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citation payments recorded0.004700USDC

agentic reasoning loop / server judge-strict / 0x5734f3ffd83ab1b4

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) creators receive payments routed through FeeRouter split contracts that accumulate sub-cent citations into claimable balances, withdrawable 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 receipt0x9ef886e8...ccc935
query id0x5734f3ffd83ab1b4
query hash0xde01bb7297fae0e02b4ea82899efaddf2b99cf4a7830c7880a60c74b03d81227
answer hash0x7adf54294d8010d94680f755ca87fc882154d77fdf1c3ba7011eff8ffb5ebfeb
created at2026-07-07T04:08:39.007Z
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 statusnot published locally
receipt chain hash0x5dba690f91c933abce41559be390d1924ee94346e924b8c66185d290d6df50ba

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 focused on per-citation creator payments.
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
Addresses distribution surfaces but not payment mechanisms. Out of scope for citation payment design.
Shadow Float V2 live external agent boardqdee / score 17 / 0.001500 USDC
Agent spend tracking; not about creator citation payments.
FeeRouter Split Payouts and ReceiptsReceipt Ledger Notes / score 12 / 0.001600 USDC
Details on-chain creator payout routing, sub-cent citation accrual, and verifiable receipt ledger. Directly answers payment mechanism.
Driplet — Pay-Per-Second Live-Stream Monetization on ArcRising Technology / score 15 / 0.001500 USDC
Live-stream pay-per-second; different payment cadence than per-citation model.
Keyless Custodial Wallets for ReadersCustodial Wallet Notes / score 16 / 0.001400 USDC
Reader-side wallet infrastructure; not directly about creator payment design.
Citation Economics for AI AnswersIndie Researcher / score 7 / 0.001200 USDC
Principles-level; less technical depth than selected sources. Redundant with canteen-lepton-rfb framing.
x402 Settlement Schemes on ArcPayments Protocol Notes / score 9 / 0.001300 USDC
Explains x402 HTTP 402 payment protocol and Arc settlement mechanics for USDC citations. Essential technical grounding.
Covenant Account Spend ControlsForum Protocol / score 8 / 0.001500 USDC
Spend controls and receipts are secondary to core citation payment mechanism. Budget constraint.
Escrow and Ownership VerificationCreator Licensing Desk / score 14 / 0.001400 USDC
Ownership verification is important but secondary to payment flow. Budget constraint.
How a Source-Buying Answer Agent WorksAgent Commerce Notes / score 11 / 0.001300 USDC
Describes agent appraisal process, not creator payment mechanisms. Out of scope.
SHOCKWAVEUTHMAN NABEEL / score 8 / 0.001000 USDC
Code change detection tool. Completely off-topic.
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 batching but redundant with x402-settlement-schemes and feerouter sources already selected. Budget constraint.

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

Appraise to payout timeline

PASS - All four claims are directly supported by their cited sources. The answer accurately represents the settlement scheme, FeeRouter routing mechanism, gas optimization strategy, and the identified use case.

  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 HTTP 402 payment protocol and Arc settlement mechanics for USDC citations. Essential technical grounding. | feerouter-splits-receipts: Details on-chain creator payout routing, sub-cent citation accrual, and verifiable receipt ledger. 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 4 grounded claims.Every claim is tied to a purchased sourceId.
  4. 4
    critiqueVerified every claim is backed by a purchased source.PASS - All four claims are directly supported by their cited sources. The answer accurately represents the settlement scheme, FeeRouter routing mechanism, gas optimization strategy, and the identified use case.
  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.0x5dba690f91c933abce41559be390d1924ee94346e924b8c66185d290d6df50ba

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 HTTP 402 payment protocol and Arc settlement mechanics for USDC citations. Essential technical grounding.
Source page0x9ef886e8...ccc935

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, sub-cent citation accrual, and verifiable receipt ledger. Directly answers payment mechanism.
Source page0xf33244af...eef4ce

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 page0x5dba690f...df50ba

answer receipts

Payment trail

Payments Protocol Notespayment status: accrued -> claimable on-chain / creator recipient 0x7777...7777ledger 0x9ef886e8...ccc935 / prev 0x4aab5608...51e5c1
0.001300Arc tx0x9ef886e8...ccc935
Receipt Ledger Notespayment status: accrued -> claimable on-chain / creator recipient 0x8888...8888ledger 0xf33244af...eef4ce / prev 0x9ef886e8...ccc935
0.001600Arc tx0xf33244af...eef4ce
Canteen Researchpayment status: accrued -> claimable on-chain / creator recipient 0x1111...1111ledger 0x5dba690f...df50ba / prev 0xf33244af...eef4ce
0.001800Arc tx0x5dba690f...df50ba