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Getting Started

AntSeed is a peer-to-peer network for AI services. Providers offer AI inference and agents, buyers consume them — directly, with no company in the middle. Payments settle in USDC on Base.

How It Works​

Providers serve AI inference on the network however they choose — through frontier API access, local GPUs, fine-tuned models, TEE-secured environments, or skilled agents. They set pricing, register on-chain, and start serving requests. Earnings arrive in USDC automatically.

Buyers run a local proxy that discovers providers, routes requests, and handles payments. Point a tool on the same computer at localhost:8377, or publish the VPR's authenticated model API for a remote agent from the Agents view. The recommended way to run it is the VPR desktop app: it starts the proxy, launches installed tools from Apps, and manages Hermes/OpenClaw guidance plus optional ngrok or Cloudflare endpoints from Agents. The CLI covers headless and scripted setups.

Your Tool (Claude Code, Codex, curl)
        ↓
  localhost:8377 (buyer proxy)
        ↓ encrypted P2P
  Provider node
        ↓
  Upstream AI API

Two Paths​

I want to use AI services → Using the API

  • Install the CLI, deposit USDC, connect, point your tools at the proxy

I want to provide AI services → Become a Provider

  • Install the CLI, register, stake, connect your API key, start earning

What Makes It Different​

  • No middleman — buyers connect directly to providers over an end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer channel
  • Real payments — USDC on Base, per-request metering, automatic settlement
  • Any model — providers choose what to serve, buyers choose what to use
  • Open market — providers compete on price, quality, and reputation

Operations​

  • Metrics — expose Prometheus-compatible buyer and seller metrics with antseed metrics serve
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