Creative Blockchain
📷 Photography · rights management

SnapProof · x402

An automated licensing gate where users pay 0.01 USDC to instantly unlock high-res metadata and usage rights for any image, with the fee streaming directly to the creator's wallet. Rights aren't just registered; they are metered and enforced at the point of consumption.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the rights management 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 shifting from 'registration' to 'per-view/per-use' licensing, creators monetize the actual utility of their work. x402 eliminates the friction of traditional licensing contracts by making the payment the legal 'signature' and the unlock trigger.

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.
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.
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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
$4.2B
Global digital rights management and stock photography market.
SAM
$450M
High-frequency digital content creators and freelance photographers requiring instant, micro-licensing models.
SOM
$12M
AI training dataset scrapers and blog publishers requiring verifiable, micro-paid image rights on Hedera.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.

rights management
TokenizeLight
Create tokens linked to photos pinned on IPFS for secure, transparent rights and royalty tracking.
rights management
Instant Rights Ledger
Manage photo licensing rights transparently onchain with no gas fees for creators.
copyright registry
Snapshot Proof · x402
A high-frequency copyright layer for the screenshot era. 0.01 USDC per EIP-712 signature to timestamp image hashes on Hedera. Creators meter every license issuance, and platforms pay to verify provenance in real-time. No subscriptions, just provable ownership on-demand.
image authenticity
TrueLens · x402
A pay-per-seal protocol for photographers. Every shutter click or metadata injection requires a 0.01 USDC micro-settlement to anchor the image's SHA-256 hash and geolocation to Base. Instead of a subscription, users pay only for 'Truth-as-a-Service,' generating a cryptographically verifiable 'Proof of Origin' receipt. Protect your IP and verify reality in an era of Deepfakes, one cent at a time.