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Dryad is an autonomous AI agent that manages 9 vacant lots in Detroit's Chadsey-Condon neighborhood. It reads biodiversity from iNaturalist, dispatches local contractors when invasives are detected, pays them in USDC, and attests GPS-verified work onchain. The original Dryad runs on Base. This Arc fork adds the unlock that mainnet can't deliver: high-frequency USDC treasury rebalancing. On Ethereum, gas costs cap rebalancing at roughly monthly. A 1.8% rate spread on $5,000 takes 34 days just to recover the gas fee. On Arc, sub-cent fees mean the agent rebalances every cycle, capturing every rate movement across stablecoin yield sources. What this submission demonstrates: - Continuous treasury rebalancing across Aave V3 and USYC, executed by the agent autonomously - ERC-8004 agent identity, reputation, and validation contracts on Arc testnet - ERC-8183 onchain job protocol for contractor work - x402 + Circle Gateway batched settlement for machine-to-machine micropayments at $0.001 per call Proof: 4 confirmed Arc testnet rebalance transactions are linked in the README. Code: https://github.com/nock4/dryad-arc

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!

⏱️ Design, build, and deploy trustless AI trading agents. 📅 March 30 – April 12, 2026 🌐 Build AI trading agents that execute strategies using ERC-8004 or Kraken CLI. 🤝 Build solo or in teams to create autonomous trading, risk, yield, or protection agents. 💰 $55,000 prize pool, allocated and shared via Surge and Kraken. Your team should have registered project at early.surge.xyz in order to be eligible for the prize. Get access in your team profile or our discord 🔑 Access to early.surge.xyz If prompted for login credentials, use: • Username: admin • Password: JBRv2xWG7AzwVrLz88