Creative Blockchain
📷 Photography · photo NFTs

RAWGATE · Pay to Verify

A high-fidelity RAW stream where viewing is an act of settlement. Pro-grade provenance isn't just a mint; it's a metered gate where collectors pay decimal-dust to unlock uncompressed master files for display on digital canvases. Pay-per-view provenance for the high-end photography market. Anyone can pay 0.01 USDC over x402 to verify someone else's QUIP chain and walk away with a receipt.

x402 track · paid unlockPay-per-verify· verification market
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Whoever needs certainty about a photo NFTs — not the creator — pays 0.01 USDC to have the WOTS+ chain replayed, and photographers get a signed verdict receipt they can keep.

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Kernel
a paid verification service where a third party — buyer, festival, insurer — pays 0.01 USDC over x402 to have someone else's WOTS+ chain replayed and gets a signed verdict receipt back
Drives the UI as
a verdict panel with pass/fail per nonce, the local browser verification beside the paid one, and a keepable receipt
Appendix · Secrets

Required keys.

METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY
Deploys the QUIP verifier to your host chain. Fund on Sepolia via the Google Cloud faucet.
open ↗
SEPOLIA_RPC_URL
Host-chain HTTPS RPC endpoint. Any Sepolia provider works.
open ↗
ETHERSCAN_API_KEY
Required for npx hardhat verify after deploy.
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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Open in Lovable ↗Sepolia Etherscan ↗
Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

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

See also

Adjacent entries.

photo NFTs
NFTrography Gallery
Mint and pin unique photographic art on IPFS to guarantee immutable ownership and provenance. Every action is signed with a fresh WOTS+ one-time key.
photographer profiles
SilverGate · Pay to Verify
Photographers monetize their craft instantly, transforming the traditional gallery into a metered digital exhibition where fans pay per interaction and AI scrapers pay per frame. Anyone can pay 0.01 USDC over x402 to verify someone else's QUIP chain and walk away with a receipt.
edit validation
TrueShot · Pay to Verify
A low-latency signing engine for photojournalists. Each validation returns a Base tx hash, pinning the edit sequence to a global integrity ledger accessible via API. Anyone can pay 0.01 USDC over x402 to verify someone else's QUIP chain and walk away with a receipt.
microdonations
Shutter · Pay to Verify
High-fidelity image licensing via pay-per-view micropayments. Fans sign an EIP-3009 permit to instantly reveal the high-res capture, with the facilitator settling the sub-cent royalty to the photographer's wallet in real-time. Turn every 'like' into a settled micro-transaction. Anyone can pay 0.01 USDC over x402 to verify someone else's QUIP chain and walk away with a receipt.