how it works
Five rules run the whole thing.
every photo goes out pixelated
When you post, the server makes a wrecked copy of it: downsampled to 24 pixels wide, then blown back up with hard square edges, so it reads as withheld instead of blurry. The feed, the link previews and everyone who doesn't own the photo see that copy. The original never leaves the server unless you hold the photo.
paying steals it
Send the asking price in ETH and the photo is yours. The contract splits the payment and moves the token in one transaction, so nobody has to be trusted to settle it. Your name sits on it in the feed and in every link preview shared from then on.
the first steal is free
Nobody pays to open a photo the first time; first come, first served. That claim puts the photo on the ladder: the next steal costs 0.00001 ETH, and all of it goes to the photographer minus the protocol fee. Claiming free earns you the photo and nothing else.
the price only goes up
After that, every steal costs 15% more than the last. The protocol takes 10% of the price, the photographer takes 10% of the increase, and the person you stole from keeps what is left: their money back plus a couple of percent on top.
you never own it for long
Someone richer can outbid you tomorrow. You hold a photo until they do.
running on Robinhood Chain
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