{ "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-08", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "tool": { "slug": "antseed", "name": "Antseed", "vendor": "Antseed Foundation", "vendorUrl": "https://antseed.com", "kind": "router", "category": "inference", "summary": "Antseed is an open-source peer-to-peer network for buying and selling AI inference. A buyer runs a local proxy with OpenAI and Anthropic format endpoints, which routes each request to an independent seller and pays in USDC on Base.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antseed.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/antseed.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed", "license": "GPL-3.0 (LICENSE in the repository). The @antseed/cli manifest on npm carries no licence field", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@antseed/cli" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account and no API key. The local proxy at 127.0.0.1:8377 doesn't check a key, so clients that need one send a placeholder such as `antseed-p2p`. Identity is a secp256k1 key the CLI creates on first run. Its EVM address is the peer id and the paying wallet. A public tunnel or the gateway (`antseed gateway`, `antseed tunnel start`) needs a generated `antseed_...` bearer key, with optional spend limits and expiry per key.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Sellers set their own prices per 1M input, cached-input and output tokens, published without login at https://network.antseed.com/stats. Buyers pre-deposit USDC on Base and pay per request. Some models are free, with nine free ids in the 8 October 2026 snapshot. The FAQ sets network fees at 4 per cent, and a gasless deposit costs a fixed $0.05 relay fee. The software is free.", "priceSummary": "4% fee", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Inference isn't paid by x402. Sellers answer HTTP 402 and the buyer signs Antseed's own EIP-712 ReserveAuth and SpendingAuth against an on-chain USDC channel (https://antseed.com/blog/the-402-flow/). x402 v2 appears only on `POST /v1/key/topup` of a gateway the owner runs, off until enabled per key (CHANGELOG.md, checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 106, "npmWeekly": 1823, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://antseed.com/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://antseed.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "inference.router", "inference.llm" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "p2p", "usdc", "base", "no-signup", "no-card", "openai-compatible", "anthropic-compatible", "llms-txt", "cli", "desktop", "pre-1.0" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 459, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 70, "reliability": 62, "schema": 55, "security": 45, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "breakdown": [ { "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "effectiveWeight": 20, "score": 62, "points": 12.4, "reason": "Read with the local-software lines, since the buyer runs the proxy. Official npm package @antseed/cli with Node.js 20 or later stated, plus desktop installers (20). Public CI with unit tests and an end-to-end payment flow, and the last six runs on main passed on 8 October 2026 (25). 74 open issues and 32 open pull requests against numbering that has reached 1137, with bug reports from late September still open and reply times not sampled (12 of 25). CHANGELOG.md calls out breaking CLI changes, but versions are 0.x patch bumps and everything since August sits under one Unreleased heading (5 of 15). The CLI is 0.1.173 and the release tag v0.2.51, with no statement of stability (0). Whether a request is answered also depends on which sellers are online, which this checklist doesn't score." }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes." }, { "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 55, "points": 8.94, "reason": "No OpenAPI document found in the repository or docs. The proxy copies the OpenAI and Anthropic wire formats (0 of 25). llms.txt at antseed.com/llms.txt and a setup skill at /skill.md (10). The API guide states what each route is for, how routing picks a seller and when to pin one (14 of 20). Request bodies follow the upstream formats, and `/v1/models` reports context length, modalities, tool use and supported parameters per seller (8 of 15). Curl examples for each format and an error table with status, code, meaning and fix (13 of 15). A public changelog and tagged releases, with dated entries stopping in August 2026 (10 of 15)." }, { "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 56, "points": 9.1, "reason": "Model reading, as for other routers. Tool use and structured output depend on the seller, and the model list reports both per seller with conservative model-level values (12 of 20 and 8 of 15). Cached-input pricing is advertised per seller where supported (8 of 15). Context length is reported per model as the lowest value across sellers (10 of 15). No batch route found (0 of 10). No SDK of its own for