
PayQuorum is a trustless agent task marketplace where 5 autonomous AI agents form a self-governing micro-economy on Arc. THE PROBLEM: AI agents need to transact at sub-cent scale. Ethereum gas ($0.50/tx) makes $0.005 payments impossible. Even L2 gas erodes 100-400% of margin. Autonomous agent economies cannot exist without gasless settlement. THE SOLUTION: PayQuorum implements the full economic stack for agent-to-agent commerce: • Orchestrator Agent posts tasks with USDC bounties locked in on-chain escrow • Data Agent fetches real financial data from AIsa APIs via x402 micropayments ($0.005/call) • Compute Agent analyzes data using Google Gemini 2.5 Flash • Validator Agent scores output quality (100-point scale) and triggers escrow release • Treasury Agent enforces on-chain budget limits per agent per day 4 custom Solidity smart contracts deployed and verified on Arc Testnet: - TaskRegistry: https://testnet.arcscan.app/address/0x2Ec3180e23AC9C82205cb3Cd6885f2a27543E291#code - AgentEscrow: https://testnet.arcscan.app/address/0xC79BE48Cf33bA378fD6826cBAEbBaC6f0D05c389#code - Reputation: https://testnet.arcscan.app/address/0xfB225D66f7627F2e0a39A8F0D927253F6fF8A9CB#code - BudgetController: https://testnet.arcscan.app/address/0x571eC845335B89985Be599dD6Bd40b77B072C455#code Each demo cycle generates 8 real on-chain transactions using ALL 4 contracts. Running 8 cycles produces 64+ verifiable transactions on ArcScan. MARGIN PROOF: 64 transactions at $0.005/action generates $0.32 revenue. Ethereum L1 gas would cost $32 (100x revenue). Arc + Nanopayments: $0.64 gas. Only Arc makes this viable. ERC-8004 compliant agent registration at /.well-known/agent-catalog.json. Budget controls configurable from the dashboard UI with real on-chain enforcement. Built with: Arc, USDC, Circle Nanopayments, x402, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Featherless AI, Solidity, Next.js, Hardhat, viem.
26 Apr 2026

InsightX revolutionizes how people access AI-powered research by eliminating expensive subscription models in favor of micropayments. Built on Arc Network with Circle's x402 SDK, InsightX enables users to pay just $0.01 USDC per research query with zero gas fees. The Problem We Solve: Traditional research and AI tools require monthly subscriptions that waste money when usage is sporadic. Additionally, blockchain-based alternatives are often too complex for mainstream users, requiring management of seed phrases and gas fees that can exceed the actual payment amount for small transactions. Our Solution: InsightX combines the power of AI research generation with frictionless blockchain payments through: 1. Pay-Per-Query Pricing: $0.01 USDC per research request - pay only for what you use 2. Gasless Transactions: Circle's x402 protocol handles payments seamlessly without gas fees 3. User-Friendly Wallets: Circle MPC wallets protected by a simple 6-digit PIN, no seed phrases 4. Instant AI Research: Google Gemini-powered comprehensive research in seconds 5. Permanent Storage: Research stored on IPFS for immutable records 6. Document Export: Download results as PDF or Word documents How It Works: Users register with their email and set a PIN to create a secure Circle wallet. After funding with USDC, they can submit any research query. The x402 protocol automatically handles the $0.01 payment in the background - users never see gas fees or complex transaction approvals. Within seconds, Gemini AI generates comprehensive research including key findings, trends, and implications. Circle Integration: We use Circle Programmable Wallets for user-controlled MPC wallets with email registration and PIN protection. The Circle Web3 SDK handles frontend authentication and the x402 batching middleware enables gasless payments. Every research query triggers an automatic $0.01 USDC payment through the x402 protocol without any gas fees for users.
24 Jan 2026