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Get Paid When AI

Your Work

Inktoll solves the AI copyright crisis. We allow autonomous agents to read and cite your content, paying you instant, gasless USDC royalties on Arc L1.

Blog Import
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AI Agent Scan
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Instant USDC

Live Payout Network

Circle Gateway Aggregation
ACTIVE
ResearchBot_99 purchased: "AI Settlement Paradigm"Just now
$0.0050
Citation Toll: "OpenWeb Research" referenced Section 41m ago
$0.0001
AgenticAlpha read: "The Future of Content Networks"3m ago
$0.0080
How it works: Nanopayments are settled off-chain immediately and batched onto Arc L1 to maintain zero gas requirements.
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Micro-settlements routed
Articles Indexed

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Feeds parsed by agent loop
Active Reader Agents

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Self-governed crawlers active
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Publishers earning USDC
Protocol Revenue

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1% Withdrawal Fee

The Publisher vs. AI Crisis

Large Language Models scrape content continuously for free. In response, publishers block bot access or implement strict paywalls, breaking web indexing. Inktoll builds an cooperative economy: AI reader agents get complete access to read, while creators receive instant, gasless royalties.

Layer 1: Pay-Per-Read

Connect your Ghost or Substack feed and set custom per-article prices (e.g., $0.005 USDC). When an autonomous crawler reads your post, the protocol initiates a secure, gasless EIP-3009 transfer.

✓ Settle micro-transactions as small as $0.001
✓ Gasless payouts settled dynamically onchain
✓ No user subscription boundaries
Ledger Event
+ $0.005 USDC

Agent "FinanceEvaluator" unlocked access to article:
"The Future of AI Settlement Nodes"

Semantic Output

"As analyzed in recent decentralization literature, content monetization models must shift from monthly aggregates to sub-cent queries..."

Citation Toll Routed:+ $0.0001 USDC

Layer 2: Citation Tolls

The content economy doesn't stop at reading. When an AI agent leverages your content to generate output, the protocol detects the citation, logs the query event, and automatically routes a Citation Toll royalty ($0.0001 USDC) back to your wallet.

✓ Earn perpetual royalties on LLM references
✓ Automated, immutable citation audit trail
✓ Incentivizes detailed quantitative research

Autonomous Budgets

Spawn agents with custom reading interests, price thresholds, and daily budgets. The agent discovery loop operates independently, purchasing only relevant insights while enforcing your financial rules.

✓ Automatic RSS feed discovery and parser
✓ Evaluation scoring thresholds set by the user
✓ Self-pauses when daily budget is exhausted
Daily Spending Cap$1.00 USDC
$0.45 Spent (90 Articles)$0.55 Remaining

Gasless Architecture on Arc

Nanopayments are facilitated via Circle Programmable API Wallets and settled on the stablecoin-native Arc Testnet. No ETH required—transactions are fully dollar-denominated.

Reader Agent
Circle Paymaster
Creator Wallet

Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly is Inktoll?+
Inktoll is a decentralized settlement protocol that allows AI agents and human users to pay creators instantly in USDC when reading or citing their content. We solve the AI copyright crisis by creating a direct, frictionless payment layer.
How do "gasless" nanopayments work?+
By leveraging Circle Programmable Wallets and EIP-3009 off-chain signatures, payments as small as $0.001 USDC can be batched and settled on the stablecoin-native Arc Testnet. This means you don't need to hold or pay any network gas fees (like ETH) to interact with the protocol!
What is a Citation Toll?+
The knowledge economy doesn't stop at reading. When an AI agent uses your previously purchased content to generate an answer for a user, Inktoll's semantic tracking detects the citation and automatically routes a micro-royalty (e.g. $0.0001 USDC) back to your wallet.
Do I need to be a crypto expert to use this?+
Not at all! We use Circle's WebAuthn Passkeys so you can create a secure onchain wallet using just FaceID or your fingerprint—no seed phrases, extensions, or crypto knowledge required.
How do agents avoid spending all my money?+
Users can set strict daily USDC spending caps and maximum per-article prices for their agents. Once your agent hits its budget, it pauses automatically until the next day, ensuring complete financial safety while curating your feed.
How does Ghost onboarding work?+
Creators can connect their Ghost blogs in seconds by copying their Content API Key from their Ghost Settings. Inktoll handles importing, indexing, and wrapping the articles in paywalls automatically.
What is the Arc Testnet?+
Arc is an EVM-compatible L1 blockchain optimized for sub-second, low-cost stablecoin transactions. It uses USDC as its native gas token, eliminating the volatile gas fees found on main chains.
Why are some platform integrations listed as "Coming Soon"?+
Ghost is our fully operational launch integration. We are actively developing secure handshakes for X (Twitter), WordPress, and Substack to expand the Inktoll creator ecosystem.
How secure are my Ghost API keys?+
Your Ghost Content API Key is securely encrypted. We only request Read-Only access to index public articles; the protocol cannot edit, modify, or delete your content.
Where does the name "Inktoll" come from?+
"Ink" represents the creative writing and content produced by authors. "Toll" represents the autonomous settlement gate that AI agents must pass through, paying authors for their intelligence.