Payment protocol
Payment layer
for the agentic
economy
Instant, sub-cent, chain-agnostic stablecoin micropayments — with DeFi composability and compliant privacy. Built for when agents outnumber users.
Settlement
<1s
Cross-chain
Fees
0.01%
Even for micropayments
Throughput
∞
Off-chain
Chains
Any
EVM · Solana · Tron · Base
Technology
How It Works
Off-chain payment channels that decouple transaction throughput from blockchain capacity. Four layers, one protocol.
01 / LAYERAPPLICATION
AI Agent SDK
Wallet.init() · Payment signing · Chain selection
x402 Standard
HTTP 402 Payment Required, native middleware
REST API
Payment gateway · Webhooks · Receipts
02 / LAYERPROTOCOL
Payment Channels
Off-chain balances · Only open & close on-chain
HTLCs
Hash time-locked · Atomic or nothing
DeFi Yield
Locked stablecoins yield DeFi returns
03 / LAYERNETWORK
Multi-hop Routing
Pathfinding over the liquidity graph
Hub Network
Relay nodes · Routing fees · Incentive aligned
Privacy Layer
Compliant identity shielding
04 / LAYERSETTLEMENT
Ethereum
Solana
Tron
Base
Any-EVM
Why AgentHill
Built for the machine
economy
Purpose-built payment infrastructure where legacy systems fall short. Benchmarked against the obvious alternatives.
| FEATURE | VISA / MC | SOLANA | LIGHTNING | AGENTHILL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fees | 2.9% + $0.30 | Network-dep. | 0.01–0.2% | 0.01–0.2% |
| Settlement | T+2 days | 2–5 sec | <1 sec | <1 sec |
| TPS ceiling | <50K | <1M | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Chain support | Off-chain | Single | Single | Chain-agnostic |
| Native stablecoins | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| DeFi composability | — | ✓ | — | ✓ |
01 · SPEED
<1s
Instant settlement, cross-chain
02 · SCALE
∞
Unlimited TPS, off-chain
03 · PRIVACY
◐
Compliant identity shielding
04 · UNITY
≡
Chain-agnostic, one balance
Use cases
Where agents pay agents
Every autonomous system that moves value benefits. Here are the first six.
PRIMARY01
Data Feeds
Video, text, digits — sold at the granularity AI agents need. Per-request, per-byte.
$ stream.open — pay/token
PRIMARY02
AI Computing
Decentralized compute leasing. Agents as 24/7 representatives, maximizing revenue.
$ lease.gpu — pay/second
PRIMARY03
Web Scraping
No eyeballs for ads. Per-request micropayments as the new web monetization model.
$ GET /page — 402 required
SECONDARY04
Prediction Markets
Millions of micro-bets without friction. Lower limits, higher volume, agentic discovery.
$ bet.place — pay/outcome
SECONDARY05
Agent↔agent Commerce
Autonomous systems exchange value without a human in the loop or a credit card.
$ a2a.invoke — pay/call
SECONDARY06
Subscription Unbundling
Pay per article, per MB, per API call — only for what you actually use.
$ pay.as.you.go — pay/use
Get in touch
Let’s build the
payment layer
for agents
Integrating AgentHill into your agent stack, joining the team, or just curious — drop a line.