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TEMPODZ is the first inscriptions platform on Tempo. It allows you to permanently inscribe data — including TIP-20 fungible tokens — directly into Tempo via transaction calldata. No IPFS, no external servers. Everything lives on-chain.

TIP-20 is the inscription-based token standard on Tempo. Inspired by BRC-20 on Bitcoin, TIP-20 tokens are deployed, minted, and transferred through JSON inscriptions written to calldata. Each operation creates an immutable on-chain record.

To deploy a new TIP-20 token, navigate to the Inscribe page and fill in the token parameters. You choose the tick symbol (1-8 characters), total supply, mint limit per transaction, and an optional mint price in pathUSD.

Once a token is deployed, anyone can mint it by visiting the token's page and clicking Mint. Each mint creates an inscription with the specified amount (up to the mint limit). If the deployer set a mint price, that amount in pathUSD is sent to the deployer's wallet.

The marketplace lets you list your tokens for sale and buy tokens from others. All trades are settled in pathUSD. When you list a token, it creates a "list" inscription. Buyers reference that listing to complete the purchase, and the pathUSD payment goes directly to the seller.

Every operation on TEMPODZ has a small platform fee paid in pathUSD. These fees help sustain the platform and are collected before each inscription transaction.

pathUSD is the native stablecoin on Tempo. It is used for all platform fees, marketplace trades, and mint prices. pathUSD has 6 decimals and is an ERC-20 compatible token at a system-level address. You can also use USDC.e as an alternative payment token.

Inscriptions on Tempo use contract-creation transactions with a special prefix (0x60006000f3) followed by the hex-encoded JSON data. This ensures the data is permanently stored in the blockchain's calldata and can be indexed by any node.

To use TEMPODZ, you need a MetaMask or any EVM-compatible wallet connected to Tempo. The platform will prompt you to add the Tempo network automatically if it's not already configured.