NarratorDAO
Create decentralized stories collectively owned and governed by contributors via DAO smart contracts.
Linea Sepolia smart contract· onchain logic
Section · Onchain
full primer →The primitive.
Community storytelling gets a tiny Solidity contract deployed to Linea Sepolia; writers see a 'verified onchain' badge with the live contract address and a one-tap LineaScan link.
Why this primitiveLinea Sepolia contracts enforce democratic participation and profit sharing in story creation.
Kernel
a Solidity contract deployed to Linea Sepolia via MetaMask private key, then verified on LineaScan
Drives the UI as
a 'verified onchain' badge with the live contract address and a LineaScan link
Required keys.
LINEA_SEPOLIA_RPC_URL
Alchemy Linea Sepolia HTTPS endpoint. Create a free app → copy the HTTPS URL.
open ↗Add these in your Lovable project under Settings → Secrets before pasting the prompt below.
Appendix · Mega-prompt
The build prompt.
budget · 1 message
Paste into a fresh Lovable project. Make sure all five secrets above are set first. read the build strategy →
Build "NarratorDAO" in ONE Lovable message. Single-page demo.
CONCEPT
Create decentralized stories collectively owned and governed by contributors via DAO smart contracts.
Discipline: Writing, Poetry & Narrative (community storytelling).
Onchain primitive: Linea Sepolia smart contract. Why this primitive: Linea Sepolia contracts enforce democratic participation and profit sharing in story creation.
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 Linea Sepolia, verified on LineaScan.
- Privy is always the auth layer (Google login, embedded wallet). Users pay their own gas — Linea Sepolia gas is negligible (sub-cent), so no paymaster or sponsorship is needed.
- 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 MUST declare Linea Sepolia as the default AND only
supported chain — otherwise Privy defaults to Ethereum mainnet, refuses
switchChain(59141) silently, and sendTransaction hangs forever with the
button stuck on "Logging on chain…". Import lineaSepolia from viem/chains:
import { lineaSepolia } from 'viem/chains';
<PrivyProvider appId={import.meta.env.VITE_PRIVY_APP_ID}
config={{ loginMethods:['google','email'],
embeddedWallets:{ ethereum:{ createOnLogin:'users-without-wallets' } },
appearance:{ theme:'dark' },
defaultChain: lineaSepolia,
supportedChains: [lineaSepolia] }}>
- Read the embedded wallet from useWallets, not user.wallet:
const embedded = wallets.find(w => w.walletClientType === 'privy');
- Before every send, make sure the wallet is on Linea Sepolia:
if (embedded.chainId !== 'eip155:59141') await embedded.switchChain(59141);
- Send with chainId per-call. Users approve each tx and pay their own gas —
Linea Sepolia gas is negligible (sub-cent), so no sponsorship is needed:
await sendTransaction(
{ to, data, chainId: 59141 },
{ address: embedded.address }
);
- Do NOT pass `sponsor: true`, ZeroDev, SmartWalletsProvider, or a paymaster URL.
This app runs on Linea Sepolia; users pay the tiny gas themselves.
- 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 shape with a customChains entry
for Linea Sepolia (LineaScan is on Etherscan Multichain — same API key):
require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox");
require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify");
module.exports = {
solidity: { version: "0.8.24", settings: { optimizer: { enabled: true, runs: 200 } } },
networks: { linea_sepolia: {
url: process.env.LINEA_SEPOLIA_RPC_URL, // Alchemy Linea Sepolia HTTPS URL, REQUIRED
accounts: [process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY.startsWith("0x")
? process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY : "0x" + process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY],
chainId: 59141,
} },
etherscan: {
apiKey: { linea_sepolia: process.env.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY },
customChains: [{
network: "linea_sepolia",
chainId: 59141,
urls: {
apiURL: "https://api-sepolia.lineascan.build/api",
browserURL: "https://sepolia.lineascan.build",
},
}],
},
sourcify: { enabled: false },
};
- Deploy: `npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.cjs --network linea_sepolia`.
- Verify (run RIGHT AFTER deploy, no constructor args for these contracts):
`npx hardhat verify --network linea_sepolia <address>`
On success LineaScan returns "Successfully verified contract … on the block explorer"
and the source becomes readable at
`https://sepolia.lineascan.build/address/<address>#code`.
- Frontend reads: create a viem public client with the Alchemy URL —
`createPublicClient({ chain: lineaSepolia, transport: http(import.meta.env.VITE_LINEA_SEPOLIA_RPC_URL) })`
(import `lineaSepolia` from `viem/chains`). Expose the RPC to the client by
also setting VITE_LINEA_SEPOLIA_RPC_URL to the same value.
- Write the deployed address to `src/data/contract.json` so the UI links to
`https://sepolia.lineascan.build/address/<address>`.
CONTRACT (contracts/NarratorDAO.sol):
```solidity
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.24;
/// @title NarratorDAO
/// @notice Create decentralized stories collectively owned and governed by contributors via DAO smart contracts.
/// @notice Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14
contract NarratorDAO {
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. User performs a community storytelling action; the app calls `log(payload)` on the contract via the Privy embedded wallet and shows the LineaScan link as proof.
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 Linea Sepolia deployer key. Fund it: https://www.hackquest.io/faucets/59141
- LINEA_SEPOLIA_RPC_URL Alchemy Linea Sepolia HTTPS endpoint (https://linea-sepolia.g.alchemy.com/v2/<key>). Create a free app at https://dashboard.alchemy.com/ -> copy the HTTPS URL. Public RPCs throttle under hackathon load — Alchemy is required.
- ETHERSCAN_API_KEY For `npx hardhat verify` — LineaScan is on Etherscan Multichain, so the same key works. Get: https://etherscan.io/myapikey
- PRIVY_APP_ID Google sign-in + embedded wallet. 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
$1.5B
writing tools market
SAM
$180M
community storytelling apps
SOM
$14M
blockchain-based narrative DAOs
Indicative figures for hackathon pitches — refine with your own research before raising.
Adjacent entries.
poetry archiving
VerseLedger
Securely timestamp and prove original poem authorship on the blockchain to prevent plagiarism.
interactive storytellingNarrativeVote
Enable readers to vote on story plot directions through blockchain-based decision contracts.
screenwriting rightsScriptRoyalty
Automate royalty distribution for collaborative screenplays using verified smart contract agreements.
collaborative poetryPoetChain
Facilitate co-authored poems with edit histories securely stored on blockchain for trust.