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citation payments recorded0.004700USDC

agentic reasoning loop / server judge-strict / 0x347817d1e17d6532

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 a two-layer approach: (1) clients sign EIP-3009 USDC authorizations that settle as verifiable on-chain transactions, and (2) payments route through FeeRouter contracts that accumulate sub-cent citations into claimable balances, which creators withdraw with a single claim call to avoid 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 receipt0xbf2e4cc1...a885c7
query id0x347817d1e17d6532
query hash0x7d11270de3d39736d4defb7cd254f2325d360636b95eb0b3d9e00059bbec154c
answer hash0xbed17ba6a8a8c457c2dc6952b565def6bfb193936c52483f7d76abe426d46334
created at2026-07-07T03:30:03.926Z
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 hash0x42292df9b92dd44313b1a7d637b6452a76c49e0ae5aa82527a88a02fcde5cc42

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 creator citation payments. Different payment flow.
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 and spend tracking, not creator citation payments.
Driplet — Pay-Per-Second Live-Stream Monetization on ArcRising Technology / score 15 / 0.001500 USDC
Live-stream pay-per-second, not citation-based. Different monetization model.
Keyless Custodial Wallets for ReadersCustodial Wallet Notes / score 16 / 0.001400 USDC
Reader-side wallet abstraction, not creator payment design. Orthogonal to the core question.
FeeRouter Split Payouts and ReceiptsReceipt Ledger Notes / score 12 / 0.001600 USDC
Details on-chain payout routing, multi-contributor splits, and sub-cent accrual/claim mechanics for creators. Directly answers payment implementation.
Citation Economics for AI AnswersIndie Researcher / score 7 / 0.001200 USDC
Good principles but unverified creator and generic framing. Selected sources provide more concrete implementation detail.
x402 Settlement Schemes on ArcPayments Protocol Notes / score 9 / 0.001300 USDC
Explains x402 payment protocol and Arc settlement mechanics for sub-cent citations. Essential technical grounding.
Covenant Account Spend ControlsForum Protocol / score 8 / 0.001500 USDC
Spend controls relevant but not core to creator payment-per-citation mechanics.
Escrow and Ownership VerificationCreator Licensing Desk / score 14 / 0.001400 USDC
Ownership verification important but secondary to payment mechanism. Budget prioritizes direct payment design.
How a Source-Buying Answer Agent WorksAgent Commerce Notes / score 11 / 0.001300 USDC
Agent budgeting framework, not creator citation payment. Tangential to the question.
SHOCKWAVEUTHMAN NABEEL / score 8 / 0.001000 USDC
Code change detection tool. Unrelated to creator payments.
Arc Settlement SketchArc Builder Desk / score 9 / 0.002200 USDC
Provides Arc context but less specific to citation payment mechanics than selected sources.
Gateway Nanopayments PrimerCircle Developer Notes / score 2 / 0.002400 USDC
Relevant to gasless batching but redundant with x402-settlement-schemes. Budget constraint favors the more Arc-specific source.

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

Appraise to payout timeline

All claims are supported by purchased sources. The answer accurately reflects the settlement scheme (x402), FeeRouter routing and accumulation mechanism (feerouter-splits-receipts), and the identified use case (canteen-l

  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 sub-cent citations. Essential technical grounding. | feerouter-splits-receipts: Details on-chain payout routing, multi-contributor splits, and sub-cent accrual/claim mechanics for creators. Directly answers payment implementation.
  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 4 grounded claims.Every claim is tied to a purchased sourceId.
  4. 4
    critiqueVerified every claim is backed by a purchased source.All claims are supported by purchased sources. The answer accurately reflects the settlement scheme (x402), FeeRouter routing and accumulation mechanism (feerouter-splits-receipts), and the identified use case (canteen-l
  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.0x42292df9b92dd44313b1a7d637b6452a76c49e0ae5aa82527a88a02fcde5cc42

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 sub-cent citations. Essential technical grounding.
Source page0xbf2e4cc1...a885c7

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 payout routing, multi-contributor splits, and sub-cent accrual/claim mechanics for creators. Directly answers payment implementation.
Source page0x18233b7a...34d1cd

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 page0x42292df9...e5cc42

answer receipts

Payment trail

Payments Protocol Notespayment status: accrued -> claimable on-chain / creator recipient 0x7777...7777ledger 0xbf2e4cc1...a885c7 / prev 0x96ecea64...f25eff
0.001300Arc tx0xbf2e4cc1...a885c7
Receipt Ledger Notespayment status: accrued -> claimable on-chain / creator recipient 0x8888...8888ledger 0x18233b7a...34d1cd / prev 0xbf2e4cc1...a885c7
0.001600Arc tx0x18233b7a...34d1cd
Canteen Researchpayment status: accrued -> claimable on-chain / creator recipient 0x1111...1111ledger 0x42292df9...e5cc42 / prev 0x18233b7a...34d1cd
0.001800Arc tx0x42292df9...e5cc42