{
  "$schema_note": "Curated registry of agentic + Bitcoin-payable services an autonomous agent can consume. provenance \"curated\" = maintained by the editors and verified against primary sources on last_verified; live Nostr-announced inventory (Routstr providers, NIP-87 mints) is served separately at /live/snapshot.json (providers carry probe status: alive | unreachable | unverified-tor-only | unroutable, plus network: clearnet | tor | both | unroutable) and the cross-provider inference price index at /live/models.json — both with committed static fallbacks at /snapshot.json and /models.json. Per-entry machine fields where verified: auth (how the credential works), api_base, pricing_url, quickstart (the first call, one line). Part of https://bitcoineconomy.ai — thesis at /case, methodology at /services-for-agents.",
  "name": "The Marketplace directory — bitcoineconomy.ai",
  "url": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/",
  "generated_at": "2026-06-10T16:16:11.864Z",
  "entry_count": 16,
  "categories": [
    "inference",
    "compute",
    "machine-work",
    "commerce",
    "privacy",
    "swap",
    "liquidity",
    "fiat-ramp"
  ],
  "live_routes": {
    "snapshot": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/live/snapshot.json",
    "models_price_index": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/live/models.json"
  },
  "automatability_tiers": {
    "api-no-account": "API with no account — payment or a key is the credential; zero human onboarding",
    "api-account": "API after account setup — no identity check, but a human creates the account first",
    "api-kyc": "API after KYC onboarding — automatable once a human completes identity verification",
    "limited": "No public trading/provisioning API — scheduled or app-driven flows only"
  },
  "payment_method_vocabulary": {
    "lightning": "Lightning Network (BOLT11/BOLT12 invoices or Lightning address)",
    "l402": "L402 — HTTP 402 payment protocol over Lightning; the payment is the API credential",
    "cashu": "Cashu bearer ecash (Bitcoin-denominated); the token is the API key",
    "nwc": "Nostr Wallet Connect (NIP-47) — remote, scoped wallet control",
    "zaps": "NIP-57 Lightning zaps",
    "onchain": "Bitcoin L1 on-chain",
    "liquid": "Liquid Network (L-BTC)",
    "spark": "Spark (Bitcoin L2)",
    "fiat": "Bank/fiat leg (custodial venue)"
  },
  "entries": [
    {
      "slug": "routstr",
      "name": "Routstr",
      "category": "inference",
      "summary": "A decentralized AI-inference marketplace where a Cashu token is the API key — pay per request in private Bitcoin ecash, no login, no KYC.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "LLM inference — OpenAI-compatible API calls from independent providers",
      "payment_methods": [
        "cashu",
        "lightning"
      ],
      "payment_detail": "cashu ecash over Lightning (bearer token = API key)",
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "self-custodial (bearer Cashu tokens)",
      "automatability": "api-no-account",
      "auth": "none — a funded Cashu token is the API key",
      "api_base": "https://api.routstr.com/v1",
      "pricing_url": "https://api.routstr.com/v1/models",
      "quickstart": "Point any OpenAI-compatible client at a provider endpoint with a funded Cashu token as the Bearer key. Per-model sats pricing at {endpoint}/v1/models; live provider list + cross-provider price index at /live/snapshot.json + /live/models.json.",
      "two_sided": "consume + offer",
      "maintainer": "Routstr",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://routstr.com",
        "docs": "https://docs.routstr.com",
        "repo": "https://github.com/Routstr"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/services/routstr",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/routstr.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-02"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ppq-ai",
      "name": "PPQ.AI (PayPerQ)",
      "category": "inference",
      "summary": "Pay-per-query access to hundreds of frontier models over Lightning / L402 — no account, no API key, roughly a cent and a half a query.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "Pay-per-query frontier-model calls — chat, image, video, audio",
      "payment_methods": [
        "l402",
        "lightning"
      ],
      "payment_detail": "lightning / L402 (no account)",
      "kyc": "none (Lightning path)",
      "custody": "custodial gateway",
      "automatability": "api-no-account",
      "auth": "none on the L402 path — pay-per-query; or a funded top-up balance",
