📷 Photography · licensing exchange

SNAPSHOT · x402

A high-fidelity photo licensing protocol where human photographers and AI training agents pay 0.01 USDC per 'view-to-capture' or 'prompt-to-license'. Each request triggers an HTS transfer transfer, instantly settling rights via a Hedera transaction id. No subscriptions; pay only for the pixels you pipe into your project or model.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the licensing exchange 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 primitiveMoving from 'marketplaces' to 'metered access' solves the friction of bulk licensing. By turning the license into a per-call micropayment, creators get paid for every single impression/pull, and consumers avoid the overhead of large legal contracts.

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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Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$15B
Global digital rights management and AI training data procurement.
SAM
$1.2B
The professional stock photography and real-time news imagery market.
SOM
$45M
On-chain image delivery for decentralized social (Lens/Farcaster) and AI model ingestion.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.