The Shrine Beckons… Announcing Ritual Shrine’s first Request-for-Startup (RFS): Promptd, a prompt marketplace on Ritual that allows creators to monetize their prompts and workflows without needing to reveal them, made possible through TEE-based encryption.

Promptd is meant to target what we call the "prompt gap". As AI models advance, the difference between what users can get back from a basic prompt and what models are actually capable of producing is widening. While novices get acceptable results, experts consistently produce exceptional outputs—the ability to figure out what prompts and workflows will get the most out of models is becoming a lucrative one.

This market is already exploding silently. Prompt creators are building substantial followings and businesses, with many amassing tens of thousands of followers. On platforms like PromptBase and AIPRM, popular prompt collections see MILLIONS of uses monthly. Top-performing prompts are executed hundreds of thousands of times, with writing-based prompts dominating ~80% of usage.

But there's one fundamental problem: IP protection. Current marketplaces force the "reveal to sell" dilemma—creators must show the prompts/workflows that they're selling which leads to leakage risk and copying. Recent copyright rulings further complicate protection.

Promptd solves this with a TEE-based architecture ensuring creator prompts and workloads remain encrypted and protected throughout their entire lifecycle—even during execution. This secure pipeline model transforms the marketplace dynamic.

For creators, Promptd's workflow is intuitive yet powerful. They can define their AI workload in a secure Content Creation Studio, set pricing, generate preview examples—while their actual prompts remain permanently protected. For users, they can pay to access these expert prompts/workflows and receive securely generated outputs with the guarantee that they were made using the creator’s prompts.

Promptd is supercharged with on-chain economic primitives tied into the marketplace. Users can stake on their favorite creators to receive a portion of their generated fees, creating a reputation system that surfaces the best creators naturally. This can also be extended to individual prompts—tokenizing each one so holders share in that specific prompt's revenue. These primitives bootstrap the marketplace while creating entirely new financialization opportunities impossible elsewhere.

We're looking for a team to build Promptd out. The ideal builders have an interest and experience in digital creator businesses, on-chain economic primitives and an obsession with pushing the bounds of AI to improve *every* process. If this is you, we want to talk.

Ready to tackle the “prompt gap” and take Promptd from prototype to protocol? You can find more information on Promptd and apply to Ritual Shrine here:

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Cool tbh, an exciting development for the AI creator economy. The "prompt gap" you've identified is indeed a critical issue as AI models become more sophisticated. gRitual !!!!!!!