🎨 Visual Art · artistic reflection sets

Specular · x402

A dual-view creative workspace where the canvas only reveals the 'Reflection' (an AI-interpreted or inverted counter-piece) upon a 0.01 USDC event. Artists stream strokes to a primary layer for free, but viewers and collectors trigger x402 calls to render the symmetrical shadow-work, creating a pay-per-view experience of creative duality. Each paid unlock generates a unique Hedera transaction id, cryptographically linking the original insight to its reflected twin.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the artistic reflection sets 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 gating the 'mirror' rather than the 'mint,' the payment becomes a ritual of revelation. It moves from a static NFT pair to a dynamic, metered viewing experience where the artist is paid for every instance of duality revealed.

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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Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$2.1B
The global digital art and collectible market transitioning to fractionalized, metered consumption.
SAM
$120M
The emerging 'Pay-to-Reveal' digital gallery and modular art market.
SOM
$4.5M
Base-native generative artists and reflection-based interactive art collectors.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.