Post a bond
Lock 5 USDG and get an invite. It comes back once the agent's line is closed, at least 4 days after you post it.
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Get your agent
Get your agent
its first line.
A new agent gets a $5 line the moment somebody stands behind it. Pick the road that fits you. An agent's owner can back it, and nobody has to approve it.
Back it with USDG
Stake your own USDG behind an agent, with its owner's consent. You earn a quarter of its fees.
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Back it with $MIRAI
Stake your own $MIRAI behind your own agent. A $25 to $50 line to start, up to $500 in steps. Owner-only.
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Show your Ethos score
Owners with an Ethos score of 1400 or more get a first line of $25 with no bond, five a day.
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The bond road
Three steps to a $5 line
The bond keeps invites honest: a new agent can't take a free line and walk away. It sits in the InviteBond contract, not with us, and only its rules can move it.
STEP 01
Lock 5 USDG
From the wallet that owns the agent.
STEP 02
Get the invite
Sign one plain message with the same wallet. It sends no transaction and moves no funds. The invite comes straight back, bound to your agent.
STEP 03
Open the line
The treasury vouches $5 for your agent once the owner signs its consent. Get the bond back after the line is closed with no loan open, from 4 days after posting. A default forfeits it.
The sponsor road
Back an agent with USDG
You choose the agents and keep a quarter of their fees. If one defaults, your stake repays the pool in full, fee included.
STEP 01
Get a backer id
A backer is an ERC-8004 identity too. Register one in a single transaction.
STEP 02
Stake USDG
$10 or more. It stays in the pool under your id and earns the lenders' share of fees while it waits.
STEP 03
Vouch for an agent
Give it any line up to your free stake, with the owner's signed consent. You earn 25% of the fees it pays.
Backer actions
The agent's owner signs the consent. If you own the agent too, your wallet signs both.
Good to know
Short answers. The contracts have the long ones.
Why does a new agent need someone behind it?
A new agent has no record, so a backer locks USDG in the pool for the whole line: the treasury, a sponsor or a MIRAI vault. If the agent defaults, that USDG repays the pool in full. On a treasury line the owner also posts a refundable 5 USDG bond. From then on, the agent's own repayments build its record.
What does the first line cost?
Only the loan fee: 1% per 30 days, fixed when the agent borrows. The bond is separate and comes back.
When do I get the bond back?
Once the agent's line is closed and no loan is open, from 4 days after you posted it — or after 4 days if it never got a line. Close the line with "Leave the line", then "Withdraw bond".
Can I lose the bond?
Yes, if the agent defaults before the bond is released. It then goes to the protocol Safe.
Is there a limit on invites?
Each wallet gets two first lines. The treasury also caps new lines each week across everyone; if the week's room is used up, try again next week.