      "quickstart": "Pay per query over Lightning/L402 — no account, no API key on that path; API documented at ppq.ai/api-docs (machine pointer: ppq.ai/llms.txt).",
      "two_sided": "consume",
      "maintainer": "PayPerQ",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://ppq.ai",
        "docs": "https://ppq.ai/api-docs",
        "repo": "https://github.com/PayPerQ"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/services/ppq-ai",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/ppq-ai.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-02"
    },
    {
      "slug": "lnvps",
      "name": "LNVPS",
      "category": "compute",
      "summary": "A Lightning-native VPS host with Nostr login and no KYC — pay in sats, fund via NWC, spin up a server by API. The most agent-native compute on the consume side.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "VPS compute — provision a server with Nostr login and fund it in sats",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "nwc"
      ],
      "payment_detail": "Lightning (sats), fundable via NWC; no card",
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "n/a (pay-and-receive)",
      "automatability": "api-no-account",
      "auth": "Nostr key is the identity — no email, no KYC",
      "quickstart": "Log in with a Nostr key, pick CPU/RAM/SSD, pay the Lightning invoice (or connect a wallet over NWC); automate the same flow via the LNVPS API (github.com/LNVPS/api).",
      "two_sided": "consume",
      "maintainer": "LNVPS (Apex Strata Ltd, Ireland)",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://lnvps.net",
        "docs": "https://github.com/LNVPS/api"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/services/lnvps",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/lnvps.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-06"
    },
    {
      "slug": "bitlaunch",
      "name": "BitLaunch",
      "category": "compute",
      "summary": "Bitcoin/Lightning VPS provisioning with a real API and SDKs — spin up DigitalOcean/Vultr/Linode servers and pay over Lightning, programmatically. \"Programmable servers with programmable money.\"",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "VPS on DigitalOcean / Vultr / Linode capacity, provisioned end-to-end by API",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "onchain"
      ],
      "payment_detail": "Lightning + on-chain BTC; programmatic via the BitLaunch API (blcli CLI; Go/Python/PHP SDKs)",
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "n/a (pay-and-receive)",
      "automatability": "api-account",
      "auth": "API token after email signup — no KYC",
      "quickstart": "Create an account and an API token, then provision and pay end-to-end with blcli or the Go/Python/PHP SDKs — request, invoice, pay, provision, all programmatic.",
      "two_sided": "consume",
      "maintainer": "BitLaunch",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://bitlaunch.io",
        "docs": "https://bitlaunch.io/blog/introducing-the-bitlaunch-api/"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/services/bitlaunch",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/bitlaunch.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-06"
    },
    {
      "slug": "openagents",
      "name": "OpenAgents",
      "category": "machine-work",
      "summary": "A Bitcoin-native marketplace for machine work — sovereign agents hold their own keys, sell spare compute, and get paid in Bitcoin over Lightning, across five interlocking markets.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "Machine work — agents buy and sell labor, compute, and data; settlement by zap after verification",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning"
      ],
      "payment_detail": "lightning (NIP-57 zaps, pay-after-verify)",
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "self-custodial (BIP39-derived agent wallets; FROSTR threshold signing)",
      "automatability": "api-no-account",
      "auth": "Nostr identity (npub) + a self-custodial Lightning wallet",
      "quickstart": "Run Autopilot (desktop) or a Pylon node to offer compute; consumers pay Lightning zaps after the work verifies (pay-after-verify).",
      "two_sided": "consume + offer",
      "maintainer": "OpenAgents, Inc.",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://openagents.com",
        "docs": "https://docs.openagents.com",
        "repo": "https://github.com/OpenAgentsInc/openagents"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/services/openagents",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/openagents.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-04",
      "note": "Early-stage marketplace — built in public, five interlocking markets planned."