buyers. OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs work against the proxy, and wrappers launch Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode (5 of 10). Documented error codes with fixes, and cost and seller headers on non-streaming responses (13 of 15)." }, { "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "effectiveWeight": 17.5, "score": 45, "points": 7.88, "reason": "Model reading. The local proxy has no key and binds to 127.0.0.1. One secp256k1 key is identity and wallet, stored in plain text by the CLI unless supplied by environment variable, and encrypted by the OS keychain in the desktop app. Spending is bounded by a deposit contract, a capped ReserveAuth per seller and an optional separate withdrawal wallet, and gateway keys are hashed, revocable and spend-limited (18 of 30). Sellers are independent, and the FAQ says a standard seller can read prompts and sets its own practices (5 of 20). No central log, and an optional TEE-verified route with attestation checked on the buyer's machine (8 of 15). Seller, token and cost headers per response, `antseed buyer metering` and a Prometheus exporter (12 of 15). No security.txt, SECURITY.md, published advisory, bug bounty, certification or contract audit report found. The repository holds one automated review of the buyer proxy dated 8 March 2026 (2 of 20)." }, { "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 12.5, "score": 70, "points": 8.75, "reason": "x402 v2 exists only on `POST /v1/key/topup` of a gateway the owner runs, and is off until enabled per key. Inference is paid through Antseed's own HTTP 402 flow with EIP-712 signatures and USDC channels on Base, which isn't one of the three protocols the rubric names (10 of 40, a judgement call). Per-token prices for every seller are public JSON without login (20). Free models answer with no card and no account (20). An agent can install the CLI, get a key generated locally and fund it by a USDC transfer, with no sign-up flow (20). The self-hosted rule gives the same three lines for the free software." }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored." }, { "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 79, "points": 6.91, "reason": "v0.2.51 was released on 8 October 2026 and @antseed/cli 0.1.173 was published the same day (30). 28 release tags since 19 August 2026 and 41 CLI versions on npm since 10 July (20). Pull requests merge daily, while 74 issues are open and reply times weren't sampled (13 of 25). The CLI is current on npm, with a node library and ten plugins in the repository, TypeScript only, and no MCP registry entry (8 of 15). CI passes on main, with a pnpm lockfile and a pinned Node version. Electron is pinned to 31.7.6 by an override (8 of 10)." }, { "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 59, "points": 5.16, "note": "editorial 66, provenance 52", "reason": "GPL-3.0 source for the protocol, CLI, desktop app and contracts (30). The terms, FAQ and privacy page agree that there is no central request log and that sellers may log prompts. There is no privacy policy document, and docs/telemetry.md says the PostHog region and retention period are still to be documented (12 of 30). No deprecation policy found. The changelog gives version cut-offs for protocol changes and a dated cutover of 10 September 2026 for staking contracts (8 of 20). Desktop telemetry is documented event by event with a toggle and an environment switch, and is keyed to the buyer's public wallet address. No telemetry code found in the CLI (16 of 20)." } ], "assessment": { "date": "2026-10-08", "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "notes": { "ergonomics": "Model reading, as for other routers. Tool use and structured output depend on the seller, and the model list reports both per seller with conservative model-level values (12 of 20 and 8 of 15). Cached-input pricing is advertised per seller where supported (8 of 15). Context length is reported per model as the lowest value across sellers (10 of 15). No batch route found (0 of 10). No SDK of its own for buyers. OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs work against the proxy, and wrappers launch Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode (5 of 10). Documented error codes with fixes, and cost and seller headers on non-streaming responses (13 of 15).", "maintenance": "v0.2.51 was released on 8 October 2026 and @antseed/cli 0.1.173 was published the same day (30). 