IMGN Labs

IMGN Labs (IMGN) — a reference card for a crypto project: what the product does and how verifiable the project’s key claims are; also — alignment with the Decentralized AI thesis (DecAI Fit).

IMGN Labs — an AI / DAO / Creator economy project: a DAO formed by the merger of imgnAI with Nova DAO that holds the rights to imgnAI products, including a web‑app for AI image/video generation. Per the description on BaseScan, $IMGN is the governance and creator token of the IMGN Labs DAO (including the “imgnAI protocol”), granting ownership and voting rights. Token: IMGN (ERC‑20 on Base; a re-deployment of the legacy IMGNAI token in a 1:1 ratio).

Disclaimer

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TL;DR (for readers who are not into AI)

What it is: the imgnAI web‑app for AI image/video generation (per the Tier‑1 website imgnai.com) and the IMGN Labs DAO, which holds the rights to imgnAI products; IMGN is the governance/creator token of the IMGN Labs DAO ecosystem (per the description on the explorer).
Who it’s for: users who create AI content via a web interface; token holders and participants of the project’s DAO/creator economy.
Why onchain/token: the token is used onchain for ownership/voting in the DAO (as claimed on the BaseScan token page and in the official post); per the Tier‑1 website, users “earn $IMGN rewards” for creating content in the web‑app.
What you can actually touch (Tier‑1): the web‑app app.imgnai.com (see links_*).

How it works (very briefly)

The user does: opens the web‑app and starts generation (prompt → result); IMGN holders (if available) participate in DAO votes/initiatives.
The system does: generates images/video using AI models (claimed on the website); accounts for token ownership and (as claimed) grants voting rights/ownership in the DAO.
The user gets: generated content and (claimed) rewards in $IMGN for creating in the web‑app; holders get participation in the governance/ownership of the ecosystem (per the token page description).
Where the blockchain is: ownership of IMGN and its transfers are recorded onchain on the Base network; content generation runs offchain.
Token role (if any): a governance/creator token for the DAO and the imgnAI protocol, as well as the rewards token in the imgnAI web‑app (claimed).

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Project passport

Field	Value
Project name	IMGN Labs
Also known as (aliases)	IMGN, imgnAI, Image Generation AI
Logo (logo)	—
Token symbol (ticker)	IMGN
Category	AI \| DAO \| Creator economy
Primary chain (chain)	Base
Type	EVM
Network status	mainnet
Consensus (consensus)	unknown
Launch date (launch_date)	2025-03-18
Project status (status)	active (token and holders on Base)
Token (standard)	ERC-20
Token contract	0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1 (Base); legacy IMGNAI: 0xA735A3AF76CC30791C61c10d585833829d36CBe0 (Ethereum), 0x18E692c03De43972Fe81058f322fa542Ae1A5E2c (Base bridge)
Token model (token_type)	utility (governance + creator token)
Max supply	1,000,000,000 IMGN (per BaseScan)
Issuance	fixed cap; the contract claims the absence of admin mint/restrict functions (per the BaseScan verified source)
Tokenomics (tokenomics, brief)	utility: ownership and voting rights in the IMGN Labs DAO (per the token page description); rewards in $IMGN for creating content in the imgnAI web‑app (claimed on the website).
Governance	DAO (as claimed on the token page)
Admins/keys	the comment to the verified code states “NO administrative or owner-level privileges”; the contract is positioned as “fully decentralized”
Audit	— (not found in the extracted Tier‑1)
Bug bounty	— (not found in the extracted Tier‑1)
Team (team)	— (not found in the extracted Tier‑1)
Funding (investors/funding)	— (not found in the extracted Tier‑1)
AI component (ai_component)	imgnAI protocol
Use‑case (use_case)	DAO governance + creator economy
DecAI Fit — AI thesis fit	4/6 — medium alignment with the Decentralized AI thesis
DecAI Fit component summary	2 / 1 / 2 / 3
Last verified	2026-02-11

Links (links_*)

Type	Link
Website	https://imgn.org
Docs	https://imgnai.gitbook.io/imgnai
GitHub	—
Releases / Changelog	—
Whitepaper	—
Roadmap	—
Security advisories	—
Explorer	https://basescan.org/token/0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1
App / Demo	https://app.imgnai.com/
X	https://twitter.com/imgn_ai
Discord	https://discord.gg/imgn
Telegram	https://t.me/imgnlabs
Medium	—
Audit report(s)	—
Bug bounty	—
CoinGecko (profile, reference)	https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/imgn-labs
CoinMarketCap (profile, reference)	https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/imgn-labs/

General project overview

IMGN Labs is a DAO formed by the merger of imgnAI with Nova DAO. Per the official post “Re-imagining imgnAI” (2025-02-27), all imgnAI products are licensed to and published by IMGN Labs, the DAO receives a publishing fee into its treasury, and the imgnAI company remains the employer of the core team and the developer of the products. The BaseScan token page states that $IMGN is the “native governance and creator token” of the IMGN Labs DAO, including the “imgnAI protocol”, and that holding IMGN grants ownership and voting rights in the DAO.

