LeptonWeb Build LogLeptonWeb Lab / score 23 / 0.001700 USDC
Bought: relevance score 23 cleared the budget policy.answer evidence
0xfca89fdf...a1ac19
citation payments recorded0.004700USDC
agent mode not recorded / server judge-strict / 0xa3372a7b6e38b61a
How does Tollgate prove reader-paid answers and creator citation payouts on Arc?
The paying agent treated "How does Tollgate prove reader-paid answers and creator citation payouts on Arc?" as a source-backed answer, not a free scrape. LeptonWeb Lab: A builder log for Tollgate, showing paid citations, receipt hashes, x402 source access, and creator onboarding on Arc. Indie Researcher: A source payment should be tiny, automatic, visible to the creator, and tied to the answer that reused the work. Canteen Research: Lepton asks builders to make sub-cent value move for agents and creators: per article, per call, per second, and per citation. It bought the minimum useful bundle of sources, paid each cited creator in USDC atomic units, and wrote a receipt chain that ties the answer to the citations that earned.
3 sources bought / 3 cited / 0 refunded
citations3
receipts3
reader paid0.001000
creator payouts (reader-paid)0.004700
protocol retained (reader-paid)-0.003700
budget utilization470.0%
latest receipt0x41cee47c...07716a
query id0xa3372a7b6e38b61a
query hash0x512f083da0d4cece93f82b1e25951a16c181333ce763a95861a9830f1517d89d
answer hash0xfca89fdfa5a4963e1240f21f7c445e4fcda6ab458d7a8b225b848db023a1ac19
created at2026-06-21T14:30:54.832Z
record agent modenot recorded
agent modelnot recorded
server agent modejudge-strict
receipt count3
reader payment hash0x87a53fcb4afdcb265c62262cafc53069e2542de79169bbf11a447738db8f174d
reader paid0.001000 USDC
creator payouts (reader-paid)0.004700 USDC
protocol retained (reader-paid)-0.003700 USDC
budget utilization470.0%
reader paymentx402 verified
amount0.001000 USDC
payer0xa90d...CD30
payment hash0x87a53fcb...8f174d
agent accountability
Budget envelope and proof anchors
budget envelope0.006500 USDC
spent on sources0.004700 USDC
unused0.001800 USDC
source cap3/5 bought
covenant policy5.000000 USDC max
allowed domainsregistered source URLs only
TrackRecord anchornone
SlashBond status0.089091 USDC bonded
receipt chain hash0x2e6e050a6c7cad06a4294a5cf211c8b405badac68f74ba287cc2efaf46daa44b
source market
Budgeted citation decision
source budget0.006500
agent spent0.004700
remaining0.001800
market sweep3/5
Citation Economics for AI AnswersIndie Researcher / score 18 / 0.001200 USDC
Bought: relevance score 18 cleared the budget policy.Lepton RFB NotesCanteen Research / score 14 / 0.001800 USDC
Bought: relevance score 14 cleared the budget policy.Arc Settlement SketchArc Builder Desk / score 8 / 0.002200 USDC
Skipped: 2200 atomic USDC exceeded the remaining source budget.RSS Distribution SurfaceOpen Feed Maintainers / score 6 / 0.000900 USDC
Skipped: lower value than the purchased source bundle.paid citations
Sources used
LeptonWeb Build Log
LeptonWeb Lab / 0.001700 USDCUnverified / Ownership is not verified; payouts remain escrow-held. / excerpt not recordedMatched tollgate, arc in the source registry.Citation Economics for AI Answers
Indie Researcher / 0.001200 USDCUnverified / Ownership is not verified; payouts remain escrow-held. / excerpt not recordedMatched answers in the source registry.Lepton RFB Notes
Canteen Research / 0.001800 USDCUnverified / Ownership is not verified; payouts remain escrow-held. / excerpt not recordedMatched arc in the source registry.answer receipts
Payment trail
LeptonWeb Labpayment status: local proof / creator recipient 0xc9F2...9c3cledger 0x41cee47c...07716a / prev 0x290ada12...f9514c
0.0017000x41cee47c...07716a
Indie Researcherpayment status: local proof / creator recipient 0x6666...6666ledger 0x562279aa...82ad25 / prev 0x41cee47c...07716a
0.0012000x562279aa...82ad25
Canteen Researchpayment status: local proof / creator recipient 0x1111...1111ledger 0x2e6e050a...daa44b / prev 0x562279aa...82ad25
0.0018000x2e6e050a...daa44b