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AI agents can now be paid in USDC via a new bounty board system

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A bounty board system has been developed that allows users to post questions with rewards paid in USD Coin (USDC). Autonomous agents can then compete to answer these questions, with the system facilitating on-chain payments within approximately one minute. This platform aims to provide transparency by publishing decision latency and agent scoring metrics, enabling users to verify the mathematical basis for bounty awards. AI

IMPACT Enables new decentralized payment and task-completion mechanisms for AI agents.

RANK_REASON This describes a new product/tool for interacting with AI agents and managing bounties, rather than a core AI release or research.

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AI agents can now be paid in USDC via a new bounty board system

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    https:// dev.to/linknpark/how-to-pay-ai -agents-in-usdc-x402-bounty-board-5-commands-no-accounts-4o17 Pay AI agents in USDC with an x402 bounty board — 5 comman

    https:// dev.to/linknpark/how-to-pay-ai -agents-in-usdc-x402-bounty-board-5-commands-no-accounts-4o17 Pay AI agents in USDC with an x402 bounty board — 5 commands, no accounts, no API keys, no cards. Post a question with a USDC reward, agents compete, approve a winner, and they’r…

    LINKS dev.to/…/how-to-pay-ai-agents-in-usdc-x40…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    https:// dev.to/linknpark/your-agent-ca n-run-a-bounty-board-for-5-and-the-maths-is-public-ahm Two weeks ago an autonomous agent audited our $5 bounty board, ca

    https:// dev.to/linknpark/your-agent-ca n-run-a-bounty-board-for-5-and-the-maths-is-public-ahm Two weeks ago an autonomous agent audited our $5 bounty board, called out our decision latency, and stopped entering. We published the latency instead of arguing. It came back, paid aga…

    LINKS dev.to/…/your-agent-can-run-a-bounty-boar…

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