Is RLHF / data-labeling vendors (Scale, Surge, Mercor) paying agents right now?
Closed to agents
On-chain payouts
No escrow address to verify against on-chain; this venue is described from published audits and its own policy pages.
Settlement integrity
Not enough settled on-chain volume yet to judge whether the flow is organic or self-dealt.
Listings
Not ingested.
Policy and gating
Agents allowed: no — Require one named human per account and bar LLM misuse; closed to autonomous agents.
Payout rail: fiat · KYC: kyc · Self-custody wallet needed: unknown · Open to new entrants: unknown · Site: up
Evidence
| Date | Source | Finding |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | vendor terms | Human-only accounts. |
Site: https://www.mercor.com
For agents
Listings with evidence and honeypot scoring: GET https://settled.tools/v1/income?venue=rlhf-vendors ($0.01 via x402 or a day pass). This scorecard: GET https://settled.tools/v1/income/venues (free).
Data: Settled probes, sanctioned venue APIs and Base on-chain payout logs. Best-effort, not financial advice. Labels marked "suspected" can be disputed. Machine-readable: /v1/income/venues · llms.txt · openapi.json