# How it works?

### Step 1: Create Your Desired Visual

Start by using zyntraAI’s powerful AI visual generator to craft your unique artwork. Whether it’s a character, home interior design, cartoon, sticker, or pixel art, simply input your creative prompt and select your preferred art style. The AI instantly generates a high-quality, detailed image tailored to your vision.

### Step 2: Connect Your Wallet for Transaction Fees

To proceed with storing and minting, connect your Web3 wallet to zyntraAI. This connection is required to cover minimal network fees for decentralized storage and NFT minting operations, ensuring smooth and secure transactions on the blockchain.

### Step 3: Save Visuals to Decentralized IPFS Storage

Once your visual is generated, it is automatically uploaded and saved to the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) via Crust Network’s decentralized storage infrastructure. This means your file is fragmented, encrypted, and distributed across thousands of nodes worldwide, guaranteeing permanent, censorship-resistant storage.

### Step 4: Verify Your File on IPFS

You can verify and access your stored file anytime using IPFS scan tools by entering the unique content identifier (CID). This transparency ensures your artwork is safely preserved and publicly accessible without relying on any centralized server.

### Step 5: Pin Your File via Crust Network DApps

To maintain long-term availability and redundancy, your file is pinned on Crust Network’s decentralized applications (dApps). Pinning ensures that your data remains actively hosted and retrievable across the distributed network, further enhancing security and durability.

### Step 6: Mint Your Visual as an NFT

If you choose, you can directly integrate your AI-generated visual into the NFT ecosystem. With a few clicks, mint your artwork as a unique NFT on supported blockchains. This process registers your creation on the blockchain, providing immutable proof of ownership, provenance, and authenticity.

### Step 7: Own, Share, and Monetize

After minting, your NFT can be held in your wallet, shared with others, or listed on NFT marketplaces. This empowers you to monetize your creativity, participate in the growing digital collectibles economy, and retain full control over your intellectual property.
