Immich downloads feed the same creator-payment ledger.

legacy path / Aperture sidecar

Self-hosted photo downloads can become paid events.

The original Aperture sidecar watches Immich shared-link download events and maps the downloaded asset owner to a creator wallet. The standalone Immich subdomain is not DNS-routable today, so the public proof surface is exposed through the Tollgate host while the local Immich API remains mounted behind `/immich/api`.