The main product is the imgnAI web‑app for AI image/video generation (per the Tier‑1 website imgnai.com; the app is app.imgnai.com, the documentation is imgnai.gitbook.io/imgnai). The website claims that a user can “earn $IMGN rewards” for creating content in the web‑app. The documentation also describes the Nai AI bot for image generation in Discord and Telegram.

The IMGN token is a re-deployment of the legacy imgnAI token (IMGNAI; ERC‑20 on Ethereum and a bridged token on Base) with an airdrop to holders in a 1:1 ratio. How exactly the “imgnAI protocol” works as a separate protocol and which onchain operations exist other than the token are not established per Tier‑1.

Features/modules

imgnAI web‑app: starting AI content generation (images/video) via the interface.
Rewards (claimed): rewards in $IMGN for creating content in the web‑app.
Nai AI bot: image generation in Discord and Telegram (per the documentation).
DAO governance via the token: owning IMGN grants voting rights (claimed).
Creator token: designated as the creator token for the ecosystem (claimed).
imgnAI protocol: mentioned on BaseScan as part of the ecosystem; per the official post, imgnAI products are licensed to and published by IMGN Labs (technical details of the protocol not extracted).

Typical scenarios

Scenario 1: a user generates content in the web‑app → receives the generation result and (claimed) rewards in $IMGN.
Scenario 2: a user uses IMGN to participate in DAO votes (if available) and to influence ecosystem decisions.
Scenario 3: a user transfers IMGN between addresses/wallets → onchain ownership is reflected on the Base network.

Getting started (wallet/network)

What you need: open the web‑app app.imgnai.com; for token operations — an EVM wallet with support for the Base network.
Network/chain: Base.
Fees: Base network gas for transfers/interactions with the IMGN token.

Architecture/tech (non‑AI)

Components: the imgnAI web‑app (offchain) and the Nai AI bot (Discord/Telegram) + the IMGN ERC‑20 token contract on Base; the legacy IMGNAI contracts (Ethereum and a bridged token on Base).
Participant roles: web‑app users; token holders (governance/voting), DAO participants.
Where logic runs: content generation — offchain; IMGN transfers/balances — onchain; the rest of the protocol/application logic — — (not found in the extracted Tier‑1).
Dependencies: Base (EVM) and the standard wallet/DEX/explorer infrastructure.

Token/economics (expanded, no forecasts)

Token utility: a governance and creator token granting ownership and voting rights in the IMGN Labs DAO (per the BaseScan description); rewards in $IMGN for creating content in the web‑app (per the Tier‑1 website); access to Nai beta features when holding at least 3,000,000 $IMGN (per the documentation).
Protocol necessity drivers: the token is the DAO’s governance/ownership mechanism and the rewards mechanism for creators in the web‑app; per the official post, imgnAI products were to be updated to accept $IMGN (tipping, premium subscriptions), but an active payment for the service in IMGN is not confirmed per Tier‑1.
Who pays fees: users pay Base network gas for onchain operations.
Where fees go: network gas — to the network validators/sequencer (at the level of the Base/Ethereum infrastructure; details not extracted in this card).
Issuance/burn: max total supply 1,000,000,000 IMGN (BaseScan). The comment to the verified code claims the absence of admin mint functions and restrictions (no owner privileges).
Migration from imgnAI (IMGNAI): per the official post “Re-imagining imgnAI” (2025-02-27), the $imgnAI contract was re-deployed as $IMGN on Base with no change to the supply and no emissions; all $imgnAI holders on Ethereum and on Base received an automatic $IMGN airdrop in a 1:1 ratio. Per the IMGN Labs FAQ (2025-03-17), $IMGNAI and $NOVA are deprecated, and $IMGN launches on 2025-03-18 with an airdrop on the Base network; the FAQ phrases the exchange ratio differently (“equivalent dollar value”). NOVA holders received an equivalent in $IMGN per a balance snapshot on 2025-02-25. Legacy IMGNAI contracts: 0xA735A3AF76CC30791C61c10d585833829d36CBe0 (Ethereum), 0x18E692c03De43972Fe81058f322fa542Ae1A5E2c (bridged token on Base).
Security/incentive mechanisms: rewards in $IMGN for creating content in the web‑app (claimed on the website); other mechanisms were not found in the extracted Tier‑1.
Distribution and token issuance schedule: — (not found in the extracted Tier‑1).
Treasury: per the official post, the DAO Treasury receives a publishing fee (an agreed percentage of profits from imgnAI products) and is controlled by token holders; treasury addresses were not found in the extracted Tier‑1.

