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citation payments recorded0.004700USDC

agentic reasoning loop / server judge-strict / 0x27984b52693c30ec

How should AI agents pay creators per citation on Arc?

Based on the purchased sources, AI agents should pay creators per citation on Arc using one of two settlement approaches: (1) the 'exact' scheme, which settles payment directly on Arc as a single USDC transfer via EIP-3009 authorization, making each citation a verifiable on-chain transaction; or (2) the Circle Gateway-batched scheme, which pools multiple signed authorizations for gasless sub-cent settlement. To handle the volume of sub-cent citations efficiently, creators should use FeeRouter, which routes USDC through an on-chain split contract to the creator's wallet, accumulates sub-cent citations into a claimable balance, and allows the creator to withdraw all accrued citations with a single claim call—avoiding per-citation gas costs.

3 sources bought / 3 cited / 0 refunded

citations3
receipts3
reader paid0.000000
creator payouts (reader-paid)0.004700
protocol retained (reader-paid)not reader-paid
budget utilizationn/a
latest receipt0xae08170e...793b1a
query id0x27984b52693c30ec
query hash0xd9746be00570ef2227bcb9b46b0504539e142abc8953aecd4f537ca41c3d1742
answer hash0xf21b90e0696a506338b52142926a6f24a6ae02eb312c1ed14cd709b68c6f7493
created at2026-07-07T03:41:00.048Z
record agent modellm
agent modelclaude-haiku-4-5-20251001
server agent modejudge-strict
receipt count3
reader payment hashnot reader-paid
reader paid0.000000 USDC
creator payouts (reader-paid)0.004700 USDC
protocol retained (reader-paid)not reader-paid
budget utilizationn/a

agent accountability

Budget envelope and proof anchors

budget envelope0.006500 USDC
spent on sources0.004700 USDC
unused0.001800 USDC
source cap3/15 bought
covenant policy5.000000 USDC max
allowed domainsregistered source URLs only
TrackRecord anchornone
SlashBond status0.089091 USDC bonded
receipt chain hash0x4aab5608cc0710738e4b076276f69be078b4de9f2abdaf40684daf3fc151e5c1

source market

Budgeted citation decision

source budget0.006500
agent spent0.004700
remaining0.001800
market sweep3/15
CitePay Agent Commerce Network — Hire Specialized AI Agents with USDCCitePay Markets / score 19 / 0.001000 USDC
Agent-to-agent hiring; not specifically about citation payments to creators.
Lepton RFB NotesCanteen Research / score 32 / 0.001800 USDC
Directly addresses per-citation nanopayments for agents and creators on Arc. Core to the question.
RSS Distribution SurfaceOpen Feed Maintainers / score 11 / 0.000900 USDC
Distribution surface, not payment mechanism. Out of scope for Arc citation payment design.
Shadow Float V2 live external agent boardqdee / score 17 / 0.001500 USDC
Agent credit lines; not about citation payment design.
Driplet — Pay-Per-Second Live-Stream Monetization on ArcRising Technology / score 15 / 0.001500 USDC
Live-stream payments, not citation-based creator compensation.
FeeRouter Split Payouts and ReceiptsReceipt Ledger Notes / score 12 / 0.001600 USDC
Details on-chain creator payout routing, split logic, and sub-cent citation accrual with receipts. Directly answers payment mechanism.
Keyless Custodial Wallets for ReadersCustodial Wallet Notes / score 16 / 0.001400 USDC
Reader-side wallet UX; less critical than creator payout design for this question.
Citation Economics for AI AnswersIndie Researcher / score 7 / 0.001200 USDC
Principles-level; less technical depth than selected sources. Budget exhausted by higher-specificity picks.
x402 Settlement Schemes on ArcPayments Protocol Notes / score 9 / 0.001300 USDC
Explains x402 payment protocol and Arc settlement mechanics for citations. Essential technical grounding.
Covenant Account Spend ControlsForum Protocol / score 8 / 0.001500 USDC
Agent spend controls relevant but not core to creator payment-per-citation design.
Escrow and Ownership VerificationCreator Licensing Desk / score 14 / 0.001400 USDC
Ownership verification important but secondary to payment mechanism design.
How a Source-Buying Answer Agent WorksAgent Commerce Notes / score 11 / 0.001300 USDC
Agent-side budget allocation; not about creator payment mechanisms.
SHOCKWAVEUTHMAN NABEEL / score 8 / 0.001000 USDC
Code change detection tool. Not relevant to citation payment design.
Arc Settlement SketchArc Builder Desk / score 9 / 0.002200 USDC
General Arc infrastructure; less specific to citation payment design than selected sources.
Gateway Nanopayments PrimerCircle Developer Notes / score 2 / 0.002400 USDC
Relevant to gasless settlement but redundant with x402-settlement-schemes and feerouter sources already selected.

