Provenance for internet culture
Origin connects internet culture to the people who made it. One record ties together the original work, where it was first posted, and the creator behind it, so the maker stays attached when the moment spreads.
Desk Goblin
“Drew it on a receipt during a night shift. A friend posted it, and by Monday it was everywhere.”
Example record. The work, source and creator shown are fictional.
How it works
The image, clip, character or sound as it first appeared, before the crops, edits and reposts.
Where it was first published, so anyone can follow the trail back to the start.
The person who made it, in their own words: how it started and what it means to them.
Creator review comes next. Origin will check source links, account control and rights before any record is marked as reviewed.
What it’s for
If you made something people now copy, remix or post without knowing where it came from, it belongs on a record.
Drawings, comics and paintings that turned into reactions.
The few seconds of video everyone stitched, dubbed and quoted.
Mascots and recurring faces with years of drafts behind them.
The picture that became everyone’s answer to everything.
Audio that took on a life of its own under other people’s videos.
Templates, layouts and phrases built to be remixed.
Tokens
The Origin coin supports building the platform. Creator tokens are a future feature for creators themselves. Today, no token is launched through Origin.
Origin’s own coin. Creator fees it actually receives fund Origin’s development, starting with creator review and then launch tools.
Tokens a creator will be able to launch from their own reviewed origin record, with published terms and clear fee routing.
Roadmap
Draft your origin record and download it. Drafts stay on your device.
Applications, source evidence and a manual review before any record is marked as reviewed.
Token creation and fee routing, built after review is working.
How this gets built: the automated stages are funded only by creator fees the Origin coin actually receives. There’s no guaranteed completion date. If funding falls short, a stage waits.
FAQ
A place that connects internet culture with its original creators. Each origin record links a work, its first source and the person who made it. Creator review and launch tools are planned next.
No. Token launching is coming soon. Origin doesn’t connect wallets, request signatures, accept funds or create tokens yet.
No. Your draft lives only in this browser tab and is never sent anywhere. It isn’t published, submitted or reviewed. Download it if you want to keep it.
Through creator fees the Origin coin actually receives. Those fees pay for creator review first, then launch tools. There’s no fixed completion date, and if funding falls short, work waits.
No. The Origin coin is the project’s own coin. Creator tokens will be launched by creators from their reviewed records once that feature exists. Holding the Origin coin doesn’t give ownership of Origin, its revenue or any creator’s work.
A reviewed record will document a creator’s connection to a work and the evidence behind it. It isn’t a legal ruling on copyright and says nothing about a token’s value.