🎭 Theater & Live Performance · promotion

Spotlight · x402

A pay-per-view talent scouting engine. Producers and casting directors pay 0.01 USDC to unlock an actor's "Proof of Performance" highlight reel. Each payment triggers an on-chain receipt that serves as a high-intent lead for the actor, while the actor pays 0.01 USDC to update their reel, ensuring the talent pool remains fresh and active rather than stale metadata.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

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

Why this primitiveTraditional reels are lost in emails or static profiles. By making the reel a metered asset, we create a 'Proof of Interest' mechanism. For the actor, 0.01 USDC to upload prevents spam; for the scout, 0.01 USDC to view signals professional intent. The facilitator handles the HTS transfer signature, making the transaction frictionless during high-speed casting sessions.

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.

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Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$2.8B
The global theatrical production and talent management industry.
SAM
$450M
The digital talent acquisition and professional scouting market for global arts.
SOM
$12M
Independent theatre casting and 'open call' digital submissions on Hedera.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.

promotion
Performance Highlight Reels
Actors mint highlight reels as NFTs to prove originality and attract bookings.
playwright collaboration
DraftFlow · x402
Pay-per-contribution script evolution. Every time a playwright pushes a new scene, dialogue tweak, or stage direction, the production pays a $0.01 micro-royalty. This turns the script into a living, metered asset where writers are paid for the act of creation in real-time. Producers unlock specific drafts or 'forks' of a play for rehearsal by paying a settled $0.01 fee per actor access, ensuring the creative sweat equity is instantly monetized and timestamped on-chain.
casting marketplace
StageRead · x402
A high-frequency talent scout protocol where every audition tape submission and casting call 'side' download is a micro-settlement. Directors pay $0.01 to unlock a performer's reel, and actors pay $0.01 to commit their encrypted audition data to the chain. This replaces monthly subscription models with a 'pay-per-opportunity' architecture, preventing platform bloat and ensuring only high-intent interactions between talent and production.
lighting rights management
LumenSync · x402
A protocol for lighting designers to meter the 'burn' of their intellectual property. Lighting consoles ping the x402 endpoint to unlock specific DMX map frames or complex Chamsys/MA3 sequence macros. Venues pay 0.01 USDC per cue-trigger or per-minute of 'look' duration, ensuring designers are compensated for every performance without complex manual auditing.