px on the collection header) and slightly zoomed, so bold, centered subjects read best.
- Token art — square, 1024×1024 or larger. Cards render 256px thumbnails; the detail view shows the full image.
Terms, privacy, and risk
The site runs under three short, plainly written documents. Read them before trading — the risk disclosure especially.
Arc and USDC are trademarks of Circle Internet Group, Inc. UnstableNfts is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Circle.