MFA Vault is a Cardano-based prototype for verified physical artwork sales and oracle-assisted settlement.
Built by Made for Artists, the project explores how real-world art can gain stronger authenticity records, clearer ownership history, and more transparent onchain-compatible pricing.
MFA Vault lets a verified artwork go through a clean sale flow:
- Register a physical artwork
- Mint a master authenticity NFT
- List the artwork for direct sale
- Pull oracle data to convert the approved value into ADA
- Complete the sale and update ownership / provenance history
This hackathon version focuses on the direct sale flow.
It also introduces the broader MFA Vault vision:
- verified artwork records
- programmable vault infrastructure
- future shared participation models
- transparent settlement for physical art
Physical art still lacks simple infrastructure for:
- authenticity
- ownership history
- transparent settlement
- clean onchain interoperability
MFA Vault uses Cardano to create a more trusted and structured flow without turning the product into a speculative NFT marketplace.
This project uses the Charli3 Pull Oracle to fetch pricing data on demand.
- ADA/USD
MFA defines the approved artwork value in USD. Charli3 converts that value into ADA on demand so the application can display:
- artwork value in USD
- equivalent value in ADA
- oracle-assisted settlement context
The oracle does not determine the value of the artwork itself. It makes that approved value usable onchain.
- Frontend: [fill in]
- Backend: [fill in]
- Cardano integration: [fill in]
- Oracle: Charli3 Pull Oracle
- Network: Cardano Preprod
- Storage / metadata: [fill in]
- Node.js [version]
- npm or pnpm
- Cardano test wallet
- environment variables configured
git clone <your-public-repo-url>
cd <repo-name>
npm install