What makes an idea
an on-chain asset.
ERC-8004 is the IP proof standard built for intellectual capital markets. Five layers of cryptographic proof — from content hash to soulbound graduation registry.
contentHash: 0x9a4f8b2c...2c11
semanticHash: 0x3f2a...c88d
priorArtFound: false
block: #24,819,441 · Base
Five layers of cryptographic proof.
Content Hash
The moment you submit, ORIGIN computes a keccak256 hash of your full idea text and mints it on Base. The block timestamp is immutable. No one — not even ORIGIN — can alter the record of when your idea was submitted.
Semantic Fingerprint
A Voyage AI large embedding model captures the meaning of your idea — not just the words. Two ideas with 92%+ cosine similarity are flagged as near-duplicates. This prevents plagiarism even when text is substantially rewritten. The semantic hash is stored alongside the content hash.
Prior Art Check
Before minting, AI runs cosine similarity across the full ORIGIN corpus via Pinecone. Ideas above 0.92 similarity to any existing idea are halted and returned to the creator. This protects existing ideators and keeps the registry clean. The corpus check result is stored in the ERC-8004 manifest.
ERC-8004 Manifest
The ERC-8004 manifest ties together all proof layers into a single on-chain record: content hash, semantic hash, prior-art result, submitter wallet, block timestamp, IPFS CID for Tier 0 docs, and Belief Score at mint. The idea becomes an ERC-721 NFT — a tradeable, transferable IP asset.
Permanent Attribution
If your idea graduates, it enters GraduationRegistry.sol — a soulbound ERC-5192 record. Your creator wallet is written permanently. Even if the NFT is sold in an auction, your name stays on the registry forever. The blockchain remembers who was first — always.
Information unlocks as trust builds.
Not everyone needs full due diligence. ERC-8004 supports four tiers of documentation disclosure, each gated by on-chain participation. Tier 3 is encrypted with Lit Protocol — never plaintext on IPFS.
- →Idea title
- →Core thesis (200 words)
- →Category + chain
- →Belief Score
- →Creator wallet (anonymized)
- →ERC-8004 manifest hash
- →Everything in Tier 0
- →Full description (2,000 words)
- →Market hypothesis
- →AI assessment summary
- →Version history
- →Everything in Tiers 0–1
- →Technical specification
- →Competitive analysis
- →Creator background
- →Roadmap + milestones
- →Risk factors
- →Everything in Tiers 0–2
- →Full technical architecture
- →IP chain of title
- →Creator identity (optional)
- →Third-party validation
- →Financial model (3 scenarios)
Belief Score is capped based on documentation completeness. The only path to graduation (≥ 85) requires complete Tier 2 docs.