Creative Blockchain
🎨 Visual Art · virtual gallery hosting

Ghost · x402

A spatial curation engine where every 'step' or 'view' triggers a micro-transaction. $0.01 USDC per work viewed via x402, paid instantly through the embedded wallet. Gallerists earn real-time streaming revenue as visitors navigate, replacing flat tickets with precise, metered engagement. Guests only pay for what they look at; curators get paid for every second of attention.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the virtual gallery hosting 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 moving from a flat ticket to pay-per-view-event (metered at the interaction level), the app aligns artist incentives with visitor duration. x402 allows for granular 'attention-rent' that was previously impossible.

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 →

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

Market sizing.

TAM
$65B
The global art market, transitioning toward autonomous, per-view digital monetization.
SAM
$450M
Virtual art sales and 3D digital event markets shifting to micropayment models.
SOM
$12M
Web3-native galleries and digital art collectives on Hedera using metered access.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.

virtual gallery hosting
Gallery Ghost
Gallerists create virtual galleries with gasless onchain ticketing and Google-based wallet onboarding.
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.
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.