Collab Chain

About Collab Chain

Collab Chain is a revolutionary platform that transforms the opaque and often chaotic world of music royalties into a fortress of clarity and trust. Built for creators, producers, songwriters, and rights holders, it serves as the definitive source of truth for ownership and earnings. The platform's core mission is to eliminate disputes and foster transparent collaboration by turning official royalty statements into verifiable, tamper-evident proof records. Users upload documents from distributors, PROs, or publishers, and Collab Chain meticulously parses and normalizes this data to generate a structured, immutable ledger of contributions and entitlements. This isn't a payment processor or a marketplace; it's a game-changing credit locker and verification engine designed to empower independent artists, labels, managers, and legal teams with clean, defensible records. By providing a single, unassailable point of reference for ownership history, Collab Chain unlocks potential, streamlines negotiations, and builds unshakeable confidence in every creative partnership.

Features of Collab Chain

Deterministic Proof Generation

Collab Chain's core technology transforms your official royalty statements into deterministic, tamper-evident proof records. By preserving the original uploaded file and creating a verifiable snapshot of the data, it ensures that the proof generated is immutable and can be authenticated at any point in the future. This eliminates ambiguity and provides a rock-solid foundation for all ownership claims, turning complex statements into clear, actionable evidence.

Unmissable Split Confirmation & Validation

The platform enforces absolute clarity on collaborator splits with an intuitive, track-level status system that clearly displays Complete, Incomplete, or Not Set. Rigorous server-side validation prevents you from finalizing any record until every split totals 100%, guaranteeing that no contributor is accidentally omitted. This transformative feature proactively prevents the most common source of disputes before they can even begin.

Secure, Read-Only Proof Sharing

Share your verified royalty proofs with collaborators, managers, or legal teams without ever compromising your account security. Collab Chain generates unique, secure links that provide recipients with read-only access to a proof summary and relevant details. This allows for effortless transparency and audit trails while maintaining full control over your sensitive data and original documents.

Hybrid Upload Support with Clear Labeling

Collab Chain accepts both official PDF/CSV exports for creating primary verifiable proofs and supporting screenshots when official documents are unavailable. The platform intelligently labels all supporting evidence as "Not an Official Statement" and displays it separately in exports. This hybrid approach provides crucial context without ever mutating or guessing data, maintaining the integrity of the core proof.

Use Cases of Collab Chain

Independent Artist Portfolio Management

An independent artist releasing music across multiple distributors and collaborators can use Collab Chain to create a centralized, organized portfolio of all their royalty proofs. This transforms a scattered collection of emails and statements into a single source of truth, making it easy to track earnings, prove contributions for future negotiations, and provide clear records to their management team.

Producer Credit Verification & Dispute Resolution

A producer facing a "missing credit" dispute can instantly resolve it by generating and sharing a secure proof link from Collab Chain. The tamper-evident record, derived from the official distributor statement, serves as irrefutable evidence of their agreed-upon percentage, saving countless hours of argument and protecting their rightful earnings and professional reputation.

Songwriter Publishing Administration

A songwriter working with a publishing administrator can streamline the onboarding and verification process. Instead of sending messy spreadsheets and unverified statements, they can share a clean, locked proof from Collab Chain that clearly details every track, split, and corresponding royalty source, ensuring accurate registration and faster royalty collection.

Label & Manager Roster Oversight

A label A&R or artist manager overseeing a large roster can utilize Collab Chain to efficiently organize and audit royalty statements for every release and artist. They can quickly verify that all collaborator splits are correctly confirmed and maintain a secure, accessible archive of proofs for legal, financial, and partnership reviews, bringing unprecedented order to complex operations.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of documents can I upload to Collab Chain?

Collab Chain is designed to work with official royalty exports in PDF or CSV format from distributors (like DistroKid, CD Baby), PROs (like ASCAP, BMI), and publishers. These form the basis of your verifiable proof. For platforms that block exports, you can upload PNG/JPG screenshots as "Supporting Evidence," which are clearly labeled as non-official and used for context only, not for primary calculations.

Does Collab Chain pull live data from streaming platforms?

No. Collab Chain does not scrape dashboards, connect to APIs for live data, or guess your earnings. The platform's power lies in verifying the data you provide from official sources. You maintain control by uploading your statements, and Collab Chain creates a deterministic, tamper-evident record from that specific document, ensuring accuracy and integrity.

How does the platform ensure my data and proofs are secure?

Your data sovereignty is paramount. Collab Chain preserves your original uploaded files and does not use them for any purpose other than generating your proof. All proofs are created as deterministic snapshots, making any alteration evident. The sharing function provides only read-only access via secure links, ensuring collaborators can view proofs without accessing your account or editing any data.

What happens if a collaborator disputes a split after a proof is locked?

The locked proof serves as the immutable record of the agreement at the time of finalization, based on the official statement provided. If a genuine error is found in the underlying statement, you would need to obtain a corrected statement from the source (distributor/PRO) and create a new, separate proof in Collab Chain. The platform maintains a clear history, and the original proof remains as a record of what was initially reported.