Rejuan Ahmed@sirironheart

Most payroll systems are just dashboards with extra steps. You still log in. You still approve. You still click send. The "automation" is just a reminder that you haven't done it yet. PayClaw removes the human entirely. Fund the contract once. Add your team's wallet addresses and payment amounts. The contract executes on schedule — every 30 days, payments go out automatically. No input required. Every transaction is recorded onchain. Permanently. Verifiable by anyone. No reconciliation spreadsheet afterward. Arc makes this model practical. USDC gas means fees are predictable before the transaction executes. Sub-second finality means when a payment goes out, it's done — not "probably done after a few blocks." For a system designed to run without human intervention, that determinism is the foundation, not a feature. This is what autonomous commerce looks like applied to one of the most fundamental business operations: paying people.

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!