Problem Statement

In the current digital creative ecosystem, inspiration is abundant but attribution is broken.

Creators frequently build on the work of others—whether by remixing music, adapting visual styles, reusing code, or prompting AI with prior outputs. Yet, there is no standardized, onchain mechanism to:

• Track creative lineage across tools, creators, and media formats

• Fairly attribute inspiration and collaborative input

• Automatically distribute royalties to upstream contributors

• Prove originality vs derivation in a permissionless way

This results in:

• Under-recognized contributors, especially those who inspired but did not mint first

• Manual and fragile royalty setups with no transparency or downstream visibility

• Lost trust and composability in creative DAOs, publishing protocols, and remix ecosystems

• Unincentivized collaboration, especially across AI-human workflows

Without a unified attribution protocol, remix culture thrives in practice but fails in value capture.