Declarations v1.0
Creative provenance protocol for AI-native music.
Live: [Coming soon - deploying to Vercel] Repo: https://github.com/bomac1193/inf8 Domain: inf8.io (planned)
Prove your process. Immortalize your chain.
Every ∞8 declaration contains:
- Identity: Cryptographically verifiable artist identity, collaborators, contributors with revenue splits
- Creative Stack: Every tool in your workflow—DAWs, plugins, AI models, hardware
- Production Intelligence: Quantified AI contribution by phase (composition, arrangement, production, mixing, mastering)
- Provenance Chain: IPFS CID links to source material, samples, stems—immutable revision history
- Audio Fingerprint: SHA-256 verification linking declaration to output
Machine-readable. Verifiable. Permanent.
Masters-level producers using AI as serious creative tools, not crutches. Remix artists building complex derivative works who need verifiable source chains. Collaborative creators working across platforms, tools, and contributors who need attribution infrastructure. Forward-thinking labels building the next generation of music IP. Anyone who believes the future of music is multiplayer, generative, and AI-enabled.
Casual beatmakers chasing presets. AI toy users posting "Suno magic." Artists afraid to show their workflow.
Using AI tools isn't shameful. Hiding your process is.
The music industry's metadata infrastructure (ISRC/ISWC) was built for a world that no longer exists:
- Assumes one artist makes one song
- Songs are fixed, final products
- Tools are invisible
- Creation is individual, not networked
What AI-native music actually looks like:
- A beat starts in Ableton, gets AI-enhanced melodies via Suno, receives vocal stems from three artists, gets final arrangement by a fifth producer
- Tracks evolve through 47 revisions over 8 months—the evolution IS the art
- Process sophistication is the differentiator between amateur and master
- Remix culture means every track has lineage; derivative works inherit source chains
- Multiplayer creation is the norm, not the exception
ISRC codes tell you nothing about how music was made. They identify; they don't illuminate.
∞8 ARCH solves this.
Build the provenance layer for AI-native music where process transparency becomes proof of mastery—not confession of assistance.
Transparency is technique. Showing your process isn't defensive; it's demonstration of sophistication. Like a chef who shows you the kitchen, or a watchmaker who displays the mechanism through a sapphire caseback.
A producer who declares "88% AI melody, 35% AI arrangement" isn't admitting weakness. They're showing they understand their tools deeply enough to quantify and optimize their workflow. That's mastery.
{
"version": "1.0",
"declaration_id": "∞8-[IPFS_CID]",
"created_at": "ISO-8601",
"updated_at": "ISO-8601",
"identity": {
"primary_artist": {
"name": "string",
"wallet": "0x...",
"signature": "cryptographic_signature"
},
"collaborators": [
{
"name": "string",
"wallet": "0x...",
"role": "string",
"split_percentage": 0.0
}
],
"contributors": []
},
"creative_stack": {
"daws": ["Ableton Live 12", "Logic Pro X"],
"plugins": ["Serum", "FabFilter Pro-Q3"],
"ai_models": ["Suno v3", "AIVA"],
"hardware": ["Push 3", "Modular synth"],
"samples": []
},
"production_intelligence": {
"ai_contribution": {
"composition": 0.88,
"arrangement": 0.35,
"production": 0.12,
"mixing": 0.05,
"mastering": 0.20
},
"methodology": "Started with AI-generated chord progression (Suno), arranged manually in Ableton, mixed traditionally with FabFilter suite, final master touch with AI balance analysis.",
"transparency_score": 95
},
"provenance": {
"ipfs_cid": "QmXx...",
"source_material": ["∞8-QmYy...", "∞8-QmZz..."],
"samples": [],
"stems": ["∞8-QmAa..."]
},
"revision_history": [
{
"version": 2,
"ipfs_cid": "QmBb...",
"timestamp": "ISO-8601",
"changes": "Increased AI arrangement, updated mixing approach"
}
],
"audio_fingerprint": {
"sha256": "a3f5...",
"duration_ms": 245000,
"format": "wav"
},
"usage_rights": {
"training_rights": false,
"derivative_rights": true,
"remix_rights": true
}
}
Any party can verify a declaration by:
- Fetching the declaration from IPFS via CID
- Hashing the referenced audio file
- Comparing SHA-256 fingerprint to declared value
- Validating cryptographic signatures against stated identities
Declarations are facts, not claims.
- Frontend: Next.js 16, React 19, TailwindCSS
- Storage: IPFS (Pinata), Vercel Postgres
- Blockchain: Polygon Amoy (testnet), optional on-chain minting
- Wallet: RainbowKit, Wagmi, Viem
- Design: Brutalist monochrome (∞8 ARCH aesthetic)
- Node.js 18+
- Pinata API key (IPFS uploads)
- WalletConnect Project ID
- Alchemy API key (Polygon RPC)
# Clone
git clone https://github.com/bomac1193/inf8.git
cd inf8/frontend
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Set up environment variables
cp .env.example .env
# Add your API keys to .env
# Run database migration
npx prisma db push
# Start dev server
npm run dev
Visit http://localhost:3000
See DEPLOY.md for complete Vercel deployment guide.
Quick summary:
- Deploy to Vercel (set Root Directory:
frontend) - Add Vercel Postgres database
- Configure environment variables (Pinata, WalletConnect, Alchemy)
- Run Prisma migration
- Redeploy
∞8 ARCH (pronounced "inf-eight arch" or "infinite arch")
∞8 ARCH ← BRAND (symbol, culture, identity)
└── Declarations ← PROTOCOL (product v1.0, technical utility)
- ∞ = infinity, endless creative lineage
- 8 = infinity rotated, recursive loop
- ARCH = architectural permanence, eternal structure
- Declarations = machine-readable provenance protocol
Every track has infinite lineage. Every process builds an eternal chain. You are an architect of provenance.
See BRAND.md for full brand system documentation.
v1.0 (NOW): Declarations protocol, IPFS storage, optional on-chain minting v1.5 (Month 3-6): Platform integrations (streaming services, NFT marketplaces) v2.0 (Year 1): Remix lineage chains, generative track support, badge marketplace v3.0 (Year 2+): ∞8 ARCH as foundational music metadata layer
Process is provenance. Mastery is transparent.
We're not solving today's authenticity crisis. We're building the provenance layer for tomorrow's music economy.
Using AI tools isn't shameful. Using them poorly is.
Open protocol. Open source. Open to contributions.
Issues and PRs welcome at https://github.com/bomac1193/inf8
MIT. Open protocol. No gatekeeping.
GitHub: https://github.com/bomac1193/inf8 Email: bomac1193@gmail.com Domain: inf8.io (coming soon)
Ship v1.0 at 92/100. Let culture finish the score.