Governance

Who makes decisions: DAO (claimed): per the official post, the tokens confer full voting rights (proposals and votes on the use of the treasury), and per the FAQ a DAO Council operates under the LeXpunK DAO Defence Protocol; the specific voting mechanism is not disclosed in the extracted Tier‑1.
How protocol parameters change: — (not found in the extracted Tier‑1).
Where decisions are discussed/made: Discord/Telegram (in links_*, but the content/governance forum was not extracted).
Keys/multisig: the code comment claims the absence of admin privileges in the token contract; separate governance contracts were not identified in the extracted Tier‑1.

Security and incidents

Audits: — (not found in the extracted Tier‑1).
Bug bounty: — (not found in the extracted Tier‑1).
Incidents: — (not found in the extracted Tier‑1).
Threat model: risks of the offchain service (generation in the web‑app); UI/phishing risks, including confusion between the legacy IMGNAI contracts and the new IMGN contract; risks of a governance process outside the token contract (not disclosed).

Project status and timeline

Current status: the IMGN token is active on Base (holders/transfers per the explorer); the imgnAI web‑app is available (per the Tier‑1 website); the legacy IMGNAI token is deprecated (per the FAQ; CoinMarketCap shows a notice about the merger with Nova DAO and the relaunch as IMGN Labs).
Key releases/milestones: 2025-02-27 — the official post “Re-imagining imgnAI”: announcement of IMGN Labs, the token re-deployment and the merger with Nova DAO; 2025-03-16 — the IMGN contract was created on Base; 2025-03-17 — the IMGN Labs FAQ was published; 2025-03-18 — launch of $IMGN and the airdrop to holders on the Base network (per the FAQ).
Roadmap: — (not found in the extracted Tier‑1).

Ecosystem/integrations

Integrations: BaseScan lists official links to the website/social media/community; the Nai AI bot works in Discord and Telegram (per the documentation); other integrations not extracted.
Partners: — (not found in the extracted Tier‑1).
Where it’s actually used: the imgnAI web‑app (content generation; rewards in $IMGN — claimed); onchain use of IMGN is confirmed by the explorer (holders/transfers).

AI component of the project

What is real AI here? per the Tier‑1 website imgnai.com — AI image/video generation in the web‑app; the documentation describes the Nai AI bot and a set of models based on Stable Diffusion. Metrics and a technical description of the models were not found in the extracted Tier‑1.
What is truly onchain? the IMGN token contract on Base and its parameters (max supply, verified source); the legacy IMGNAI contracts on Ethereum and on Base.
Why is a token needed? a governance/creator token: ownership and voting rights in the DAO (claimed); rewards in $IMGN for creating content in the web‑app (claimed).
Red flags (based on the information found): AI‑washing — there is no Tier‑1 tech description/model versions/metrics; onchain‑washing — no onchain components other than the token were identified; the IMGNAI → IMGN exchange ratio is phrased differently in the official post (1:1) and in the FAQ (“equivalent dollar value”).

DecAI Fit component summary

DecAI Fit: 4/6 — medium alignment with the Decentralized AI thesis

Component	Level	Score
AI reality	medium	2
Onchain necessity	low	1
Token necessity	medium	2
Evidence	Tier‑1 present	3

Details

AI reality

AI_0 — AI intent (Tier‑1 roadmap) (1/0)

AI_0 (decision): 0
Claim (one line): AI is described as a product feature (a web‑app for image/video generation), not only as intent; the token page also mentions the “imgnAI protocol”.
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://imgnai.com ; https://basescan.org/token/0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1
Why sufficient / why not (one line): AI_0 is set only when AI_1..AI_4 = 0; here AI_1 and AI_2 are confirmed by Tier‑1, so AI_0 = 0.
Conflict note (if any): —

AI_1 — what the AI does (1/0)

