How I Built an Autonomous AI Agent That Earns USDC While I Sleep

A developer has created an autonomous AI agent designed to earn USDC by providing paid micro-services on-chain. The agent exposes useful functions, such as ETH/USDC price data, via HTTP endpoints that require payment before returning information. This approach bypasses traditional payment rails like Stripe or PayPal, which require human identity verification. By utilizing a programmatic, low-latency payment layer, the agent can operate, scale, and transact independently, generating revenue to cover compute costs and provide modest earnings.