🎨 Visual Art · digital signature minting

AuthSign · x402

An invisible cryptographic handshake. Use x402 to programmatically seal digital assets with a verifiable biometric or stylus-based signature. Instead of heavy minting fees, creators pay 0.01 USDC per 'Seal' to generate a tamper-proof, time-stamped HTS transfer attestation. Collectors pay a micropayment to verify the provenance on-chain, turning every view into a micro-revenue event for the artist.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the digital signature minting 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 commoditizing the 'signature' as a 1-cent utility rather than a high-cost NFT event, we shift from 'selling art' to 'metered authenticity' where every verification call generates revenue.

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.
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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
Global digital art authentication and anti-forgery infrastructure.
SAM
$450M
The on-chain provenance and digital forensics market for independent creators.
SOM
$12M
Professional digital illustrators and concept artists on Hedera requiring low-friction proof-of-work.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.