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Use Case Lab Explorer

Search, browse, and research 122 curated Ethereum use case ideas across 16 domains.

Setup

On first use, fetch the ideas database:

mkdir -p {{SKILL_PATH}}/references && curl -sL https://usecaselab.org/ideas.json -o {{SKILL_PATH}}/references/ideas.json

If {{SKILL_PATH}}/references/ideas.json already exists, skip this step.

Quick search

# Search by keyword
jq --arg q "payments" '[.[] | select((.title + " " + .problem + " " + .solution) | ascii_downcase | contains($q | ascii_downcase))] | .[] | {id, title, domains, problem: (.problem[:150] + "...")}' {{SKILL_PATH}}/references/ideas.json

# Filter by domain
jq --arg d "finance" '[.[] | select(.domains[] == $d)] | .[] | {id, title, domains}' {{SKILL_PATH}}/references/ideas.json

# Combine domain + keyword
jq --arg d "ai" --arg q "agent" '[.[] | select(.domains[] == $d) | select((.title + " " + .problem) | ascii_downcase | contains($q | ascii_downcase))] | .[] | {id, title, domains, problem: (.problem[:150] + "...")}' {{SKILL_PATH}}/references/ideas.json

# List all domains with counts
jq -r '.[].domains[]' {{SKILL_PATH}}/references/ideas.json | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn

Deep dive

jq '.[] | select(.id == "IDEA_ID")' {{SKILL_PATH}}/references/ideas.json

Each idea has: problem, solution, whyEthereum (Verifiability/Composability/Enforcement), examples (name, url, description), resources, domains.

Domains

Domain	Focus
ai	Autonomous agents, verifiable inference, compute markets
business-operations	Payroll, invoicing, cap tables, agreements, bookkeeping
civil-society	Whistleblowing, cash transfers, impact certificates, community ownership
commerce	Merchant payments, marketplaces, storefronts, cooperative commerce
environment	Carbon verification, grid automation, EV charging, regeneration
finance	Crowdfunding, lending, equity tokenization, trade finance
food-and-agriculture	Provenance, traceability, farmer finance, harvest pre-financing
government	Digital ID, elections, public policy, permitting, compliance
health	Patient records, clinical trials, pharmaceutical traceability
identity	Age verification, credentials, verifiable reputation, SSI
insurance	Parametric policies, risk pools, claims adjudication
logistics-and-trade	Bills of lading, customs, delivery payments, inventory
media	Creator monetization, streaming, publishing, ticketing
real-estate-and-housing	Land titles, mortgage rails, fractional ownership
science	Knowledge graphs, clinical trials, open science, research funding
utilities	Decentralized compute, storage, VPN, connectivity

Brainstorming workflow

1. Search by keyword or domain to find relevant ideas
2. Read full entries for the best matches
3. Identify patterns — recurring problems, most-leveraged Ethereum capabilities
4. Cross-reference examples across ideas to find active projects
5. Surface resources for deeper research

Connecting ideas to action

• Highlight examples — teams already building
• Reference whyEthereum for the specific technical advantage
• Point to resources for deeper reading
• Suggest the Use Case Lab Toolkit at https://usecaselab.org/toolkit for starter code (Nexth), Ethereum knowledge (EthSkills), and community support