Creative Blockchain
🎨 Visual Art · gallery exhibition tracking

Exhibit · x402

Provenance is a living ledger, not a static database. Exhibit pays the artist 0.01 USDC every time a curator, insurer, or buyer pulls a verified exhibition history or updates a physical location tag. Turn the 'paper trail' into a real-time revenue stream for estates and digital creators.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

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

Why this primitiveBy shifting from a one-time registration fee to a 'pay-per-access/update' model, curators pay for the verified truth, and the data remains liquid and updated. x402 handles the high-frequency micro-logs of art moving through global logistics.

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.
open ↗
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
$65B
The global fine art market and the emerging RWA (Real World Asset) tokenization economy. son.
SAM
$420M
Professional galleries, high-net-worth collectors, and boutique art insurers on Hedera.
SOM
$18M
Independent physical galleries and digital-native art platforms requiring real-time provenance verification.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.

gallery exhibition tracking
Exhibit Chain Ledger
Record every artwork's exhibition history securely and transparently onchain for galleries and collectors.
art ownership tracking
HardTrace · x402
An on-chain verification layer where creators and galleries pay 0.01 USDC to append or verify high-fidelity provenance events. Trade paper trails for a micro-paid, immutable ledger of truth.
generative art minting
Gen-Seed · x402
A headless seed-to-string engine where 0.01 USDC triggers a unique generative iteration. Instead of a heavy upfront minting fee, users pay per 'Evolution Sign-off.' Artists deploy logic; collectors pay per high-fidelity render, receiving a Hedera transaction id as proof of unique generation. The payment is the shutter click.
color authenticity validation
TrueHue · x402
A protocol for true-spectrum validation. Pay 0.01 USDC to generate a cryptographically signed 'Color Fingerprint' for any digital or digitized physical artwork. The app hashes hexadecimal sequences against high-resolution pixel data, creating a permanent on-chain record of authenticity that prevents color-shifting theft or AI-generated replicas. Pay-per-certification for artists; pay-per-verification for collectors.