28 release tags since 19 August 2026 and 41 CLI versions on npm since 10 July (20). Pull requests merge daily, while 74 issues are open and reply times weren't sampled (13 of 25). The CLI is current on npm, with a node library and ten plugins in the repository, TypeScript only, and no MCP registry entry (8 of 15). CI passes on main, with a pnpm lockfile and a pinned Node version. Electron is pinned to 31.7.6 by an override (8 of 10).", "payments": "x402 v2 exists only on `POST /v1/key/topup` of a gateway the owner runs, and is off until enabled per key. Inference is paid through Antseed's own HTTP 402 flow with EIP-712 signatures and USDC channels on Base, which isn't one of the three protocols the rubric names (10 of 40, a judgement call). Per-token prices for every seller are public JSON without login (20). Free models answer with no card and no account (20). An agent can install the CLI, get a key generated locally and fund it by a USDC transfer, with no sign-up flow (20). The self-hosted rule gives the same three lines for the free software.", "reliability": "Read with the local-software lines, since the buyer runs the proxy. Official npm package @antseed/cli with Node.js 20 or later stated, plus desktop installers (20). Public CI with unit tests and an end-to-end payment flow, and the last six runs on main passed on 8 October 2026 (25). 74 open issues and 32 open pull requests against numbering that has reached 1137, with bug reports from late September still open and reply times not sampled (12 of 25). CHANGELOG.md calls out breaking CLI changes, but versions are 0.x patch bumps and everything since August sits under one Unreleased heading (5 of 15). The CLI is 0.1.173 and the release tag v0.2.51, with no statement of stability (0). Whether a request is answered also depends on which sellers are online, which this checklist doesn't score.", "schema": "No OpenAPI document found in the repository or docs. The proxy copies the OpenAI and Anthropic wire formats (0 of 25). llms.txt at antseed.com/llms.txt and a setup skill at /skill.md (10). The API guide states what each route is for, how routing picks a seller and when to pin one (14 of 20). Request bodies follow the upstream formats, and `/v1/models` reports context length, modalities, tool use and supported parameters per seller (8 of 15). Curl examples for each format and an error table with status, code, meaning and fix (13 of 15). A public changelog and tagged releases, with dated entries stopping in August 2026 (10 of 15).", "security": "Model reading. The local proxy has no key and binds to 127.0.0.1. One secp256k1 key is identity and wallet, stored in plain text by the CLI unless supplied by environment variable, and encrypted by the OS keychain in the desktop app. Spending is bounded by a deposit contract, a capped ReserveAuth per seller and an optional separate withdrawal wallet, and gateway keys are hashed, revocable and spend-limited (18 of 30). Sellers are independent, and the FAQ says a standard seller can read prompts and sets its own practices (5 of 20). No central log, and an optional TEE-verified route with attestation checked on the buyer's machine (8 of 15). Seller, token and cost headers per response, `antseed buyer metering` and a Prometheus exporter (12 of 15). No security.txt, SECURITY.md, published advisory, bug bounty, certification or contract audit report found. The repository holds one automated review of the buyer proxy dated 8 March 2026 (2 of 20).", "transparency": "GPL-3.0 source for the protocol, CLI, desktop app and contracts (30). The terms, FAQ and privacy page agree that there is no central request log and that sellers may log prompts. There is no privacy policy document, and docs/telemetry.md says the PostHog region and retention period are still to be documented (12 of 30). No deprecation policy found. The changelog gives version cut-offs for protocol changes and a dated cutover of 10 September 2026 for staking contracts (8 of 20). Desktop telemetry is documented event by event with a toggle and an environment switch, and is keyed to the buyer's public wallet address. No telemetry code found in the CLI (16 of 20)." }, "sources": [ { "what": "repository at commit 10a1f6b (README, CHANGELOG.md, PRICING.md, docs/telemetry.md, docs/security-review-buyer-proxy.md, CI workflow, buyer proxy source)", "url": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "API guide", "url": "https://antseed.com/docs/guides/using-the-api/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "agents guide", "url": "https://antseed.com/docs/guides/agents/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "payments guide", "url": "https://antseed.com/docs/guides/payments/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "protocol security page", "url": "https://antseed.com/docs/security/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "install guide", "url": "https://antseed.com/docs/install/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "gateway API keys guide", "url": "https://antseed.com/docs/guides/gateway-api-keys/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "FAQ", "url": "https://antseed.com/docs/faq/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "cached price and network snapshot", "url": "https://network.antseed.com/stats", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "llms.txt", "url": "https://antseed.com/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "terms of service, last updated 15 May 2026", "url": "https://antseed.com/terms-of-service/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "privacy page", "url": "https://antseed.com/privacy/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "open issue on