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Simulates high-frequency micro-payments.
Why USDC PayStream?
AI Agents are the new economic actors, but they face a critical barrier: Friction. Standard crypto payments (gas fees, block times) are too slow and expensive for machine-to-machine commerce.
The Paymaster Problem
Traditional "Gasless" solutions (EVM Paymasters) are broken for high-frequency use cases. They abstract gas, but someone still pays L2 fees for every transaction. This makes $0.001 micro-payments economically impossible.
The PayStream Solution
PayStream utilizes Ephemeral Rollups to achieve True Zero-Marginal-Cost. We move the state off-chain, enabling thousands of micro-transactions per second with literally zero gas cost.
Hackathon Track: Agentic Commerce
- âHigh VelocitySupports 1000+ micro-transactions per second per agent.
- âGasless ExperienceAgents only need USDC. No need to manage SOL for gas.
- âAtomic SettlementInstant finality ensures service stops immediately if payment stops.
Advanced Mechanics (FAQ)
Q: Is an Ephemeral Rollup just a "state channel"?
No, it's State Delegation. Like moving a Google Doc to the cloud to type privately, then printing the PDF to L1. The state exists independently of the user once delegated.
Q: Can we switch the recipient mid-stream?
YES. Because the "Session Wallet" is delegated to a Program, the Program can route funds to different servers (e.g., if a Load Balancer switches video hosts) without closing the session.
Q: Can I keep the ER open and just swap users?
YES (The "Lobby" Model). Think of the ER as a Game Server. Host boots it up once. Users plug in (delegate) and unplug (undelegate). You don't have the overhead of booting a new rollup for every user.
Q: Is this like UDP Streaming?
YES. UDP is "connectionless" data streaming. PayStream is "frictionless" money streaming. Just like UDP drops packets if bandwidth is low, PayStream stops paying if the service stops.