agent reasoning / planned by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

Appraise to payout timeline

PASS - All claims are supported by purchased sources. The answer accurately represents the two settlement schemes from x402-settlement-schemes, the FeeRouter accumulation and withdrawal mechanism from feerouter-splits-re

  1. 1
    appraiseAppraised 19 candidates: 3 to buy, 16 to skip.canteen-lepton-rfb: Directly addresses per-citation nanopayments for agents and creators on Arc. Core to the question. | x402-settlement-schemes: Explains x402 payment protocol and Arc settlement mechanics for citations. Essential technical grounding. | feerouter-splits-receipts: Details on-chain creator payout routing, split logic, and sub-cent citation accrual with receipts. Directly answers payment mechanism.
  2. 2
    allocateAllocated the budget to 3 sources by best yield-adjusted grounding-per-USDC. · spent 0.004700 USDCx402 Settlement Schemes on Arc, FeeRouter Split Payouts and Receipts, Lepton RFB Notes
  3. 3
    draftDrafted an answer with 5 grounded claims.Every claim is tied to a purchased sourceId.
  4. 4
    critiqueVerified every claim is backed by a purchased source.PASS - All claims are supported by purchased sources. The answer accurately represents the two settlement schemes from x402-settlement-schemes, the FeeRouter accumulation and withdrawal mechanism from feerouter-splits-re
  5. 5
    finalFinal answer is restricted to paid citation records.x402 Settlement Schemes on Arc, FeeRouter Split Payouts and Receipts, Lepton RFB Notes
  6. 6
    receiptsWrote 3 source payment receipts into the ledger.0x4aab5608cc0710738e4b076276f69be078b4de9f2abdaf40684daf3fc151e5c1

paid citations

Sources used

x402 Settlement Schemes on Arc

Payments Protocol Notes / 0.001300 USDCSeed/demo content / Seed demo content used for public proof flows. / excerpt 0x73ba7ecb...9cda90Explains x402 payment protocol and Arc settlement mechanics for citations. Essential technical grounding.
Source page0xae08170e...793b1a

FeeRouter Split Payouts and Receipts

Receipt Ledger Notes / 0.001600 USDCSeed/demo content / Seed demo content used for public proof flows. / excerpt 0xf73ffb15...f91520Details on-chain creator payout routing, split logic, and sub-cent citation accrual with receipts. Directly answers payment mechanism.
Source page0x924dd489...2da297

Lepton RFB Notes

Canteen Research / 0.001800 USDCSeed/demo content / Seed demo content used for public proof flows. / excerpt 0x926e67d8...76e875Directly addresses per-citation nanopayments for agents and creators on Arc. Core to the question.
Source page0x4aab5608...51e5c1

answer receipts

Payment trail

Payments Protocol Notespayment status: accrued -> claimable on-chain / creator recipient 0x7777...7777ledger 0xae08170e...793b1a / prev 0x61a97e08...014cc4
0.001300Arc tx0xae08170e...793b1a
Receipt Ledger Notespayment status: accrued -> claimable on-chain / creator recipient 0x8888...8888ledger 0x924dd489...2da297 / prev 0xae08170e...793b1a
0.001600Arc tx0x924dd489...2da297
Canteen Researchpayment status: accrued -> claimable on-chain / creator recipient 0x1111...1111ledger 0x4aab5608...51e5c1 / prev 0x924dd489...2da297
0.001800Arc tx0x4aab5608...51e5c1