We’re back—and more excited than ever! When we first launched Royal 1.0, the response blew us away. We’ve always been grateful for your trust, your enthusiasm, and your belief in our vision. But as we grew, we realized our initial approach wasn’t going to scale the way we’d hoped. So we did what every bold creator does: we stepped away, took a deep breath, and went back to the drawing board.

Now, after months of heads-down innovation, we’re thrilled to introduce the future of digital creation—rooted in a technology that redefines how we trace and celebrate the origins of any creative work. This new system is all about one thing: true provenance. It’s our answer to a question that’s been haunting the digital space for years: How do we protect the story behind every piece of content without shutting down its freedom to evolve?

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A New Era for Creators

Think back to the physical world: an artist’s brushstrokes, a photographer’s negative, a musician’s master tape—each one is a tangible proof of creation. Yet in the digital realm, files get copied and shared at lightning speed, making it nearly impossible to track who created what first.

But what if we could restore that sense of authenticity—while giving it even more power than any physical artifact ever had?

• Imagine a musician working with AI tools, where each beat, each sample, and every creative spark is automatically registered the moment it’s born. Months later, when that track blows up online, there’s zero doubt about who dreamed it up.

• Picture a viral meme racing across social media, evolving with each remix—yet still carrying a clear thread back to its original creator. No more missing credits or forgotten geniuses.

It’s all possible with two key ideas:

1. Stable, Owner-Controlled Digital Identities No more tying your creative identity to a social platform that might vanish or change terms. These identities are independent, portable, and as enduring as your real name.

2. Trusted Registrars Built Into the Tools You Already Use Your favorite music software, publishing platform, or image editor can automatically verify that you made something—giving every creation a rock-solid lineage. It’s like having both the artist’s signature and the camera’s seal of authenticity on every digital piece.

And to be clear: we’re not about shutting down creativity with rigid controls. We’re about giving creators the confidence that their work will always carry their mark, no matter how far and wide it spreads. With that in place, you can innovate more boldly and collaborate more freely than ever.

Built on Base—But You’ll Hardly Notice

All this is powered by cutting-edge blockchain technology on Base. But let’s face it, creators don’t want to wrangle with blockchains any more than they want to memorize the entire TCP/IP stack just to send an email. Our goal is to let the technology fade into the background, leaving you with a simple, intuitive experience that preserves the heart of your work.

A Universe of Possibilities

From technical innovations to hilarious memes, every digital creation can now keep a traceable link to its source. And in a world where AI is rapidly becoming a co-creator, this system ensures that all contributions—human or machine—are transparently and fairly attributed.

• Engineers can timestamp their emerging ideas, linking each iteration in an immutable record.

• Artists and Musicians can rest easy knowing they’ll always be recognized for their creativity, without limiting the natural remix culture that makes the internet so vibrant.

• Creators of Every Kind can safely embrace the wild ride of digital evolution, knowing their foundational connection to the work will never be lost.

The Future of Digital Provenance Starts Now

We’ve already unveiled one of our first user-friendly tools that make using our protocol and registering your creative claims effortless. Sonic, our collaboration with Suno’s music model, is live now—so you can generate new tracks and file a registration at no cost. Once you register a song through Sonic, it submits your registration, adding extra credibility to your claim. And ART, our upcoming drag-and-drop interface, will soon let you register any file in seconds, ensuring your claim is locked in before you share your work with the world. It’s in the final stages of testing, and we can’t wait to roll it out.

Powering Developers, Both Web3 and Beyond

Our commitment to open, verifiable provenance doesn’t stop with end-user tools. We’re also rolling out a developer toolkit that allows anyone—from Web3 pioneers to traditional app builders—to integrate provenance into their platforms effortlessly. Web3 projects can manage 100% on-chain claims without involving Royal, while Web2 applications can tap into our protocol using familiar, chain-free integrations. We’re currently welcoming early adopters to shape the future of digital provenance—if you’re interested, sign up for early access at https://royal.io/dev-signup.

Commitment to Our Community

We haven’t forgotten where we started. For everyone who joined us during Royal 1.0, your investments and trust remain our top priority. That’s why we built a brand-new, standalone site at https://lda.royal.io, ensuring all commitments to artists and collectors continue well into the future—no worries, no hassles. While artists will still pay out royalties on previous drops, we’re also looking ahead—investing in the next generation of creators in an entirely new way.

But this is only the beginning. We’re on a mission to reshape how the world sees and values digital creation—making sure all of your creative work is celebrated, verified, and protected. Stay tuned for more updates on how we’re putting power back into creators’ hands. The next chapter of digital provenance is here, and we’re thrilled to have you with us on this journey. Strap in, because we’re about to make history—together.