📷 Photography · photo metadata

Gasless Metadata Tags

Add and sync photo metadata onchain without gas fees or wallet complications.

Privy social + sponsored tx· wallet UX
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Photographers sign in with Google through Privy — no seed phrase, no MetaMask popup — and their photo metadata actions are sent from an embedded wallet on BNB Smart Chain Testnet.

Why this primitivePrivy social plus sponsored tx enables seamless metadata updates for photographers.

Kernel
Privy embedded wallet bootstrapped with PRIVY_APP_ID — Google sign-in plus an auto-provisioned wallet on BNB Smart Chain Testnet
Drives the UI as
a one-click 'Sign in with Google' that drops the user straight into the app with an onchain identity
Appendix · Secrets

Required keys.

METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY
Exported from MetaMask. Fund on BNB Smart Chain Testnet via the BNB faucet.
open ↗
BSC_TESTNET_RPC_URL
BSC Testnet HTTPS RPC. Public: https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545 (or your own provider).
open ↗
BSCSCAN_API_KEY
Etherscan v2 key (chainid=97) for npx hardhat verify.
open ↗
PRIVY_APP_ID
Enables Google sign-in + embedded wallet on BNB Testnet.
open ↗
PINATA_JWT
Pins images / JSON / manifests to IPFS.
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 "Gasless Metadata Tags" in ONE Lovable message. Single-page demo.

CONCEPT
Add and sync photo metadata onchain without gas fees or wallet complications.
Discipline: Photography (photo metadata).
Onchain primitive: Privy social + sponsored tx. Why this primitive: Privy social plus sponsored tx enables seamless metadata updates for photographers.

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 BSC Testnet, verified on BscScan.
- Privy is the auth + embedded-wallet layer (Google login, wallet auto-provisioned).
- Gas is USER-PAID. There is NO sponsorship on BSC Testnet in this template — the user needs a small tBNB balance from the faucet. Surface a "Get tBNB" faucet link in the UI.
- 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).
- SSR-safe Privy mount is mandatory. Never import @privy-io/react-auth at
  module scope of a route file — it crashes SSR. Use
  lazy(() => import('./privy-client-entry')) inside <ClientOnly> + <Suspense>,
  and put <PrivyProvider> only inside privy-client-entry.tsx.
- PrivyProvider config uses viem's `bscTestnet` chain (chainId 97):
    import { bscTestnet } from 'viem/chains';
    <PrivyProvider appId={import.meta.env.VITE_PRIVY_APP_ID}
      config={{ loginMethods:['google','email'],
                embeddedWallets:{ ethereum:{ createOnLogin:'users-without-wallets' } },
                defaultChain: bscTestnet,
                supportedChains: [bscTestnet],
                appearance:{ theme:'dark' } }}>
- Read the embedded wallet from useWallets, not user.wallet:
    const embedded = wallets.find(w => w.walletClientType === 'privy');
- Every send goes through Privy `useSendTransaction` with `chainId: 97` and
  `address` (NO `sponsor` — BSC Testnet is user-paid in this template):
    await sendTransaction(
      { to, data, chainId: 97 },
      { address: embedded.address }
    );
- Do NOT pass uiOptions:{ showWalletUIs:false } — it aborts with
  "signal is aborted without reason". The approval sheet is expected on
  the embedded-EOA path; the user pays a tiny tBNB fee.
- Do NOT add ZeroDev / SmartWalletsProvider / a paymaster URL. This
  template is intentionally user-paid on BSC Testnet.
- USER FUNDING: the embedded wallet needs a small tBNB balance. Show a
  "Get tBNB" link next to the connect button pointing at
  https://www.bnbchain.org/en/testnet-faucet. Catch "insufficient funds"
  errors and re-surface the faucet link inline.
- 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 uses the Etherscan v2 single-key shape with a
  customChains entry pointing v2 at BscScan (chainid=97):
    require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox");
    require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify");
    module.exports = {
      solidity: { version: "0.8.24", settings: { optimizer: { enabled: true, runs: 200 } } },
      networks: { bscTestnet: {
        url: process.env.BSC_TESTNET_RPC_URL || "https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545",
        accounts: [process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY.startsWith("0x")
          ? process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY : "0x" + process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY],
        chainId: 97,
      } },
      etherscan: {
        apiKey: process.env.BSCSCAN_API_KEY,
        customChains: [{
          network: "bscTestnet",
          chainId: 97,
          urls: {
            apiURL: "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?chainid=97",
            browserURL: "https://testnet.bscscan.com",
          },
        }],
      },
      sourcify: { enabled: false },
    };
- Deploy: `npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.cjs --network bscTestnet`.
- Verify: `npx hardhat verify --network bscTestnet <address>` — verified source
  appears at `https://testnet.bscscan.com/address/<address>#code`.
- Frontend reads: create a viem public client on bscTestnet using the same RPC —
  `createPublicClient({ chain: bscTestnet, transport: http(import.meta.env.VITE_BSC_TESTNET_RPC_URL) })`.
  Cap `getLogs` ranges to `fromBlock = head - 9000n`; the public RPC rate-limits wider windows.
- Write the deployed address to `src/data/contract.json` so the UI links to
  `https://testnet.bscscan.com/address/<address>`.

CONTRACT (contracts/GaslessMetadataTags.sol):
```solidity
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.24;
/// @title SocialLogGaslessMetadataTags
/// @notice Add and sync photo metadata onchain without gas fees or wallet complications.
/// @notice Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14
contract SocialLogGaslessMetadataTags {
    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 on BSC Testnet.
2. Prompt user to fund with tBNB (faucet link) if balance is zero.
3. Every photo metadata action the user performs is sent as a BSC Testnet tx (`log(payload)`) via Privy's embedded wallet and displayed with a BscScan link. Show a small 'need tBNB?' faucet link the first time the user hits a low-balance error.
4. 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   BSC Testnet deployer key. Fund it with tBNB: https://www.bnbchain.org/en/testnet-faucet
- BSC_TESTNET_RPC_URL    BSC Testnet HTTPS RPC. Public: https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545 (rate-limited).
                          Also expose as VITE_BSC_TESTNET_RPC_URL for the frontend viem client.
- BSCSCAN_API_KEY        For `npx hardhat verify` via Etherscan v2 (chainid=97). Get: https://etherscan.io/myapikey
- PRIVY_APP_ID           Google/email sign-in + embedded wallet. Docs: https://docs.privy.io/llms-full.txt
                          Also expose as VITE_PRIVY_APP_ID for the client.
- PINATA_JWT             IPFS uploads (only if the app pins media). Docs: https://docs.pinata.cloud/llms-full.txt
                          Also expose as VITE_PINATA_JWT for the client.

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
Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$2.4B
photo editing and metadata tools
SAM
$450M
professional metadata management
SOM
$12M
metadata tagging onchain users

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

See also

Adjacent entries.