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Story Documentation

Introduction

Quickstart

Get answers to the most common questions about Story as a whole.

Overview of the Story Network architecture and operations

Welcome to Story Network

Guide to running a validator node on the Story Network

Become a Validator

Detailed overview of Story Network's staking mechanics and tokenomics

Staking Design

A list of infrastructure partners & tools for Story Network

Infrastructure Partners

A broad overview of Story's "Proof-of-Creativity" protocol.

Overview

Add custom logic before minting license tokens or registering derivatives.

Hooks

🪝 Hooks

Manages all permission-related states and permission checks on Story.

Access Controller

A multi-layered decentralized approach to validating intellectual property.

Story Attestation Service

Common technical questions related to our protocol documentation.

Concepts FAQ

Story Programmable IP License - A legal framework for IP licensing on-chain

What is the PIL?

💊 Programmable IP License (PIL)

Detailed explanation of all terms available in the Programmable IP License

PIL Terms

Pre-configured License Terms for ease of use

PIL Flavors (examples)

Okay... how does Story *actually* protect IP?

How does Story protect IP?

For developers who want to build on our protocol.

Dev Overview

A list of all deployed protocol addresses

Deployed Smart Contracts

Releases

A list of follow-along developer tutorials.

Learn how to use the FLUX Finetuning API to finetune images and then register the output on Story in TypeScript.

Finetune Images on Story

Learn how to license and protect DALL·E AI-Generated images on Story.

Protect DALL·E AI-Generated Images

Learn how to register, protect, and monetize Stability AI-Generated images on Story.

Register & Monetize Stability Images

Learn how to register an NFT as IP with proper metadata on Story.

How to Register IP on Story

Learn how to properly register music on Story as an IP Asset using the Typescript SDK.

How to Register Music on Story

Learn how to tip an IP Asset using the SDK and Smart Contracts.

How to Tip an IP

A Case Study showing how PiPi, a generative pfp project, registers derivatives of Story's official Ippy mascot.

Case Study: Registering a Derivative of Ippy

Learn how to implement email logins and sponsored transactions with Privy & Pimlico.

Email Login & Sponsored Transactions with Privy

A detailed description of every function in our smart contract

Get Started

Story Network

Protocol Concepts

Programmable IP License

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