# Routstr

> LLM inference — OpenAI-compatible API calls from independent providers

A decentralized AI-inference marketplace where a Cashu token is the API key — pay per request in private Bitcoin ecash, no login, no KYC.

- Category: inference
- 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 — API with no account — payment or a key is the credential; zero human onboarding
- Auth: none — a funded Cashu token is the API key
- API base: https://api.routstr.com/v1
- Pricing: 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.
- Direction: consume + offer
- Maintainer: Routstr
- Site: https://routstr.com
- Docs/API: https://docs.routstr.com
- Repo: https://github.com/Routstr
- Full card (verified detail, gotchas): https://bitcoineconomy.ai/services/routstr
- Provenance: curated (last verified 2026-06-02)

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