🎨 Visual Art · art provenance tracking

Veritas · x402

An immutable fingerprinting service for fine art. Collectors and galleries pay 0.01 USDC to 'Ping' a piece, returning its cryptographically signed provenance history and physical custody log. Payment isn't just a fee; it's the heartbeat of the audit trail, ensuring every title search and authenticity check is recorded on Hedera.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the art provenance 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 primitiveMoving from a free ledger to a pay-per-lookup model prevents sybil data scraping and establishes a 'fee-per-audit' standard for high-value assets. HTS transfer allows galleries to sign checks without holding gas, perfect for tablet-based showroom kiosks.

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
$67B
The global art market provenance and logistics industry moving to automated, onchain verification.
SAM
$850M
The secondary art market and mid-tier galleries requiring digital certification for transport and insurance.
SOM
$22M
Early adopter galleries on Hedera and digital-twin luxury physical assets.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.