AI_1 (decision): 1
Claim (one line): AI generates images/video in the imgnAI web‑app (website: “AI image&video generation”, “use the latest AI models”); the documentation describes the Nai AI bot for text‑to‑image generation.
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://imgnai.com ; https://imgnai.gitbook.io/imgnai
Why sufficient / why not (one line): the Tier‑1 website and documentation describe the purpose of the AI generator; per the official post, imgnAI products belong to the IMGN Labs ecosystem.
Conflict note (if any): —

AI_2 — demos/examples (1/0)

AI_2 (decision): 1
Claim (one line): there is a web‑app, app.imgnai.com, as a demo surface; the documentation contains quick start guides for Discord and Telegram.
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://app.imgnai.com/ ; https://imgnai.com ; https://imgnai.gitbook.io/imgnai
Why sufficient / why not (one line): a public web‑app and usage guides are sufficient for AI_2=1.
Conflict note (if any): —

AI_3 — metrics/quality (1/0)

AI_3 (decision): 0
Metrics: — (not found)
Context (version/date/how measured): — (not found)
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://imgnai.com ; https://imgnai.gitbook.io/imgnai
Why sufficient / why not (one line): quality metrics for the AI component were not found in the extracted Tier‑1.
Conflict note (if any): —

AI_4 — tech description/architecture/versions (1/0)

AI_4 (decision): 0
Claim (one line): a technical description of the AI models/versions/data was not found in the extracted Tier‑1: the documentation lists the Nai models (Stable Diffusion fine‑tunes, the /gen model based on SDXL) without architecture or versions.
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://imgnai.gitbook.io/imgnai/our-models ; https://imgnai.com
Why sufficient / why not (one line): a list of models with style descriptions and the base model is not sufficient as a technical description of architecture/versions/data — conservatively 0.
Conflict note (if any): —

Onchain necessity

OC_1 — contracts/addresses/chain (1/0)

OC_1 (decision): 1
Chain: Base Mainnet (legacy IMGNAI — Ethereum and a bridged token on Base)
Addresses/identifiers: IMGN token 0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1; legacy IMGNAI 0xA735A3AF76CC30791C61c10d585833829d36CBe0 (Ethereum), 0x18E692c03De43972Fe81058f322fa542Ae1A5E2c (bridged token on Base)
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://basescan.org/token/0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1 ; https://etherscan.io/token/0xA735A3AF76CC30791C61c10d585833829d36CBe0 ; https://basescan.org/token/0x18E692c03De43972Fe81058f322fa542Ae1A5E2c
Why sufficient / why not (one line): BaseScan confirms the contract address, max total supply and verified source code; the legacy IMGNAI contracts are confirmed by the explorers.
Conflict note (if any): —

OC_2 — onchain beyond just a token (1/0)

OC_2 (decision): 0
What useful logic is onchain: only the token is confirmed in the extracted Tier‑1; the product logic (generation) is described as a web‑app, and separate governance contracts/imgnAI protocol logic were not extracted.
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://basescan.org/token/0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1 ; https://imgnai.com ; https://imgnai.gitbook.io/imgnai/using-discord/imgnai-beta-access
Why sufficient / why not (one line): without addresses/a description of onchain modules other than the ERC‑20 — conservatively 0; access to beta features based on IMGN holdings is verified by an offchain service (Collabland).
Conflict note (if any): —

OC_3 — onchain is critical (1/0)

OC_3 (decision): 0
“Replace the blockchain” test: the claim about “ownership and voting rights” indicates the importance of onchain, but the specific implementation of governance (onchain vs offchain) is not disclosed in the extracted Tier‑1.
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://basescan.org/token/0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1
Why sufficient / why not (one line): without details of the governance mechanism, the criticality of onchain cannot be strictly proven — conservatively 0.
Conflict note (if any): —

Token necessity

TK_0 — no token (1/0)

TK_0 (decision): 0
Claim (one line): the project has a token, IMGN (ERC‑20 on Base).
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://basescan.org/token/0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1
Why sufficient / why not (one line): confirmed by the explorer.
Conflict note (if any): —

TK_1..TK_4 (1/0)

TK_1 — payment for the service (1/0)

TK_1 (decision): 0
Claim (one line): an active payment utility (payment for the service in IMGN) is not confirmed in the extracted Tier‑1; the official post only announces that imgnAI products will be updated to accept $IMGN (tipping, premium subscriptions).
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://basescan.org/token/0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1 ; https://resources.cryptocompare.com/asset-management/1869/1743410194205.pdf
Why sufficient / why not (one line): the token page describes governance/creator utility, and the post is a plan rather than a confirmed payment for the service in the token; conservatively 0.
Conflict note (if any): —

