🎨 Visual Art · copyright preservation

Provenance Gate · x402

Turn every 'Right-Click Save' into a revenue event. A headless registry where artists sign visual proofs to the L2. Instead of a stagnant database, it’s a living gate: users or AI scrapers pay 0.01 USDC to verify a high-resolution provenance link or generate a signed 'Permission to Use' certificate. The payment protocol acts as the timestamp, making the settlement the legal proof.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the copyright preservation 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 'protection' to 'metered verification,' the archive becomes an active economic layer. x402 allows agents and platforms to programmatically clear usage rights for fractional amounts, automating the legal defense fund directly through the protocol.

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.
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
$4.2B
The global creative IP protection and copyright litigation market.
SAM
$850M
The digital rights management (DRM) and stock image licensing market adapting to on-chain compliance.
SOM
$12M
Independent digital illustrators and AI-training datasets seeking verifiable, low-cost usage clearances on Hedera.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.