    },
    {
      "slug": "bitrefill",
      "name": "Bitrefill",
      "category": "commerce",
      "summary": "The Lightning-native bridge to the rest of the digital economy — buy gift cards and top-ups for thousands of mainstream services with Bitcoin, via a real API, no KYC.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "Gift cards and prepaid top-ups for thousands of mainstream services — the long-tail bridge",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "onchain"
      ],
      "payment_detail": "Lightning (native) + on-chain BTC; programmatic via the Thor API",
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "n/a (pay-and-receive)",
      "automatability": "api-account",
      "auth": "Thor API key (account; no KYC for ordinary purchases)",
      "quickstart": "Request a product via the Thor API, receive a Lightning invoice, pay it, get the redemption code back — the whole loop with no human in it.",
      "two_sided": "consume",
      "maintainer": "Bitrefill",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://bitrefill.com",
        "docs": "https://www.bitrefill.com/thor-api/"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/services/bitrefill",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/bitrefill.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-05"
    },
    {
      "slug": "mullvad",
      "name": "Mullvad VPN",
      "category": "privacy",
      "summary": "A privacy VPN that takes Lightning with no email and no account profile — just a random account number. The lowest-identity direct-merchant fit for an agent.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "VPN time on a no-identity account — fund a random 16-digit account number with sats",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "onchain"
      ],
      "payment_detail": "Lightning (native, own node) + on-chain BTC (also cash-by-mail, Monero)",
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "n/a (pay-and-receive)",
      "automatability": "api-account",
      "auth": "account number only — generated free, no email, no identity",
      "quickstart": "Generate an account number, pay a Lightning invoice against it, connect via WireGuard — scriptable, though there is no formal payment API.",
      "two_sided": "consume",
      "maintainer": "Mullvad VPN",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://mullvad.net"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/services/mullvad",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/mullvad.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-05"
    },
    {
      "slug": "boltz",
      "name": "Boltz",
      "category": "swap",
      "summary": "A non-custodial, no-KYC atomic-swap service — swaps settle via shared-preimage HTLCs, so the agent never gives up custody and no account or identity is required.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "Atomic swaps — Lightning ↔ on-chain ↔ Liquid, plus Lightning ↔ USDT/USDC",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "onchain",
        "liquid"
      ],
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "self-custody",
      "automatability": "api-no-account",
      "auth": "none",
      "api_base": "https://api.boltz.exchange/v2",
      "quickstart": "Create a swap against the v2 REST API — no account; atomic HTLC settlement keeps custody with the agent throughout (docs: api.docs.boltz.exchange).",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://boltz.exchange",
        "docs": "https://api.docs.boltz.exchange"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/exchanges/boltz",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/boltz.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sideshift",
      "name": "SideShift.ai",
      "category": "swap",
      "summary": "A non-custodial, no-account, no-KYC swap service spanning 200+ assets across 45+ networks — direct-to-wallet conversions with no funds custodied.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "Cross-asset swaps across 200+ assets and 45+ networks, direct to wallet",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "onchain"
      ],
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "self-custody",
      "automatability": "api-no-account",
      "auth": "none",
      "api_base": "https://sideshift.ai/api/v2",
      "quickstart": "Request a quote and create a shift via the REST API — no account; funds settle direct to the destination address (docs.sideshift.ai).",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://sideshift.ai",
        "docs": "https://docs.sideshift.ai"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/exchanges/sideshift",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/sideshift.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-06"
    },
    {
      "slug": "flashnet",
      "name": "Flashnet",
      "category": "swap",
      "summary": "A non-custodial, Bitcoin-native DEX/AMM built on Spark — BTC ↔ USDT/USDB/USDC settling in seconds while the agent keeps its keys.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "BTC ↔ stablecoin swaps (USDT, USDB, USDC) on a Bitcoin-native AMM",
      "payment_methods": [
        "spark",
        "lightning"
      ],
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "self-custody",
      "automatability": "api-no-account",
      "auth": "none — keys stay with the agent",
      "quickstart": "Swap BTC ↔ USDT/USDB/USDC on the Spark-native AMM — non-custodial, settles in seconds.",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://www.flashnet.xyz"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/exchanges/flashnet",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/flashnet.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-06"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sideswap",
      "name": "SideSwap",
      "category": "swap",
      "summary": "A non-custodial, KYC-free swap platform native to the Liquid Network — L-BTC, L-USDt, and tokenized assets on public order books.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "L-BTC ↔ L-USDt and direct asset-to-asset swaps on Liquid order books",
      "payment_methods": [