TK_2 — incentives/collateral/penalties (1/0)

TK_2 (decision): 1
Claim (one line): the Tier‑1 website imgnai.com claims that users “earn $IMGN rewards” for creating content in the web‑app; the same page shows the IMGN contract address on Base.
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://imgnai.com ; https://resources.cryptocompare.com/asset-management/1869/1743410194205.pdf
Why sufficient / why not (one line): this is a direct claim about reward mechanics (incentives) in the active IMGN token; the official post confirms that weekly creator rewards continue.
Conflict note (if any): the rewards accrual mechanics (amounts, onchain/offchain) are not disclosed in the extracted Tier‑1.

TK_3 — governance (1/0)

TK_3 (decision): 1
Claim (one line): holding IMGN grants ownership and voting rights in the IMGN Labs DAO; per the official post, the tokens confer full voting rights (proposals and votes on the use of the treasury).
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://basescan.org/token/0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1 ; https://resources.cryptocompare.com/asset-management/1869/1743410194205.pdf
Why sufficient / why not (one line): this is a direct description of the governance utility on the token page, confirmed by the official post.
Conflict note (if any): —

TK_4 — token is replaceable (1/0)

TK_4 (decision): 0
Claim (one line): the IMGN token is the membership/voting rights mechanism; the extracted Tier‑1 gives no grounds to consider it “replaceable without loss of meaning”.
Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://basescan.org/token/0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1
Why sufficient / why not (one line): the governance utility is tied to the token as an asset/voting right.
Conflict note (if any): —

Evidence (table)

Tier	Source	What it proves
Tier‑1	https://basescan.org/token/0x9BbA915F036158582C20B51113B925f243A1A1A1	the existence of IMGN on Base, max supply 1B, description of the governance/creator utility, verified source code (claim about the absence of admin privileges).
Tier‑1	https://imgnai.com	Description of the AI image/video generation web‑app and the claim “earn $IMGN rewards” for creating content; the page shows the IMGN contract address on Base (checked 2026-09-25).
Tier‑1	https://app.imgnai.com/	The existence of a demo surface (the imgnAI web‑app for AI generation) (checked 2026-09-25).
Tier‑1	https://imgnai.gitbook.io/imgnai	imgnAI documentation: the Nai AI bot for image generation, quick start guides for Discord and Telegram (checked 2026-09-25).
Tier‑1	https://imgnai.gitbook.io/imgnai/our-models	List of Nai models (Stable Diffusion fine‑tunes, /gen based on SDXL) without architecture, versions or metrics (checked 2026-09-25).
Tier‑1	https://imgnai.gitbook.io/imgnai/using-discord/imgnai-beta-access	Access to Nai beta features when holding at least 3,000,000 $IMGN, with holdings verified via Collabland (checked 2026-09-25).
Tier‑1	https://resources.cryptocompare.com/asset-management/1869/1743410194205.pdf	Copy of the official post “Re-imagining imgnAI” (2025-02-27): IMGN Labs is a DAO holding the license and publishing rights for imgnAI products; re-deployment of $imgnAI as $IMGN on Base with a 1:1 airdrop; full voting rights for holders; weekly creator rewards; merger with Nova DAO (checked 2026-09-24).
Tier‑1	https://imgnai.com/imgn-labs-faq/	Official IMGN Labs FAQ of 2025-03-17: $IMGNAI and $NOVA are deprecated, $IMGN launches on 2025-03-18, automatic airdrop on the Base network (checked 2026-09-24).
Tier‑1	https://etherscan.io/token/0xA735A3AF76CC30791C61c10d585833829d36CBe0	Legacy IMGNAI token (ERC‑20 on Ethereum), Max Total Supply 1,000,000,000 (checked 2026-09-25).
Tier‑1	https://basescan.org/token/0x18E692c03De43972Fe81058f322fa542Ae1A5E2c	Legacy bridged IMGNAI token on Base (ERC‑20, symbol imgnAI) (checked 2026-09-24).
Tier‑2	https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/image-generation-ai/	Notice “imgnAI has merged with Nova DAO and relaunched as IMGN Labs”; the IMGNAI page is a preview (checked 2026-09-24).
Tier‑1	—	A tech description, versions and metrics of the AI models were not found in the extracted Tier‑1 (basis for AI_3 = 0 and AI_4 = 0).