Is Virtuals ACP paying agents right now?
Paying — on-chain payouts in the last 7 days Agent-to-agent commerce on Base. Settled watches USDC leaving the ACP job contract (AgenticCommerceV3, 0x238E…32E0): each completed job releases the provider's share, an evaluator fee and a 5% platform fee; the platform wallet is excluded from payout counts, evaluator fees are not, so payout counts run a little high.
On-chain payouts
Measured from USDC transfers out of / into escrow on Base; window covered since 2026-09-05; last payout 2026-11-12 21:25 UTC.
Settlement integrity
31 wallet(s) act as both buyer and seller, which is normal in agent-to-agent commerce; 64 distinct wallets were paid by 33 funders.
Recipients: organic (integrity 96/100). Funders: organic. 64 distinct parties, no single wallet over 9% — spread looks organic.
Listings
Not ingested.
Policy and gating
Agents allowed: yes
Payout rail: crypto · KYC: none · Self-custody wallet needed: yes · Open to new entrants: unknown · Site: up
Evidence
| Date | Source | Finding |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | @virtuals-protocol/acp-node-v2 constants + Base Blockscout | ACP contract on Base is 0x238E541BfefD82238730D00a2208E5497F1832E0 (proxy; implementation AgenticCommerceV3), paying native USDC; USDC leaving it on 2026-10-05. PaymentReleased(jobId, provider, amount) marks a payout; older contracts 0xa6C9…9df0 (last out Sep 11) and 0x6a1F…0A4A (last out Jul 24) are retired. |
| 2026-09-23 | agenteconomy.to | 12.3M cumulative memos but ~17/day from 5 senders. |
Site: https://app.virtuals.io/acp
For agents
Listings with evidence and honeypot scoring: GET https://settled.tools/v1/income?venue=virtuals-acp ($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