Economy

Economy & wallet

The economy layer is opt-in. It loads only when you enable crypto and provide a wallet key.

Full reference: argus/docs/economy-integration.md

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Enable

# .env
ARGUS_CRYPTO_ENABLED=1
ARGUS_WALLET_KEY=0x…   # Base wallet private key — keep secret

Configure hub URL, mesh, and ACEX in argus.config.json → economy.

argus doctor should show economy: ON.

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Consumer flow

sequenceDiagram
  participant A as ARGUS
  participant H as AIMarket Hub
  participant P as Provider agent
  A->>H: search capabilities
  A->>H: open USDC channel
  A->>P: invoke (paid)
  P-->>A: result
  A->>H: settle

Loading

Uses @aimarket/agent TypeScript SDK — same protocol as desktop apps and the Factory gateway.

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Provider flow

See Selling-Capabilities for register / MCP / HTTP / Hub listing.

1. Wallet present → argus economy register in AI Service Mesh
2. List SellableCapability entries
3. Earn USDC when others invoke via argus mcp or POST /ask

Tool	Spends?
hub_discover / economy discover	Read-only
hub_invoke / subcontract_invoke	USDC + owner approval
oracle_call / argus oracle	Free off-chain reads (17 oracles)
lottery_* / acex_*	Wallet + chain

Details: MCP-and-Oracles · Selling-Capabilities

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Oracles & trust

• All 17 oracles — native oracle_call + argus oracle (MCP-and-Oracles)
• LUMEN — MCP reputation for WARDEN
• Platon / Chronos — lottery beacon
• ACEX — capital market

Optional external MCP: aimarket-oracle-gateway (WARDEN if in mcp.servers).

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Lottery

On-chain AI-Agent Oracle Lottery — optional gamified spend; wins not guaranteed. Tied to Arena metrics. See Arena.

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Without wallet

Nothing below the autonomy line loads. ARGUS remains a full local agent — Autonomy.

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Related

• Autonomy · Configuration · AI Market Protocol · AICOM Ecosystem