💃 Dance & Choreography · historical record

Kinetic History · x402

A high-fidelity historical archive where every query and entry is a paid cryptographic commitment. Dancers and historians pay 0.01 USDC to mint a permanent ledger entry of a performance or to unlock rare motion-capture data from the archives. Payment is the proof of provenance, ensuring the ledger remains a clutter-free, high-value record of human movement.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the historical record engine is metered with x402: 0.01 HBAR or 0.01 HTS USDC per call, paid from the embedded wallet, so choreographers — or the agents working for them — pay per query and get a HashScan receipt every time.

Why this primitiveBy shifting from a free archive to a pay-per-call model, every piece of choreography has a cost to record and a cost to retrieve, turning the ledger into a self-sustaining digital library that survives beyond platform lifespans.

Kernel
an x402 v2 paywall metering access at 0.01 HBAR or 0.01 HTS USDC (token 0.0.429274) per call, paid from the embedded wallet through the relay and verified by a self-hosted facilitator against the Hedera mirror node
Drives the UI as
a 'pay 0.01 HBAR or USDC to unlock' button with a live flow log and a HashScan link for every settlement
Appendix · Secrets

Required keys.

HEDERA_OPERATOR_ID
Hedera testnet account id (0.0.xxxxxx). Create and fund it free.
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HEDERA_OPERATOR_KEY
ECDSA private key for that account, from the Hedera portal dashboard.
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REOWN_PROJECT_ID
Free project id powering the HashPack pairing modal.
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HEDERA_RPC_URL
Optional. JSON-RPC relay, defaults to the public Hashio endpoint.
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PINATA_JWT
Pins images / JSON / manifests to IPFS.
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Add these in your Lovable project under Settings → Secrets before pasting the prompt below.

Appendix · Mega-prompt

The build prompt.

Paste into a fresh Lovable project. Make sure all five secrets above are set first. read the build strategy →

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Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$2.1B
Total addressable spend on global historical preservation and cultural heritage documentation.
SAM
$450M
The digital dance archiving and choreography copyright market.
SOM
$12M
Web3-native performance artists and historical preservation DAOs on Hedera.

Indicative figures for hackathon pitches — refine with your own research before raising.

See also

Adjacent entries.