🎭 Theater & Live Performance · 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.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the lighting rights management 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 licensing is flat-fee and unenforceable; x402 turns lighting cues into real-time metered assets. By requiring a signed micro-payment for the decryption of the DMX stream or macro-execution, the light show itself becomes a streaming revenue asset for the creator.

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.
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
$2.1B
The global live entertainment production and stagecraft technology sector.
SAM
$450M
The touring and theatrical equipment software market.
SOM
$12M
Independent lighting designers and mid-scale fringe festivals transitioning to digital rights management.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.

lighting rights management
StageLight Token
Issue and trade usage rights for lighting designs using onchain tokens to protect creators.
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.
improvisation prompts
CueBurn · x402
Transform stage terror into creative flow with a high-fidelity improv engine. Every prompt request triggers a 0.01 USDC micro-settlement, ensuring the prompt is unique, cryptographically timestamped on Hedera, and owned by the performer. No more repeating 'Office' or 'Space Station'—pay per spark to ensure high-quality, non-redundant creative inputs. Set up 'Stage Tabs' where a director’s wallet fuels a session for the entire troupe.