// Name:
FromFriends™
// Email or contact method:
heyfromfriends@gmail.com
// Geographic location:
Germany
// Are you applying on behalf of a company, or as an individual:
Individual
// If company, provide company name and website:
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// Name of project or idea:
FrameToGo: ‘Spotify for Digital Art’ Platform on Tezos. User-curated playlists viewed on lightweight Android, Chromecast, and web players, with advanced layout templates for high-quality digital art presentation.
// Detailed description of your project or idea and why you believe it deserves funding:
Work in progress video demo of the FrameToGo platform:
+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yFoQrwrAgo
Early last year, I started building FrameToGo, a Tezos-based platform for curating, viewing, and discovering digital art playlists, combined with powerful player apps that allow digital art to be displayed beautifully on any screen.
A major pain point in the digital art space is that artworks are effectively locked inside wallets and mostly viewed on small personal devices. When digital art is shown on larger displays such as monitors or TVs, it is often presented in an unprofessional way, with little control over layout or presentation. Most existing apps only offer very limited options such as simply choosing whether an artwork should cover or fill the screen.
To address this, I developed a dedicated platform, digital art player and layout template system specifically designed for digital art presentation. It goes far beyond basic cover or fill modes and is built for 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 aspect ratios, with smart responsive behavior for all other formats. This allows artworks to be displayed intentionally, consistently, and in a way that respects both the artist’s work and the physical display.
Over the last year, I built a working prototype of the platform and its player apps, and I am extremely excited about its potential for the Tezos ecosystem.
The platform consists of two main components.
1. Playlist platform, where users can discover, create, and manage digital art playlists. This application works on both desktop and mobile and is installable as a Progressive Web App.
2. Set of player apps used to display playlists on various devices and screens. All of these can be easily controlled remotely by the platform app.
Player apps
- Universal Android app supporting:
- Android
- Android TV
- Google TV
- Fire TV
- Custom Chromecast receiver
- Chromecast sticks and boxes
- Chromecast built-in TVs
- Web-based player
- Also installable as a Progressive Web App
- Desktop use with PWA or custom kiosk scripts
- Raspberry Pi
- Mini PCs
Additional platform components
- Landing page
- Getting started tutorials
- FAQ
Core sections
- Home and playlist discovery
- Create and manage playlists
- Add and manage multiple displays
- Wallet artwork feed
- Create and manage templates
Layout template system
- Customizable templates with live preview
- Designed specifically for displaying digital art beautifully
- Template options include:
- Title
- Description
- Artist name
- Background color
- Cover or fill behavior
- Positioning
- Font selection
- QR code
Additional features
- User profiles (example.com/@username)
- Remote control functionality, for example using a smartphone to control a TV player
Settings section
- Supports adding multiple Tezos wallets without a mandatory wallet connection
- Dark mode and light mode
Player app features
- Support for images, animated GIFs, video, interactive art, and generative art
- Additional file type support depends on the capabilities of the device running the player
Display connection
- Connect and manage multiple displays remotely
- Secure PIN-based pairing instead of complex accounts on TVs
- No limit on the number of displays you can connect
Remote control features
- Play / pause
- Next / previous
- Add artwork to playlists
- Control display interval and repetition
- Debug mode for setup and troubleshooting
Benefits for the Tezos Ecosystem
- Our lightweight digital art players support seamless, continuous display of Tezos-based artworks across Smart TVs, Android-based devices, Raspberry Pis, and other cost-efficient hardware platforms.
By reducing technical friction, the platform allows collectors, artists, galleries, and public institutions to display artworks reliably and continuously without expensive equipment or complex setup.
This lowers barriers to adoption and supports long-term, unattended installations.
Designed for efficiency and accessibility, the platform extends Tezos art beyond crypto-native environments into everyday physical spaces, making it suitable for both private collections and large-scale exhibitions.
Key Benefits
- Makes Tezos art visible in physical and public spaces
- Promotes artist discovery through curated playlists
- Elevates digital art presentation to a professional, gallery-grade standard
- Unlocks new use cases for collectors, artists, and galleries
- Flexible, multi-device, and easy to deploy
- Scales from individual displays to multi-location installations
- Creates a sustainable ecosystem for discovering, curating, and showcasing Tezos digital art
Estimated yearly costs
- AppWrite backend: 300 USD per year
- Primary domain name: 20 USD per year
- Player short domain for easy TV input: 20 USD per year
// What type of background or experience do you have and your team have in building out a project like this:
I’m a creative developer focused on building innovative platforms that empower artists and collectors in the Web3 ecosystem through thoughtful design and technology.
I’ve built several digital art related projects using the Objkt.com v3 and tzkt.io APIs. These include TezosTV and tools for EditArt, Objkt.com, fx(hash) Tezos, and Bootloader.art.
Explore all my projects here: https://fromfriends.xyz
In 2025, I won five Tezos Developer Awards for these projects.
Together with my teammate Bruno Formagio, we won both “Best Overall” and “Collab Culture” at the official 2025 Etherlink Hackathon for our fully on-chain generative art platform, Permalink.
// Social handles of project, if any:
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// Funding amount being requested (please make sure the DAO treasury can currently support it, suggested range is 500–20,000 tez depending on project requirements and value):
16,900 XTZ (~$9,800 USD at ~$0.58 per token at the time of writing)
Since the amount is on the higher end, I’d be fine with a 40/40/20 split.
// Tez address to be funded (please verify accuracy):
fromfriends.tez (tz1U49JkLGSUR7JFN5xFoFghNwMXnQtR7Pv5)
// Proposed goals/GPIs to deliver for the requested funding (funding may be broken into two tranches, with final half distributed after some proven deliverables):
// Deliverables
Playlist Management & Discovery Platform
- Supported Platforms: Desktop & Mobile
- Installable as: Progressive Web App
Features:
- Home and playlist discovery
- Playlist creation & management
- Multi-display management
- Wallet feed integration
Player Apps
- Universal Android App: Android phones, TVs, Fire TV, Google TV
- Custom Chromecast Receiver: Chromecast sticks, boxes, and built-in TVs
- Web-Based Player: Desktop, Raspberry Pi, mini PC via PWA or kiosk mode via scripts
Features:
- Support for images, GIFs, videos, interactive art, generative art
- Remote control functionality
- PIN based display connection for secure setup
Additional Components
- Landing page
- Tutorials and FAQ
- User account system with email login and multiple wallet support
Layout Template System:
- Customizable templates with live preview
- Template options: Title, Description, Artist Name, Background Color, Cover/Fill behavior, Positioning, Font Selection, QR Code
Remote Control:
- Play / Pause
- Skip to next / previous
- Add artwork to playlists
- Interval & repetition settings
- Debug mode
User Experience Enhancements:
- User profiles (example.com/@username)
- Settings section
- Multi-wallet support without forced connection
// GPIs
- Active monthly users
- Number of created playlists
- Total daily playtime
- Number of connected displays
