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📷 Photography · photojournalism documentation

TrueLens · x402

Provenance-as-a-Service for field reporters. A mobile toolkit that cryptographically seals RAW metadata and GPS coordinates to Base the moment a shutter clicks. Each 'Capture & Attest' event costs 0.01 USDC, providing an immutable audit trail for newsrooms to verify ground-truth media without subscription bloat.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the photojournalism documentation 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 making verification a granular 0.01 USDC cost per photo, it aligns the cost of integrity directly with the volume of production, allowing freelance journalists to 'pay-as-they-attest' while newsrooms reimburse via on-chain expense logs.

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.
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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 →

Loading the mega-prompt…
Hedera testnet HashScan ↗
Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$12B
Global digital journalism infrastructure and newsroom technology market.
SAM
$1.8B
Total addressable spend on digital rights management and content verification tools.
SOM
$45M
On-chain attestation revenue from freelance photojournalists and independent news agencies.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.

photojournalism documentation
PinPhoto Journal
Verify and timestamp news photos on IPFS to ensure authentic, unaltered media for journalism.
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.
royalty automation
SHUTTER · x402
A headless licensing layer for digital imagery. Instead of subscription silos, developers and creators pay $0.01 USDC to programmatically unlock high-res source files or commercial rights. Every 'GET' request triggers an HTS transfer transfer directly to the photographer, enabling sub-cent licensing for AI training, social feeds, and micro-publishing.