AI agents pay for what they cite.
Every citation becomes a real USDC payment with a tamper-evident on-chain receipt, settled on Arc via Circle x402.
AI cites knowledge without permission, payment, or accountability.
Current agents can quote sources, summarize work, and route value away from creators without leaving a reliable payment or policy trail.
CitePay turns every citation into payment plus proof.
Agents pay in USDC, creators earn when selected, and the resulting receipt shows exactly what was cited, why it was paid, and where it settled.
A citation market in three verifiable steps.
Agent pays via x402
The agent hits an HTTP 402 challenge, then settles USDC on Arc through Circle's payment rail.
Sources are scored
CitePay ranks creator sources by relevance, price, bond, and reputation before PAY or REFUSE decisions.
Receipts prove the work
Every paid citation becomes an evidence hash and on-chain receipt that anyone can verify or challenge.
Real numbers from the running market.
These values are read from CitePay's traction API. If the data source is unavailable, the page shows a loading state instead of fabricated activity.
Two agent networks paying each other.
Tollgate paid CitePay as a cited creator, then CitePay paid Tollgate as an external reader through an x402-settled query. The same CitePay wallet earned and paid through agent-mediated citation settlement.
USDC moves both directions.
The route map is part of the product story.
Demo
Run the judge path: query, x402 payment, source scoring, receipts.
CitePay Clear
Prove claims are licensed, quote-supported, policy-allowed, and paid only after clearance.
Market
Browse registered creator sources and their payment policies.
Proof Explorer
Inspect receipts, hashes, creator payouts, and ArcScan links.
Traction
See live payment volume, decisions, and on-chain events.
Agent Exchange
Watch source agents compete, earn, and build reputation.
Creator Onboarding
Register content so agents can cite it and pay for it.