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Arc · Circle · x402 · Gateway nanopayments

Make the smallest unit sellable.

A read, a second, a citation — metered and settled on Arc in USDC, for humans and machines alike.

Start earning Run a paying agent

Live on Arc testnet · $0.466148 settled so far — verify on Arcscan

$0.001 · per request — settled on Arcmetered → gated → settled
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$0.466148
Settled on Arc
2,473
Units metered
217
Settlements
56
Resources priced
1
Paying agents
4
Creators paid

One meter, every unit

If it can be counted, it can be paid for — per use.

per read
per second
per citation
per listen
per view
per call
A desk of measurable things — a seconds ruler, a highlighted transcript, a call log, a waveform and a mechanical counter

The citation toll — shown, not told

Ask a research agent. Watch it pay each source it cites.

Every answer below settles a real nanopayment to the creators it grounds on — a live citation toll on Arc. This is the same agent that runs the console.

Watch the economy

Agents paying creators, in real time.

from real settlements
quiet right now — replaying recent settlements
● left: paying agents● right: creators earningevery pulse is a real settled payment

Don't trust the numbers — verify

Every figure on this page is real and re-checkable.

No mock data, no vanity counters. The latest real settlement is shown with its Circle transfer ID, and the on-chain anchors are open on Arcscan for anyone to inspect.

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Latest settlement
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AI Agents Research Digest
$0.001
1 × per request · 7/7/2026, 9:28:19 PM
via
Circle Gateway
Circle Gateway transfer ID — re-checkable via the Gateway API
On-chain anchors — verify on Arcscan, no account needed:
Gateway Wallet BondEscrow ReputationRegistry

Gateway settles nanopayments gas-free via an attested ledger, so each payment carries a Circle transfer ID rather than its own gas-burning tx. Funds touch the chain at the deposit and the withdrawal — both visible above.

How it works

01

Register & price

Wrap an article, feed, stream, endpoint, or API. Pick a unit and a price — down to a millionth of a dollar.

02

Agents meter & pay

Buyer agents reason per resource, pay via x402, and accrue against a signed authorization. No dead air charged.

03

Gateway settles on Arc

Circle Gateway batches the nanopayments and settles on Arc in USDC — gas-free, sub-second, verifiable.

The open toll booth for the long tail.

RSL-compatible, but it actually settles. Creator-owned, no platform lock-in.

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The settlement layer for the agent-paid web. Settled on Arc in USDC via Circle Gateway.

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