PicFable
PicFable allows anyone to monetize their camera roll. Just upload your photos, set the price and terms of use, and you’re done. Buyers can purchase the rights to use your images, remix them, or train AI models on them - with everything handled onchain.
PicFable
Created At
Winner of
Story - Best Overall Use of the Proof of Creativity Protocol 2nd place
Story - Best Overall Use of the Proof of Creativity Protocol 7th place
Project Description
PicFable is an image licensing hub powered by the blockchain. Similar to websites like Unsplash and Shutterstock, PicFable creates an easy way for people to discover and license images for various uses. PicFable’s advantages come from its blockchain based architecture, which ensures data availability, transparency, and the ability to allow users to opt-in to being used for AI model training
Using Story Protocol, PicFable enables creators to make money from their original images while specifying acceptable uses for their creations.
For both professional and hobbyist photographers, PicFable represents a way to make money from stacks of unused digital images.
How it's Made
We built this project on the Story Protocol using the Registration and Licensing modules allowing users to register their IP and assign licensing ensuring that they maintain control over their work. A user logs in through Dynamic with a Web2 like onboarding experience reducing friction. Photos are uploaded and stored on Walrus which allows the user to break their reliance on centralized systems. We then register the image on Story and assign a license as chosen by the user. Finally ENS URLs are created showcasing items available in a gallery view allowing users to create personalized pages.
Some hacky workarounds were:
- Creating internal application api routes to be able to properly render JSON metadata that Story needed from the blobs on Walrus
- Doing user research with venue photographers to better understand our target audience
