🎥 Videography & Film · animated GIFs

GIFt Provenance

Create creator-owned NFT tokens for animated GIFs to protect and monetize viral clips.

ENSIP-25 offchain subnames· gasless names
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Videographers pick a handle and instantly receive <handle>.<parent>.eth — a gasless ENSIP-25 subname issued by a CCIP-Read gateway so animated GIFs attribution works without ever paying gas.

Why this primitiveENSIP-25 lets GIFt Provenance issue a namespaced handle to every animated GIFs participant with zero gas — the parent name is the brand, each user gets a subname resolved via CCIP-Read from an offchain gateway.

Kernel
a CCIP-Read gateway (namestone-managed or self-hosted) that issues alice.<parent>.eth subnames from an offchain DB with zero L1 gas per user
Drives the UI as
a 'pick your subname' input that instantly reserves <name>.<parent>.eth and shows it resolving live via viem.getEnsAddress
Appendix · Secrets

Required keys.

METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY
Exported from MetaMask. Fund on Sepolia via the Google Cloud faucet before registering a .eth name.
open ↗
SEPOLIA_RPC_URL
Alchemy Sepolia HTTPS endpoint. viem uses this to resolve every .eth name.
open ↗
ETHERSCAN_API_KEY
Required for npx hardhat verify on ENS resolvers / L2 registrars.
open ↗
PRIVY_APP_ID
Google sign-in + sponsored transactions so users never see gas.
open ↗
PINATA_JWT
Pin site bundles / metadata to IPFS, then write the CID as the ENS contenthash.
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 →

Build "GIFt Provenance" in ONE Lovable message. Single-page demo that mints
GASLESS offchain subnames under a parent `.eth` name using ENSIP-10 (wildcard)
via the Namestone managed gateway. No Solidity, no contract deploy — this is
the whole point of ENSIP-25: subnames without paying gas.

CONCEPT
Create creator-owned NFT tokens for animated GIFs to protect and monetize viral clips.
Discipline: Videography & Film (animated GIFs).
ENS primitive: ENSIP-25 offchain subnames via a CCIP-Read wildcard resolver (Namestone-managed).
Why this primitive: ENSIP-25 lets GIFt Provenance issue a namespaced handle to every animated GIFs participant with zero gas — the parent name is the brand, each user gets a subname resolved via CCIP-Read from an offchain gateway.

5-CREDIT BUDGET (HARD LIMIT):
- ONE single-page app. No router, no Lovable Cloud, no database, no auth
  flows beyond Privy drop-in.
- No custom Solidity unless the hook explicitly deploys one — reuse the
  canonical ENS / Durin / Namestone contracts listed below.
- Privy is always the auth + sponsored-tx layer (Google login, embedded
  wallet, native gas sponsorship on Sepolia and Base Sepolia).
- At most ONE AI call per user action (Lovable AI Gateway + LOVABLE_API_KEY
  if AI is part of the idea).
- Skip tests, skip CI, skip docs pages. Ship the demo, nothing else.

ENS SPECIFICS — offchain subnames via Namestone:

Prerequisite (one-time, done via https://namestone.com dashboard):
- Own a parent `.eth` name on Sepolia (verify with
  `ENSRegistry.owner(namehash(parent))` — never trust the app.ens.dev UI,
  which shows "owned" after only the commit step).
- On sepolia.app.ens.domains, set the parent's resolver to Namestone's
  offchain resolver (Namestone shows the exact address). The app must
  verify this by calling `PublicResolver.supportsInterface(0x9061b923)`
  (ENSIP-10 `resolve(bytes,bytes)`). If false, do NOT try to change it
  programmatically — render a copy-paste panel telling the user to swap
  the resolver at sepolia.app.ens.domains and reload.
- Enable the parent domain in the Namestone dashboard; grab NAMESTONE_API_KEY.

Mint a subname (from the browser — no wallet popup, truly gasless):
  await fetch('https://namestone.com/api/public_v1/set-name', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: { Authorization: import.meta.env.NAMESTONE_API_KEY,
                'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      domain: import.meta.env.VITE_PARENT_ENS_NAME,  // e.g. "creative.eth"
      name: label,                                    // e.g. "alice"
      address: embedded.address,
      text_records: { description: "animated GIFs — Videography & Film" },
    }),
  });

Verify end-to-end (this MUST resolve within ~10s of the POST):
  const resolved = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
    name: `${label}.${parent}`,
    universalResolverAddress: undefined,  // viem picks the L1 default
  });
  // resolved should equal embedded.address.

Pre-flight guards (render the "Mint subname" button DISABLED until true):
1. Parent ownership: `ENSRegistry.owner(namehash(parent)) !== 0x0`.
2. Parent resolver: `resolver(parent) === Namestone offchain resolver`.
3. Resolver supports ENSIP-10: `supportsInterface(0x9061b923)` returns true.
4. Label matches `/^[a-z0-9-]{1,63}$/` and is not already minted (call
   Namestone `/api/public_v1/get-names?domain=&name=` first).