credential forwarding", "url": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/issues/1104", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "CI runs on main", "url": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amain", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "release 0.2.51", "url": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/releases/latest", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "npm package and version history", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@antseed/cli", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "the 402 flow post", "url": "https://antseed.com/blog/the-402-flow/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "foundation and funding posts", "url": "https://antseed.com/blog/antseed-foundation-raises-2-4m/", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "domain registration", "url": "https://rdap.org/domain/antseed.com", "seen": "2026-10-08" } ], "openQuestions": [ "unchecked: GitHub's API refused our requests for the rate limit, so reply times on issues and the repository's creation date were not read. Counts and stars come from the web pages", "unchecked: whether a failed or cut-off text request is charged. The docs state it only for video", "unchecked: card top-up fees in the desktop app, and who bears the 4 per cent network fee", "The x402 field is set to unsupported because inference isn't payable by x402. One gateway route, `POST /v1/key/topup`, does speak x402 v2", "Whether sellers listing closed models at a fraction of list price serve the model they name. The snapshot shows the prices, and we ran no requests", "No audit report for the Base contracts was found in the docs or repository. The payments guide says they are verified on BaseScan, which we didn't check", "The Antseed Foundation's jurisdiction and registration aren't stated on the site", "The scout's facts held. One addition, the scout didn't mention that CHANGELOG.md documents x402 on the gateway top-up route" ] }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-08. The buyer proxy forwards a client's `Authorization`, `x-api-key` and cookie headers to the seller it routes to, confirmed in apps/cli/src/proxy/buyer-proxy.ts at commit 10a1f6b. The repository's own review of 8 March 2026 lists it as VULN-002, and issue #1104 (4 October 2026) is open. Clients started through `antseed claude` or `antseed codex` send a placeholder, so the deduction is 4 of a possible 15. https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/issues/1104" ], "verdict": "A buyer needs no account. The CLI creates a wallet key, free models answer at once and paid ones draw on deposited USDC, with seller, tokens and cost returned in response headers. Sellers are unvetted and can read prompts unless TEE-verified, the proxy forwards a client's own credential headers to them, and every package is pre-1.0.", "bestFor": "Agents and coding tools that want pay-per-request inference with no account, and owners comfortable holding USDC on Base.", "strengths": [ "No sign-up. `npm install -g @antseed/cli` and `antseed buyer start` give a local endpoint at http://localhost:8377, and nine model ids were free in the 8 October snapshot", "One proxy accepts Anthropic Messages, OpenAI Chat Completions and OpenAI Responses requests and translates between them when the seller speaks another format", "Seller prices per 1M tokens are public JSON at https://network.antseed.com/stats with no login, and `antseed network browse --json` reads them live", "Non-streaming responses carry `x-antseed-peer-id`, token counts and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd`, and `antseed buyer metering` gives totals per channel", "GPL-3.0 source with CI passing on main on 8 October 2026 and 28 tagged releases since 19 August 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The buyer proxy copies a client's `Authorization` and `x-api-key` headers to the seller. The repository's March 2026 review flagged it and issue #1104 is open", "Sellers are independent and unvetted. The FAQ says a standard seller can read the prompt it serves, and each sets its own data practices", "Pre-1.0 everywhere. The CLI is 0.1.173, the release tag is v0.2.51, and CHANGELOG.md keeps everything since August under one Unreleased heading", "No OpenAPI document, security.txt, SECURITY.md, published advisory, bug bounty or contract audit report was found", "The buyer key is also the wallet, and the CLI stores it in plain text at ~/.antseed/identity.key unless `ANTSEED_IDENTITY_HEX` is set" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send a placeholder key such as `antseed-p2p`. The proxy forwards whatever `Authorization` or `x-api-key` header the client sends to the seller", "Call `GET /v1/models` first and request a concrete id. The `antseed` alias works only when the desktop app has a model selected", "Handle 402 `insufficient_deposits` by reading `suggestedAmount`, then fund the address from `antseed buyer deposit` with USDC on Base", "Pass `--verifiers antseed-verifier --require-verifier` to `antseed