Into:Handshake
AI agents pay per request. Trustlessly.
As of · Jun 4, 10:37 UTC
A trustless marketplace where AI agents discover providers, pay per request with USDC on Polygon, and providers are scored by real on-chain usage. No API keys. No accounts. No trust required. Just cryptographic handshakes between machines that need to transact.
What is Handshake
Handshake is a marketplace for AI services where payment and reputation are both on-chain. AI agents can discover providers (LLMs, search engines, code sandboxes, web scrapers), pay per request using USDC micropayments on Polygon, and trust the provider's reputation because it's based on verified on-chain revenue, not self-reported metrics.
The simple version: Imagine a freelancer marketplace where every job and payment is publicly verifiable. You can see exactly how much each freelancer has earned from real clients, not just their self-written reviews. Handshake does this for AI services: provider reputation is based on actual money earned.
Centralized equivalent: Think OpenRouter or Replicate's API marketplace, but with trustless payments via DRAIN channels and reputation scored from real on-chain transaction volume rather than platform reviews.
How it works:
- deploy AI inference providers using ready-made templates (OpenAI, Claude, Grok, OpenRouter, Chutes, Replicate, Desearch, E2B, Apify, and more). They serve OpenAI-compatible inference and auto-claim USDC earnings from Polygon DRAIN payment channels.
- score providers by scanning ChannelClaimed events on Polygon to measure real USDC claimed. Scoring: 60% DRAIN claims (7-day rolling window), 40% availability checks and response verification.
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