UNIVERSAL RESOLVER V2 (use this for EVERY name read — it is the only
reader that works across v1, ENSv2, offchain ENSIP-25 and Durin L2 names):
- Sepolia address: 0xeEeEEEeE14D718C2B47D9923Deab1335E144EeEe
- ABI subset:
    resolve(bytes name, bytes data) view returns (bytes result, address resolver)
    findCanonicalName(bytes name) view returns (bytes canonicalName, address resolver)
    reverse(bytes lookupAddress, uint256 coinType) view returns (string name, address resolver, address reverseResolver)
- `name` is DNS-WIRE-ENCODED, not a string and not a namehash:
    import { toHex, namehash } from 'viem';
    import { packetToBytes } from 'viem/ens';
    const wire = toHex(packetToBytes('alice.eth'));
- Always read through a viem PUBLIC CLIENT (CCIP-Read is on by default). Reading
  through Privy's embedded provider throws `OffchainLookup` and breaks offchain
  and L2 names.
- `ResolverNotFound` means "no resolver set", NOT "name unregistered" — show
  different copy for each.
- Reverse records are opt-in; most Sepolia addresses have none. Fall back to the
  truncated address, never "unknown".
- After every register/mint, verify with a Universal Resolver read and show the
  resolved address in the success card. It is a free call.

PRIVY (SSR-safe mount + embedded-EOA routing — the four traps):
- Never import @privy-io/react-auth at module scope of a route file. Use
    const Client = lazy(() => import('./privy-client-entry'));
  inside <ClientOnly><Suspense>...</Suspense></ClientOnly>. Put
  <PrivyProvider> only inside privy-client-entry.tsx.
- PrivyProvider config (do NOT stub defaultChain as { id, name } — pass
  viem's `sepolia` or omit; chainId is passed per-call):
    <PrivyProvider appId={import.meta.env.VITE_PRIVY_APP_ID}
      config={{ loginMethods:['google','email'],
                embeddedWallets:{ ethereum:{ createOnLogin:'users-without-wallets' } },
                appearance:{ theme:'dark' } }}>
- TRAP 1 — smart account vs EOA. `wallets[0]` and `useSendTransaction`
  can pick an EIP-4337 smart account that is EMPTY even when your embedded
  EOA is funded. Always pick the embedded EOA explicitly:
    const embedded = wallets.find(w => w.walletClientType === 'privy');
    const provider = await embedded.getEthereumProvider();
  Display `embedded.address` (not smartAccount.address) as the fund-me box
  and poll THAT balance.
- TRAP 2 — stale RPC after switchChain. Privy caches the provider's RPC
  URL. After every switchChain, re-fetch AND assert:
    await embedded.switchChain(11155111);
    const p = await embedded.getEthereumProvider();
    if ((await p.request({method:'eth_chainId'})) !== '0xaa36a7')
      throw new Error('Provider still not on Sepolia — re-open Privy');
- TRAP 3 — `signal is aborted without reason`. Do NOT pass
  uiOptions:{ showWalletUIs:false } (or any uiOptions) on the embedded
  path. Send with ONLY { to, data, value, chainId }.
- TRAP 4 — sponsored tx hangs. Wrap every send in a 45s Promise.race
  whose reject message names the exact dashboard toggle:
    await Promise.race([
      sendTransaction({ to, data, value, chainId: 11155111 },
                     { address: embedded.address, sponsor: true }),
      new Promise((_, r) => setTimeout(() => r(new Error(
        "Privy sendTransaction timed out after 45s. In Privy dashboard: Gas sponsorship -> App pays -> add Ethereum Sepolia (and Base Sepolia if used) -> Allow transactions from the client."
      )), 45_000)),
    ]);
- Do NOT add ZeroDev / SmartWalletsProvider / paymaster URL. Native
  Privy sponsorship works with only the dashboard toggle above.
- DASHBOARD PREREQUISITE (one-time): Privy dashboard -> Gas sponsorship
  -> App pays -> add "Ethereum Sepolia" (and "Base Sepolia" if the hook
  uses it) -> toggle "Allow transactions from the client" ON.

STACK
- React + Vite single page. No router. No Hardhat, no Solidity.
- src/lib/namestone.ts: `mintSubname`, `checkAvailable`, `preflight`.
- viem public client on Sepolia for the four pre-flight reads.
- No sponsored tx needed for the mint itself (it's an API call), but the
  Privy block above IS still required for the sign-in UX and for any
  optional on-chain follow-ups (e.g. reverse record).

USER FLOW
1. Land -> "Sign in with Google" (Privy) -> embedded EOA auto-provisioned.
2. All four pre-flight checks show green (or a copy-paste fix panel).
3. Enter a label -> click "Claim subname" -> Namestone POST -> viem
   resolves the new name to the user's EOA -> render success card with
   `<label>.<parent>` and use it as the identity across the rest of the
   animated GIFs demo.
4. Footer renders the credit line below.

REQUIRED SECRETS (Lovable -> Project Settings -> Secrets):
- SEPOLIA_RPC_URL (+ VITE_SEPOLIA_RPC_URL, same value) Alchemy Sepolia HTTPS endpoint. Create a free app at https://dashboard.alchemy.com/. Public RPCs throttle/fail — Alchemy required.
- PRIVY_APP_ID (+ VITE_PRIVY_APP_ID) Google sign-in + sponsored tx. Docs: https://docs.privy.io/llms-full.txt
- NAMESTONE_API_KEY  Managed ENSIP-25 gateway API key. Sign up at https://namestone.com and enable your parent name.

CREDIT (must appear in UI footer):
Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14
Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14
Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$1.1B
short video and GIF markets
SAM
$300M
social media content creators
SOM
$20M
viral creators focusing on NFT protection

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

See also

Adjacent entries.