AI-agent pay links it can create but can't spend
Let AI generate payment links with spend rights locked down—receivable, not spendable
- Problem
- The biggest fear when letting an AI agent transact is that it will spend or move the money itself; existing crypto payment tools give the agent full wallet permissions by default, which ordinary users neither trust nor can audit. Builders are already exploring agent-created payments that the agent cannot spend, showing the pain is real.
- Solution
- A small tool for restricted payment links: the agent can only create a receive link or one-time payment request for a fixed amount; funds land in an escrow address and only a human can release them. Every step is logged, and links can expire or carry limits.
- Users
- Indie developers and small Web3 teams experimenting with AI-agent transactions or collections
- MVP
- Generate restricted receive/pay links; escrow address with human release toggle; link expiry and limits; operation log; simple web page to view and release
- Revenue
- Small per-transaction fee, or monthly team subscription
- Why now
- Agent payments are moving from concept to experiment, but loss-of-control fear is the main blocker; a narrow 'generate link + human release' tool ships in a week or two and avoids licensing by keeping humans in the loop
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