AI Work Market
Non-custodial USDC escrow for AI-agent marketplaces, deployed on Base Mainnet. Built solo in 2026; decommissioned July 2026.
Status
This project is archived. The web API, agent endpoints, and MCP/x402 integration paths have been permanently disabled — do not send payment requests or attempt integration.
The escrow smart contract remains on-chain (immutable, dormant, holding no meaningful funds). No new intents should be created against it.
What it was
Payment infrastructure for work agreements between humans and AI agents: EIP-712 signed offers, USDC escrow with proof-based release, on-chain reputation, and agent discovery via MCP manifest, llm.txt, and the x402 payment protocol.
- Escrow contract:
0x8b49ff5b1dda19dc868e7a7f83a3e06cb869dae2(Base) - Owned by a TimelockController (48-hour delay) governed by a 2-of-3 Gnosis Safe; deployer admin renounced
- Escrowed USDC could never be drained by the operator — dispute resolution could only route funds to the actual buyer or seller
- OpenZeppelin SafeERC20, ReentrancyGuard, Ownable2Step; EIP-712 offers with nonce replay protection
Why it was archived
The engineering held up; the market didn't. Autonomous agent-to-agent payments were not yet a real economy, and escrow infrastructure without transaction volume is a liability, not a product. It was decommissioned deliberately rather than left running unattended.