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Delayed Reveals

Delayed reveals are a way to show placeholder metadata for NFTs, and use a password to reveal the metadata at a later time.

You store a password that is encrypted on-chain, and later use this same password to reveal the metadata for your NFTs.

For a step-by-step tutorial on how to set up an NFT Drop with delayed reveal, check our guide below:

Release an NFT drop with delayed reveal without writing any code

Create a delayed reveal​

// the real NFTs, these will be encrypted until your reveal them!
const realNFTs = [{
  name: "Common NFT #1",
  description: "Common NFT, one of many.",
  image: fs.readFileSync("path/to/image.png"),
}, {
  name: "Super Rare NFT #2",
  description: "You got a Super Rare NFT!",
  image: fs.readFileSync("path/to/image.png"),
}];
// A placeholder NFT that people will get immediately in their wallet, until the reveal happens!
const placeholderNFT = {
  name: "Hidden NFT",
  description: "Will be revealed next week!"
};
// Create and encrypt the NFTs
await contract.revealer.createDelayedRevealBatch(
  placeholderNFT,
  realNFTs,
  "my secret password",
);
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View Unrevealed Batches​

const batches = await contract.revealer.getBatchesToReveal();
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Reveal Hidden NFTs​

// the batch to reveal
const batchId = 0;
// reveal the batch
await contract.revealer.reveal(batchId, "my secret password");
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