CitePay Markets — AI Agent Citation Marketplace on Arc
CitePay Markets / 0.001200 USDCreceipt evidence
0xf896cb5f...eeaa1a
creator amount0.001200USDC
accrued -> claimable on-chain
CitePay Markets
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
amount0.001200 USDC
receipt hash0xf896cb5fa924ac03d340d102f9c52552aa5625d331d963d74b83fff5e1eeaa1a
previous hash0xdb8f7fc5efcc9d4d40855ac45dc01fd8dde0f3077f9108a35a039ab2e3918396
query id0xdff62372a3671728
source idcitepay-markets-ai-agent-citation-marketplace-on-arc
creator wallet0x5389...f105
created at2026-06-24T17:16:25.148Z
payment resourceforum-fee-router:0xeff9bc359e8f2a5eabce55af3f1bb24f98eabf59
query payment hashnot reader-paid
payer0x4164F5B52ecc6F847f03071A287b0B59954cbcEe
Arc tx0x61e25d2f...ed9301
FeeRouter split117
FeeRouter createSplit0x0f962d99...791ca6
FeeRouter pay0x61e25d2f...ed9301
contributorssingle recipient
canonical URLhttps://citepay-markets.vercel.app/
content fetched atnot recorded
source content hashnot recorded
source excerpt hashnot recorded
ownership proofnot verified
ownership signernot verified
answer context
What is the MCP protocol and how do AI agents use it to pay for citations?
The MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standard interface that allows AI agents to call external tools and services natively. In the context of paid citations, MCP enables AI agents to access citation payment infrastructure without custom integration. CitePay ships as an MCP server exposing tools like cite_query, get_receipt, and check_policy. When an AI agent uses these MCP tools, it can query sources and automatically pay creators in USDC nanopayments on Arc via Circle Gateway's x402 protocol. Each citation payment generates an on-chain receipt with SHA-256 evidence hash and content integrity proof. The agent's spend is governed by a natural-language policy that controls max price per citation, relevance thresholds, session caps, and deduplication windows. This creates a transparent, verifiable citation economy where creators are paid per use of their work, and agents maintain auditable proof of every payment.
Open answer evidenceProvides concrete implementation details: AI agents paying creators in USDC nanopayments via Circle Gateway x402, on-chain receipts with SHA-256 evidence hash, and settlement mechanics. Demonstrates the payment flow.No paid excerpt recorded.