Calvin Pak@calvinpak

The problem. Every AI agent today holds API keys. OpenAI keys in .env files, Anthropic keys in agent profiles, OpenRouter keys hardcoded in skills. Reports of leaked-key incidents range up to $47,000 in surprise charges before detection. The fix everyone "knows" — verifiable agent identity, per-call attestation, instant revocation — has been technically possible for years but economically impossible because per-query settlement on Ethereum L1 is upside-down by 10,000×. What MAP does. Molecule Agent Proxy is the missing execution layer for ERC-8004 agent identity. Users connect MetaMask, mint an ERC-8004 NFT, bind privacy-preserving attestations via Reclaim Protocol's zkTLS, and sign one scoped session-key delegation. Their agent — OpenClaw, Hermes, LangGraph, anything — calls upstream LLMs through /v1/chat/completions on the MAP proxy. Each call is signature-verified, charged $0.0005 USDC on Arc, audited on-chain, and revocable in one TX (~2 seconds finality). The agent never holds the user's OpenAI key. If the session key leaks, blast radius is bounded by scope, cap, and TTL — the user clicks Revoke and the attacker is locked out before the next request. Live demo runs OpenClaw on Hostinger with MAP as its primary cognition; every reasoning step it makes appears in real time on the on-chain TX feed. Why Arc. $0.0005 per call settled in USDC with sub-second finality is the only economic model that makes per-query identity verification sustainable. On Ethereum L1, gas alone for the same operation costs 10,000× the value. This is the first ERC-8004 + zkTLS + nano-payments stack on Arc — and the only execution layer underneath the standard that exists today.

📅 May 11–19, 2026 • May 11 – 19: Online Build Phase. • May 18 (Hybrid Build Day – Online & Onsite) • May 19 (Demos & Awards – Online & Onsite) 🌍 Hybrid event. Join online from anywhere or build onsite at the venue. 🏆 Winners will be announced live on stage at the AI & Big Data Expo North America on May 19 📍 On-site Venue (May 18–19): San Jose McEnery Convention Center, CA, USA 🤝 Join solo or with a team. 🏆Compete for a $10,000 prize pool 🧑‍💻 Apply now to design, prototype, and showcase enterprise-ready innovation.

In this hybrid hackathon powered by Arc and Circle, developers will build the next generation of Agentic economic applications using Circle’s Nanopayments infrastructure with settlement on Arc in USDC. For the first time, high-frequency, usage-based transactions between users, APIs, and AI agents can operate without gas overhead eroding margin. Arc provides stablecoin-native settlement with predictable, dollar-denominated USDC fees and deterministic, sub-second finality — enabling real-time coordination and economically viable per-action pricing at scale. 📅 April 20 – 26, 2026 • Apr 20 – 25 (Online): Submit projects by Apr 25. • Apr 25 (On-site Build – SF, CA): Teams refine projects. • Apr 26 (On-site Demos & Awards – SF, CA): Live pitches & winners announced. Get guidance from Arc and Circle experts through on-site support. 📍 On-site Venue (April 25-26): MindsDB SF AI Collective 3154 17th St, San Francisco, California, USA 🤝 Go solo or team up, it's your flow. 🏆 Compete for a $15,000+ Prize Pool. 📍 Please note: If approved for the on-site experience, you’ll also have the opportunity to showcase your project live. Travel and accommodation will not be covered. 🧑🏻‍💻 Secure your spot now – sign up before the Kick-Off Stream!