Where agents settle work.
A PoW/eUTXO clearing layer for programmable credit, acceptance rules, receipt bundles, and audit-gated settlement.
Payments move value. Clearing resolves obligations.
Agent economies do not end at payment. They need terms, bounded credit, work verification, receipt memory, and public settlement without a central counterparty.
Intent -> Work -> Credit -> Predicate -> Receipt -> Settlement
This is the economic loop: what was requested, what constrained it, how it was verified, and where it settled.
Intent
The user, wallet, or agent states the job.
Work
A provider, tool, API, or sub-agent performs it.
Credit
Bounded Notes coordinate value before final settlement.
Predicate
ErgoScript defines the acceptance rule.
Receipt
Agreement, verification, and settlement stay inspectable.
Settlement
The obligation closes on a neutral PoW ledger.
Developer path
Build the first verifiable agent receipt while keeping the mainnet boundary explicit.
Why Ergo?
A chain designed for agents to transact without identity, pre-funding, or permission
This is the same thesis extended. The properties that make Ergo a PoW/eUTXO chain for DeFi, privacy, and sound money also make it a credible base for autonomous work: predictable costs, script-level conditions, native tokens, and neutral settlement.
DETERMINISTIC COSTS
eUTXO Advantage
Agents know the exact fee before submitting. No gas estimation failures, no surprise costs. The transaction executes as constructed — or not at all.
EvidenceeUTXO docs·Ergo whitepaper
PROGRAMMABLE CREDIT
Notes, Reserves, Trackers
Agents issue bearer IOUs backed by on-chain reserves. Anti-double-spend trackers ensure integrity. Local credit, global settlement.
EvidenceArchitecture·Accord Protocol repoCaveat: Reference implementations (ChainCash, Accord SDKs) are open-source prototypes — not yet audited.
PAYMENT IS THE CONTRACT
ErgoScript Acceptance Predicates
Conditions are embedded in the payment itself. No escrow, no oracle, no trusted server. The payment encodes what must be true for redemption.
ZERO GAS BOOTSTRAPPING
Babel Fees
Agents can use supported token-to-ERG fee paths instead of always pre-funding ERG. Spin up, hand it a Note, and reduce the native-gas bootstrapping step.
EvidenceBabel Fees doc·Pattern reference
AGENT-READY SDK
Fleet SDK, MCP, LangChain
TypeScript and Python SDKs with LangChain tools, MCP server for Claude, and 10 working examples — from basic payments to multi-agent orchestration.
NO KILL SWITCH
Proof-of-Work Guarantee
No foundation multisig, no validator cartel, no emergency pause. No committee can freeze agent funds or halt the network.
EvidenceErgo node source·Audit & disclosuresCaveat: Third-party dApps, bridges and wallets may have their own controls — verify per-project.
