🎨 Visual Art · artist royalty automation

KINETIC · x402

Provenance-as-a-Service. Every time a digital canvas is displayed, curated, or transferred, the viewer or new owner triggers a 0.01 USDC HTS transfer signature. This isn't a retrospective royalty check; it's a real-time heartbeat payment that streams to the artist's wallet instantly, turning every 'view' or 'trade' into a high-velocity revenue event settled on Hedera.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the artist royalty automation 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 primitiveTraditional royalties rely on marketplace compliance. By embedding x402 at the asset resolution layer, the artwork itself becomes the meter. Payment is the unlock for the high-res file or the metadata update, ensuring the artist is paid at the point of interaction rather than waiting for accounting cycles.

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
$62B
The global art market, transitioning toward digital provenance and automated secondary market enforcement.
SAM
$850M
The addressable market for digital art secondary sales and high-frequency curation protocols.
SOM
$45M
Initial capture of Base-native NFT platforms and generative art collections utilizing micro-licensing.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.