Lazy Minting

Lazy minting is the preparation of NFT metadata without actually minting the NFT to a wallet address.

This is a useful process for smart contract admins who want to prepare metadata for NFTs that will be minted by other wallets in a drop, without paying the gas cost to mint those NFTs.

The typical process for lazy minting is:

1. Contract admin lazy-mints NFT metadata (either in bulk or for individual NFTs).
2. Contract admin defines how NFTs can be minted using claim phases.
3. Other wallets mint NFTs by claiming them. When they claim, they pay the gas cost to mint the NFT and the NFT is minted to their wallet address.