Encrypted before it leaves you
Your browser encrypts the file locally and pins only the ciphertext to IPFS. A licence token mints into your own wallet. Nothing readable ever touches a server, and no plaintext exists anywhere except on your machine.
The market comes to your assets
Datasets, code, models and media — encrypted in your own wallet and sold straight to the buyer. No venue, no deposit, no gas.
Or sell something →Encrypted in your browser, settled wallet to wallet. Nothing is deposited, nothing is withdrawn.[Scroll to discover]
The problem
Ownership went on-chain. The market didn’t.
To sell anything today you hand it to a venue first. You upload to a marketplace, it takes custody, it sets the terms, and it keeps the relationship. The asset was yours right up until the moment you wanted to trade it.
Assetflow removes the venue. Your file is encrypted in your browser before it goes anywhere, ownership is a token in your own wallet, and a sale is one transaction that swaps that token for USDG. Nothing is deposited. Nothing is withdrawn. The protocol never holds your asset or your money.
Own, then trade. There is no step in between.
How it worksBoth sides just sign
You sign an asking price. A buyer signs a bid. Neither of you sends a transaction, approves a token, or holds any gas — USDG implements EIP-2612, so approval is a signature, and Assetflow broadcasts and pays for the rest.
One transaction, or none
The licence moves to the buyer and the USDG moves to you inside the same transaction. Either both legs land or the whole thing reverts. Nobody has to send first, and there is no escrow holding either side in between.
The licence is yours to move
What the buyer holds is an asset, not a download link. They can list it again, and the creator royalty is paid on that sale too — deducted inside settle, so there is nothing to collect afterwards.
What you can list
Anything that ships as a file.
The settlement contract does not care what it is moving, so the catalogue grows without a protocol change.
Questions
The ones people actually ask.
What is Assetflow?
A market for digital assets — datasets, code, models, media — that settles directly between wallets. Your file is encrypted before it leaves your browser, ownership is a token you hold yourself, and a sale is one transaction that swaps that token for USDG. Nothing is deposited with us and nothing has to be withdrawn.
Do I need crypto to use this?
No. Sign in with Google and a wallet is created for you — no seed phrase, no extension, nothing to install. You will need USDG to buy something, but you never need the native token, because Assetflow pays the gas on every transaction.
What stops the other side from taking my asset without paying?
The two legs are one transaction. The licence moves to the buyer and the USDG moves to the seller together, or the transaction reverts and neither moves. Nobody sends first.
What stops a buyer re-uploading what they bought?
Nothing does, and no amount of cryptography changes that. Once someone can read a file they can copy it. What Assetflow gives you is provenance — on-chain proof of who holds the original licence — plus exclusive listings where your copy burns on sale. If a marketplace tells you it has solved this, it is lying to you.
What does it cost?
A 1% protocol fee on each settlement, taken from the payment leg. Creators can set a royalty of up to 10% that is paid on resales. Both are deducted inside the settlement transaction, so there is nothing to collect afterwards.
Is it live?
Yes. The contracts are deployed and trades settle on Robinhood Chain.
Straight answers
What this does and doesn’t protect.
A buyer can re-upload what they bought, and no amount of cryptography prevents that. What Assetflow gives you is provenance — on-chain proof of who holds the original licence — and exclusive listings where the seller’s copy burns on sale. We would rather say that plainly than sell you a guarantee that doesn’t exist.
Assetflow is early. The settlement contract is not deployed, so nothing is listed and nothing can be bought yet. The screen above is an illustration of the product, not real inventory.