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💃 Dance & Choreography · silent movement catalog

ShadowStep · x402

A granular library of silent choreography where movement is a metered asset. Dancers upload 'ShadowSteps'—unique movement sequences and lip-sync patterns. Each time a creator, animator, or AI agent previews a sequence, they pay 0.01 USDC to unlock the motion data. High-fidelity motion curves are gated behind the pay-per-call primitive, ensuring choreography is treated as professional IP from the first frame.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the silent movement catalog 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 lumpy NFT licensing to x402 micropayments, choreographers monetize the 'browsing' and 'sampling' phase of creative direction. It turns a static registry into a live, metered API for movement.

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.
open ↗
HEDERA_OPERATOR_KEY
ECDSA private key for that account, from the Hedera portal dashboard.
open ↗
REOWN_PROJECT_ID
Free project id powering the HashPack pairing modal.
open ↗
HEDERA_RPC_URL
Optional. JSON-RPC relay, defaults to the public Hashio endpoint.
open ↗
PINATA_JWT
Pins images / JSON / manifests to IPFS.
open ↗

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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Hedera testnet HashScan ↗
Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$2.8B
The global animation, VFX, and digital rights management industry.
SAM
$450M
The digital choreography and motion capture market for gaming and social media content creators.
SOM
$12M
Professional dancers and virtual influencers on Hedera seeking automated, fair-use compensation for viral trends.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.

silent movement catalog
ShadowStep Registry
Catalog silent or lip-synced dance movements as NFTs for licensing and crediting.
movement attribution
GLIDE · x402
A movement-fingerprinting engine where choreographers monetize their 'signature' steps. Developers and AI animators pay $0.01 USDC to query the ledger to verify a sequence's provenance or license a loop for digital reconstruction. Every API call generates a micro-royalty for the original dancer, turning movement data into a liquid asset class.
event access control
FloorTime · x402
Replace static ticketing with millisecond-exact event access. Dancers and spectators pay 0.01 USDC per minute or per routine-unlock via x402 stream. Facilitators verify real-time residency in the 'Step-Zone', settling micro-dues to choreographers. No more lump-sum fraud; pay only for the heat you witness.
incentive tokenization
PRIMA · x402
A motion-capture validation engine that unlocks micro-payouts for precision. Dancers sign a 0.01 USDC HTS transfer intent to 'Check-In' or 'Verify Sequence'. Instead of vague rewards, students pay a cent to have their form verified by an AI-choreographer, which then triggers a facilitator-settled rebate or 'bounty' back to their wallet upon success. Payment is the proof-of-work for the movement.