Sub-cent HTTP 402 micro-payments for AI scrapers, non-custodial session escrows for multi-agent swarms, and 2-second crypto checkout for human e-commerce on Base L2. Zero bank middlemen, zero chargebacks.
As millions of autonomous agents query the web, A-Pay solves the scraping crisis by converting crawler requests into automated micropayments, keeping browsing 100% free for regular humans.
Strict 100,000,000 $APAY hard cap with zero inflation. 30% of every protocol fee collected from merchant checkouts and API paywalls is automatically routed to Aerodrome to buy back and burn tokens on Base Mainnet.
Three dedicated payment rails purpose-built for sellers, autonomous AI buyers, and traditional human merchants.
For: Website owners, SaaS documentation portals, tech blogs, API providers, and high-value databases.
The Problem: AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Perplexity) crawl 50,000+ times a month, waking up cold serverless databases and racking up bandwidth bills without showing ads or subscribing.
The Solution: Drop-in Cloudflare Worker or Next.js middleware challenges automated bots with HTTP 402 Payment Required ($0.001 - $0.005 USDC). Meanwhile, real humans browse 100% free with zero interruptions or CAPTCHAs!
For: AI Agent Engineers, Swarm Architects, Autonomous Micro-SaaS Founders, and Multi-Model Workflows.
The Problem: Handing an AI agent an unconstrained private key or corporate credit card is fatal. A prompt injection or infinite hallucination loop can drain the entire company treasury within minutes.
The Solution: The “Cooked at the Gate” paradigm. Operators deposit funds once into non-custodial EscrowVault.sol. Agents receive ephemeral session keys with strict daily budget locks ($2.00/day max risk). Google Gemini hires Claude 3.5 Sonnet to compile Rust code at the gate — zero prompt leaks, zero database exposure!
For: E-commerce stores (Shopify / WooCommerce), SaaS startups, digital creators, course sellers, and hardware merchants.
The Problem: Traditional processors (Stripe, PayPal) charge 2.9% + $0.30, delay payouts by 3 to 7 days, decline 15-20% of international cards, and leave merchants vulnerable to 90-day fraudulent chargebacks.
The Solution: Embed A-Pay Checkout via 1-line script or React button. Real human shoppers pay in 1 click or scan a mobile QR code with FaceID. Payments settle directly into your private wallet in under 2 seconds with 0% chargebacks and a flat 1.0% fee.