        "liquid"
      ],
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "self-custody",
      "automatability": "api-no-account",
      "auth": "none",
      "quickstart": "Trade L-BTC ↔ L-USDt and tokenized assets on Liquid order books via the SideSwap API (sideswap.io/docs).",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://sideswap.io",
        "docs": "https://sideswap.io/docs/"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/exchanges/sideswap",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/sideswap.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
    },
    {
      "slug": "loop",
      "name": "Loop",
      "category": "liquidity",
      "summary": "Lightning Labs' non-custodial liquidity bridge — Loop Out and Loop In move balance between Lightning and on-chain via submarine swaps.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "Lightning ↔ on-chain liquidity — non-custodial submarine swaps for LND nodes, fee for service",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "onchain"
      ],
      "kyc": "none",
      "custody": "self-custody (atomic submarine swaps)",
      "automatability": "api-no-account",
      "auth": "none — your own LND node is the prerequisite",
      "quickstart": "Run loopd against an LND node holding both channel and on-chain balance; loop out / loop in rebalance atomically (a fee to the Loop server applies).",
      "maintainer": "Lightning Labs",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://lightning.engineering/loop/",
        "docs": "https://lightning.engineering/loop/",
        "repo": "https://github.com/lightninglabs/loop"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/tools/loop",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/loop.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-02"
    },
    {
      "slug": "strike",
      "name": "Strike",
      "category": "fiat-ramp",
      "summary": "A Bitcoin-only financial app whose defining feature for agents is native Lightning — it converts between a fiat bank balance and Lightning sats at the custodial boundary, sub-second on the Lightning side.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "Lightning ↔ fiat conversion at the custodial edge",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "onchain",
        "fiat"
      ],
      "kyc": "required",
      "custody": "custodial",
      "automatability": "api-kyc",
      "auth": "API key — KYC account required",
      "api_base": "https://api.strike.me",
      "quickstart": "Complete KYC, create an API key, then drive invoices, payments, and fiat↔Lightning conversion via the Strike API (docs.strike.me).",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://strike.me",
        "docs": "https://docs.strike.me"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/exchanges/strike",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/strike.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-06"
    },
    {
      "slug": "river",
      "name": "River",
      "category": "fiat-ramp",
      "summary": "A US Bitcoin-only financial-services company — buy, sell, hold, with Lightning send/receive on supported products and the RLS Lightning-payments API.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "Fiat ↔ BTC (US) plus Lightning payments via the RLS API",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "onchain",
        "fiat"
      ],
      "kyc": "required",
      "custody": "custodial",
      "automatability": "api-kyc",
      "auth": "API key — KYC onboarding required",
      "quickstart": "Complete KYC onboarding, then use the RLS API for Lightning send/receive — a payments API, not buy/sell trading (docs.rls.dev).",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://river.com",
        "docs": "https://docs.rls.dev"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/exchanges/river",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/river.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-06"
    },
    {
      "slug": "kraken",
      "name": "Kraken",
      "category": "fiat-ramp",
      "summary": "A large, long-established multi-asset exchange with broad fiat pairs and a mature trading API.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "Fiat ↔ BTC ↔ stablecoin across many fiat currencies on a mature trading API",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "onchain",
        "fiat"
      ],
      "kyc": "required",
      "custody": "custodial",
      "automatability": "api-kyc",
      "auth": "API key — KYC account required",
      "api_base": "https://api.kraken.com",
      "quickstart": "Complete KYC, create an API key, then full deposit/trade/withdraw over REST + WebSocket (docs.kraken.com).",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://kraken.com",
        "docs": "https://docs.kraken.com"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/exchanges/kraken",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/kraken.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-06"
    },
    {
      "slug": "coinbase",
      "name": "Coinbase",
      "category": "fiat-ramp",
      "summary": "A large, publicly listed multi-asset exchange with broad fiat connectivity and a mature developer platform; co-issuer of USDC.",
      "what_an_agent_buys": "Fiat ↔ BTC ↔ USDC via a mature developer platform",
      "payment_methods": [
        "lightning",
        "onchain",
        "fiat"
      ],
      "kyc": "required",
      "custody": "custodial",
      "automatability": "api-kyc",
      "auth": "API key (CDP) — KYC account required",
      "api_base": "https://api.coinbase.com",
      "quickstart": "Complete KYC, create CDP API keys, then Advanced Trade REST/WebSocket for deposit/trade/withdraw (docs.cdp.coinbase.com).",
      "links": {
        "site": "https://coinbase.com",
        "docs": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com"
      },
      "card_url": "https://bitcoineconomy.ai/exchanges/coinbase",
      "entry_md": "https://marketplace.bitcoineconomy.ai/entries/coinbase.md",
      "provenance": "curated",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-06"
    }
  ]
}