📷 Photography · photo segmentation

LayerLoom · x402

$0.01 — Layer-level provenance for high-res imagery. Sign to isolate subjects, background, or textures into distinct, composable IPFS assets. Pay-per-slice to extract production-ready masks. Every segmentation results in a permanent, verifiable layer available for global remixing, creating a paid graph of visual components.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

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

Why this primitiveBy turning segmentation into a paid primitive, the 'archive' becomes a specialized liquid marketplace of assets rather than a static gallery. Creators pay to use the compute-heavy segmentation tool, then receive micro-royalties when those specific layers are pulled into new compositions.

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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Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$6.8B
The global computer vision and image processing software market.
SAM
$180M
The digital asset & stock photo marketplace (paying per element rather than per full image).
SOM
$4.2M
Base-native creative workflows utilizing autonomous AI agents and remix-heavy social protocols.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.