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How depositing works

The end-to-end path of a single object — from creating an account to the on-chain record.

The author path: from sign-up to the on-chain record

  1. Register and confirm your email

    Your account is created only after you confirm your email with the code we send to it.

  2. An active subscription

    Publishing an object requires an active plan. The plan determines how quickly a moderator reviews your submission — from 1 to 5 days.

  3. Create the object

    Choose the object type, add a title, description and category, and upload a file.

  4. Hashing

    A SHA-256 hash is computed for the uploaded file. It's the hash — the proof of a match — that gets recorded, not the file itself.

  5. Moderation

    The submission joins a review queue handled by a human moderator. The review deadline (SLA) is set by your plan and shown in your account.

  6. NFT issuance

    Once approved, an NFT is issued on the blockchain to the author's wallet. This stage uses the blockchain test network; moving to mainnet is planned once persistent IPFS storage is in place.

  7. Choosing how to dispose of it

    Separately from depositing itself, you decide what to do with the object: sell it, collect donations directly to your own address, or share it under an open license. Depositing is already paid for by your plan — none of these choices costs extra or changes that the NFT is issued to the author.

You can revoke a deposit later. That takes the material out of publication but does not undo the fact itself: that the object was deposited on a given date remains verifiable.

Marketplace

Buy, sell and transfer rights

Once minted, an object can be listed on the marketplace, someone else's lot can be bought, and rights can be transferred to a new owner — through signed documents and a new certificate version. The platform acts as the deal's guarantor.

How to buy a lot

  1. Find a lot on the Marketplace — cards are fully clickable, with the description, author and status inside.

  2. Sign in to your cabinet and place the purchase. The platform acts as guarantor: payment is held until the deal is confirmed.

  3. Once confirmed, the rights move to you and a new certificate version is issued to you. The author's name in the on-chain record stays unchanged.

How to list for sale

  1. Open your minted object in the cabinet and choose the «Sale» disposal mode.

  2. Pay the one-off listing fee (or it is included in your plan — depends on the tariff) and set the terms.

  3. The object appears on the public marketplace; you see the responses and confirm the deal.

How rights transfer

Commercial rights move, authorship does not: the author's name stays in the on-chain record forever. The deal is formalised by a signed PDF agreement, the old certificate is marked superseded, and a fresh version is issued to the new owner — all verifiable by the certificate code.

Technology

How blockchain deposit works

From a file on your device to a record that can't be altered after the fact: how an object's fingerprint becomes an NFT certificate on the blockchain, and how to verify it yourself.

  1. Deposit

    You upload the object in your account — a file, title, description, authors. The system computes its unique fingerprint (a SHA-256 hash) — a digital imprint that changes with any edit to the file.

  2. Minting the NFT certificate

    The object's hash and metadata — author, date, title — are written into a blockchain smart contract as a non-fungible token (NFT): a unique record that can't be copied, split, or swapped. The record is currently issued on the blockchain test network; moving to mainnet is planned once persistent IPFS storage is connected.

  3. Certificate

    You receive an electronic certificate — a document with the object's data, author, date, and a link to the blockchain record, signed by the platform.

  4. Verification on the blockchain explorer

    Anyone — you, a partner, an investor — can independently check the record on the public blockchain explorer, using the contract address or token number from the certificate. It shows the exact time the record was created; it can't be edited after the fact — any real change to the object creates a new record with a new hash, and the previous one doesn't disappear.

In plain words

An NFT here isn't a “digital picture” — it's a blockchain receipt: “this hash, with this metadata, existed on this date, and this address owns it.” The file itself is stored separately, in secure storage, and the token confirms the link to the original — like a museum's catalogue card confirms a painting belongs to the gallery even while it's on display.

Not a replacement for a patent

A certificate is not a government registration or a patent: the platform is not a registering authority. It's proof of when an object was deposited, which you can present before, instead of, or alongside patent protection where the law requires one — for example, for the exclusive use of a technical solution. Certificate vs. patent on the homepage

Rights transfer

If you decide to transfer usage rights to an object, the platform acts as the deal's broker: it arranges the assignment of rights between the parties, updates the ownership record on the blockchain — marking the previous certificate as superseded — and issues confirming documents to both sides.

Start with the first step

Registration takes a couple of minutes and needs only an email address. A plan comes later, at the publishing step.

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