👗 Fashion & Textile Design · freelance contract management

StitchGate · x402

A pay-per-action protocol for fashion freelancers to secure deliverable milestones. Instead of lump-sum escrow, designers gate technical packs, pattern files, and CAD renders behind 0.01 USDC micro-unlocks. Clients pay per view or per download, providing instant liquidity to the creator for every iteration phase. The facilitator settles the transaction, instantly releasing the signature-wrapped design files.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

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

Why this primitiveTraditional escrow is too heavy for small design iterations. x402 enables 'streaming deliverables' where the designer gets paid for the micro-work of each adjustment, reducing the risk of client ghosting after viewing a draft.

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
$28B
The total addressable freelance apparel design and supply chain management sector.
SAM
$850M
The global digital fashion and freelance textile design outsourcing market.
SOM
$12M
Independent pattern makers and technical designers on Hedera using automated micropayment gates for asset delivery.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.