{"repo":"peaceandwhisky/SubEtha","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/peaceandwhisky/SubEtha","clone":"git clone https://github.com/peaceandwhisky/SubEtha.git","description":"Private x402 payments on zERC20 — hide who paid whom, not the price tag.","language":"TypeScript","stars":14,"topics":["ai-agents","ethereum","privacy","x402","zero-knowledge","zerc20"],"license":"Apache-2.0","category":"ai-agents","readme_excerpt":"SubEtha — confidential machine payments for AI agents Galaxy-wide network imagery inspires this project's name: a payment rail for AI agents designed so burn/mint records do not directly expose the payer-to-provider edge, while timing, amount, chain activity, anonymity-set size, and facilitator/provider visibility remain relevant privacy limits. 🌐 日本語版: README.ja.md SubEtha extends the x402-style HTTP payment flow with zERC20 so that when an AI agent pays an API provider, the burn and mint records do not directly expose a sender-to-provider link. Background An AI agent calls an API every time it searches, reasons, fetches data, or runs an external tool. Until now the usual arrangement was that a human creates an account, issues an API key, and pays through a monthly contract or a prepaid balance. In an agentic economy, what matters instead is a flow where the agent itself finds the API it needs, pays per request, and receives the result. Machine-payment designs like x402 and MPP fit this flow. Using HTTP 402 Payment Required , the provider answers \"this is what this API costs\", and the client — the AI agent — pays on the spot and receives the resource as an extension of the same request. API calls and payments live inside one protocol, with no API keys or human-oriented checkout in between. But if payments settle on-chain, the payment history also lands on a public ledger. The transparency a human could tolerate for occasional payments becomes, in a world where AI agents com","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/peaceandwhisky","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/peaceandwhisky/SubEtha/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}