Covenant Account Spend Controls
Forum Protocol / 0.001500 USDCreceipt evidence
0xd8f9bb7f...d32675
creator amount0.001500USDC
accrued -> claimable on-chain
Forum Protocol
This receipt binds a source payment to the answer that used it; FeeRouter-routed receipts accrue into creator-claimable balances. The previous hash links it into the append-only attribution ledger.
payment statusaccrued -> claimable on-chain
settlement modeforum-routed
amount0.001500 USDC
receipt hash0xd8f9bb7fb019d5a59c28f85318165e130d9751b57f1a838f337c9e6666d32675
previous hash0x194b0a8e293f278683b7589c8a4eb4942fd535c1efb8e54f4f1147d12a1c75d0
query id0x614b5aeedf5d4f07
source idforum-mandates
creator wallet0x5555...5555
created at2026-07-06T13:33:01.540Z
payment resourceforum-fee-router:0xeff9bc359e8f2a5eabce55af3f1bb24f98eabf59
query payment hash0xf4fef6b73b7500e9f4cd7902f8638251ca77f7cd142fa3534f1288a3a91101c8
payer0x4164F5B52ecc6F847f03071A287b0B59954cbcEe
Arc tx0xcd5ee32e...57fac0
FeeRouter split153
FeeRouter createSplit0x9506a86f...2ddc30
FeeRouter pay0xcd5ee32e...57fac0
contributorssingle recipient
canonical URLhttps://forum.gudman.xyz/
content fetched at2026-07-06T13:33:01.540Z
source content hash0xafc5c4ef13cd89f8e30986a87319730f1d69e4a89e7446fc2a52760897b6b2fd
source excerpt hash0x0548ef4c2ec48643af7bc15f4d065e5cef9d8f19a9b3459aed33472d56ee72b5
ownership proofseed-demo
ownership signernot verified
answer context
How can autonomous agents settle sub-cent payments for content on Arc, and what bounds how much an agent is allowed to spend?
Autonomous agents can settle sub-cent payments for content on Arc through the Circle Gateway-batched x402 settlement scheme, which pools multiple signed USDC authorizations for gasless sub-cent settlement rather than requiring individual on-chain transactions. Agent spending is bounded by Forum-style mandates that establish enforceable budget limits, with all transactions published as receipts to make spend controls verifiable rather than merely advisory. Sub-cent citations accrue to a claimable FeeRouter balance that creators withdraw with a single claim call, which keeps per-citation gas costs from swamping the payment.
Open answer evidencereader paymentx402 settled
amount0.010000 USDC
payer0x328c...Ddbc
payment hash0xf4fef6b7...1101c8
creator payouts (reader-paid)0.004400 USDC
protocol retained (reader-paid)0.005600 USDC
budget utilization44.0%
Addresses the second part of the question: how agent spend is bounded through enforceable mandates and budget controls, with receipt transparency for auditing.Seed/demo content from Forum Protocol. Title: Covenant Account Spend Controls. Excerpt: Forum-style mandates bound an agent budget, publish receipts, and make spend controls enforceable instead of advisory. Tags: forum, receipts, mandates, spend-control, agents. Canonical URL: https://forum.gudman.xyz/.