XRPL Creator Capsule
XRPL Creator Capsule treats the XRP Ledger as a durable control plane for ownership, payment, access, and survivability around creative work. It is not a marketplace — it is the infrastructure that makes marketplaces optional.
New to Capsule? Start with the Beginners Guide — a step-by-step walkthrough for creatives using the desktop app. No blockchain experience required.
The thesis
Section titled “The thesis”A creator should be able to:
- Issue a release with a deterministic, tamper-evident identity
- Mint editions as NFTs on XRPL with receipts that reconcile against the chain
- Gate access to benefits based on on-chain ownership
- Recover the full release without the original app
- Govern revenue through an auditable approval chain
Every claim is backed by hash-stamped artifacts and verifiable against the ledger.
Five proven truths
Section titled “Five proven truths”| Phase | What it proves |
|---|---|
| A — Creator Intent | Manifest identity is deterministic and tamper-evident |
| B — Mint Truth | NFTs on XRPL match the manifest exactly |
| C — Access Truth | Ownership unlocks real off-chain access |
| E — Durability Truth | A release survives frontend death |
| D — Governance Truth | Revenue is governed through auditable approval |
Architecture
Section titled “Architecture”The system is a TypeScript monorepo with 5 workspace packages:
@capsule/core— Canonical contracts, AJV schemas, validation, deterministic hashing@capsule/xrpl— XRPL client (connect, mint, verify, holder checks)@capsule/storage— Content store + delivery provider interfaces@capsule/xaman— Wallet-mediated signing via Xaman@capsule/cli— 15 CLI commands for the full release lifecycle
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”- Beginners Guide — Your first release in 10 minutes using the desktop app
- Developer Setup — Clone, build, and run the test suite
- Release Lifecycle — Create, mint, and verify a release
- CLI Reference — All 15 commands