Dynamic Exhibit Snapshot
Pin snapshots of changing exhibitions and arrangements permanently for historical records.
IPFS via Pinata· decentralized storage
Section · Onchain
full primer →The primitive.
Every exhibit state recording artefact is pinned to IPFS through Pinata; painters get a permanent CID and a public gateway preview instead of a fragile cloud URL.
Why this primitivePinata JWT allows frequent permanent pins of evolving JSON/image data on IPFS.
Kernel
a Pinata JWT upload that pins images / JSON / manifests to IPFS and returns a permanent CID
Drives the UI as
a 'pinned to IPFS' chip with the CID and an ipfs.io gateway preview
Required keys.
OPTIMISM_SEPOLIA_RPC_URL
Alchemy Optimism Sepolia HTTPS endpoint (or https://sepolia.optimism.io).
open ↗ETHERSCAN_API_KEY
Single Etherscan v2 key — covers Optimism Etherscan (chainId 11155420) with no extra key.
open ↗Add these in your Lovable project under Settings → Secrets before pasting the prompt below.
Appendix · Mega-prompt
The build prompt.
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Paste into a fresh Lovable project. Make sure all five secrets above are set first. read the build strategy →
Build "Dynamic Exhibit Snapshot" in ONE Lovable message. Single-page demo.
CONCEPT
Pin snapshots of changing exhibitions and arrangements permanently for historical records.
Discipline: Visual Art (exhibit state recording).
Onchain primitive: IPFS via Pinata. Why this primitive: Pinata JWT allows frequent permanent pins of evolving JSON/image data on IPFS.
5-CREDIT BUDGET (HARD LIMIT):
- ONE single-page app. No router, no Lovable Cloud, no database, no auth flows beyond Privy drop-in.
- ONE Solidity contract, <=80 lines, deployed to Sepolia, verified on Etherscan.
- Privy is always the auth + sponsored-tx layer (Google login, embedded wallet).
- Pinata/IPFS only if the idea genuinely needs to store a file or metadata.
- At most ONE AI call per user action (use Lovable AI Gateway with LOVABLE_API_KEY if AI is part of the idea).
- Skip tests, skip CI, skip docs pages. Ship the demo, nothing else.
STACK
- React + Vite single page (the index route).
- Privy embedded wallet wraps `<App />` in src/main.tsx:
<PrivyProvider appId={import.meta.env.VITE_PRIVY_APP_ID}
config={{ loginMethods:['google'], embeddedWallets:{createOnLogin:'users-without-wallets'},
defaultChain:{ id: 11155111, name:'Sepolia' } }}>
- All txs via Privy `useSendTransaction` with `{ sponsor: true }` (zero-gas for the user).
- src/lib/pinata.ts uploads via `fetch('https://api.pinata.cloud/pinning/pinFileToIPFS', { method:'POST', headers:{ Authorization: `Bearer ${import.meta.env.VITE_PINATA_JWT}` }, body: fd })`.
- Hardhat in /contracts (kept outside the Vite bundle). Install
`@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox` AND `@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify@latest`
(>=3.x — older versions still hit Etherscan v1 and fail with
"You are using a deprecated V1 endpoint, switch to Etherscan API V2").
- hardhat.config.cjs MUST use the Etherscan v2 single-key shape (NOT the per-network map):
require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox");
require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify");
module.exports = {
solidity: { version: "0.8.24", settings: { optimizer: { enabled: true, runs: 200 } } },
networks: { sepolia: {
url: process.env.SEPOLIA_RPC_URL, // Alchemy HTTPS endpoint, REQUIRED
accounts: [process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY.startsWith("0x")
? process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY : "0x" + process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY],
chainId: 11155111,
} },
etherscan: { apiKey: process.env.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY }, // single string, NOT { sepolia: ... }
sourcify: { enabled: false }, // silences the v2.x prompt
};
- Deploy: `npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.cjs --network sepolia`.
- Verify (run RIGHT AFTER deploy, no constructor args for these contracts):
`npx hardhat verify --network sepolia <address>`
On success Etherscan returns "Successfully verified contract … on the block explorer"
and the source becomes readable at
`https://sepolia.etherscan.io/address/<address>#code`.
- Frontend reads: create a viem public client with the Alchemy URL too —
`createPublicClient({ chain: sepolia, transport: http(import.meta.env.VITE_SEPOLIA_RPC_URL) })`.
Expose SEPOLIA_RPC_URL to the client by also setting VITE_SEPOLIA_RPC_URL to the same value.
- Write the deployed address to `src/data/contract.json` so the UI links to
`https://sepolia.etherscan.io/address/<address>`.
CONTRACT (contracts/DynamicExhibitSnapshot.sol):
```solidity
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.24;
/// @title CIDLogDynamicExhibitSnapshot
/// @notice Pin snapshots of changing exhibitions and arrangements permanently for historical records.
/// @notice Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14
contract CIDLogDynamicExhibitSnapshot {
event Logged(address indexed author, string cid, uint256 at);
/// @notice Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14
function log(string calldata cid) external {
emit Logged(msg.sender, cid, block.timestamp);
}
}
```
USER FLOW
1. Land on page -> 'Sign in with Google' (Privy) -> embedded wallet auto-provisioned.
2. On submit, pin the exhibit state recording artefact to Pinata, then call `log(cid)` on the contract via Privy sponsored tx. Render the CID, IPFS gateway preview, and Etherscan tx link.
3. Footer renders: "Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14"
REQUIRED SECRETS (Lovable -> Project Settings -> Secrets):
- METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY Sepolia deployer key. Fund it: https://cloud.google.com/application/web3/faucet/ethereum/sepolia
- SEPOLIA_RPC_URL Alchemy Sepolia HTTPS endpoint (https://eth-sepolia.g.alchemy.com/v2/<key>). Create a free app at https://dashboard.alchemy.com/ -> copy the HTTPS URL. Public RPCs throttle/fail under hackathon load — Alchemy is required.
- ETHERSCAN_API_KEY For `npx hardhat verify`. Get: https://etherscan.io/myapikey
- PRIVY_APP_ID Google sign-in + sponsored tx. Docs: https://docs.privy.io/llms-full.txt
- PINATA_JWT IPFS uploads (only if app pins media). Docs: https://docs.pinata.cloud/llms-full.txt
CREDIT (must appear in UI footer AND as NatSpec on every deployed contract):
Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14
Market sizing.
TAM
$1B
exhibit documentation solutions
SAM
$260M
art show documentation tools
SOM
$55M
paid exhibit snapshot services
Indicative figures for hackathon pitches — refine with your own research before raising.
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