buyer start` when prompts are private, so only TEE-verified sellers are routed", "Read `x-antseed-peer-id` and `x-antseed-estimated-cost-usd` on each response, and pin a seller with `\u003cpeerId\u003e@\u003cmodel\u003e` when the same one must answer" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 70, "reliability": 62, "schema": 55, "security": 45, "transparency": 66 }, "provenanceScore": 52 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @antseed/cli \u0026\u0026 antseed buyer start", "http": "curl http://localhost:8377/v1/chat/completions -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{\"model\": \"deepseek-v4-flash\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.router", "tool": "https://letme.dev/antseed" }, "notable": [ "The buyer proxy listens on 127.0.0.1 only and accepts `/v1/messages`, `/v1/chat/completions`, `/v1/responses`, image and video routes and `/v1/models` (https://antseed.com/docs/guides/using-the-api/)", "Model-only requests are ranked by price and trust with a default minimum trust score of 60, and fail over to the next seller on retryable errors. A pinned seller never fails over (https://antseed.com/docs/guides/using-the-api/)", "The cached snapshot at 11:28 UTC on 8 October 2026 listed 55 peers and 381 service ids, with on-chain totals of 212 sellers and 584,341 settlements (https://network.antseed.com/stats)", "Sellers in that snapshot advertise closed models well below the labs' list prices, for example 12 sellers listing `claude-opus-5` from $0.12 per 1M input tokens. Model identity is the seller's claim (https://network.antseed.com/stats)", "The README says the network is not for raw resale of API keys or subscription access, and the terms say sellers aren't vetted (https://github.com/Antseed/antseed, https://antseed.com/terms-of-service/)", "The buyer proxy forwards every client header except `host` and its own markers to the seller. Issue #1104, opened 4 October 2026, asks for credential headers to be dropped and is open (https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/issues/1104)", "The Antseed Foundation announced a $2.4M token round led by Spark Capital on 6 October 2026 (https://antseed.com/blog/antseed-foundation-raises-2-4m/)", "The desktop app sends product telemetry to PostHog keyed to the buyer's wallet address, with a Preferences toggle and `TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false`. No PostHog code was found in the CLI (docs/telemetry.md in the repository)" ], "area": "models", "details": [ { "label": "Surface graded", "value": "The buyer side of the CLI, @antseed/cli 0.1.173, which runs a local proxy at http://localhost:8377. The AI VPN desktop app (release 0.2.51) bundles the same proxy" }, { "label": "Formats", "value": "Anthropic Messages, OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, OpenAI Images, Venice and fal video queues, and an OpenAI-style model list. Text formats are translated in any direction, image routes are not, and reasoning traces don't survive translation" }, { "label": "Runtimes", "value": "Node.js 20 or later on macOS, Linux and Windows under WSL for the CLI. Desktop installers for macOS (signed and notarised), Windows x64 (unsigned) and Linux" }, { "label": "Routing", "value": "Automatic by price and trust with a minimum trust score of 60, soft affinity per conversation, and three pin methods (model prefix `\u003cpeerId\u003e@\u003cmodel\u003e`, header `x-antseed-pin-peer`, session pin)" }, { "label": "Payment", "value": "USDC on Base. Deposits sit in the AntseedDeposits contract, each seller session is capped by a signed ReserveAuth with a deadline, and spending is authorised cumulatively off-chain. A 15-minute grace period applies before a buyer can withdraw from a channel a seller abandoned" }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "`antseed buyer deposit` prints an address and QR code, and incoming USDC is swept into credits for a fixed $0.05 relay fee. A first deposit must net at least 1 USDC. The desktop app also takes card top-ups" }, { "label": "Errors", "value": "400 `missing_routing_target`, 402 `insufficient_deposits` (with `suggestedAmount`) and `channel_exhausted`, 413 `upload_body_too_large`, 502 `model_not_found`, 499 on client cancel" }, { "label": "Limits", "value": "No quota per the FAQ. Request timeout 5 minutes, stream duration 30 minutes, upload cap 32 MiB, videos above $5.00 refused. A seller's 429 is retried up to three times before failover" }, { "label": "Privacy", "value": "No central request log. A standard seller can read the prompt, a TEE-verified one cannot per the vendor, and `--require-verifier` refuses unverified sellers" }, { "label": "Keys", "value": "Desktop keys are encrypted with the OS keychain. The CLI stores `identity.key` in plain text unless `ANTSEED_IDENTITY_HEX` is set. A separate authorised wallet can hold withdrawal rights" }, { "label": "Gateway", "value": "`antseed gateway` issues hashed API keys with daily, monthly and lifetime USD limits, an expiry and a paying wallet per key, shipped in CLI 0.1.171 on 8 October 2026" }, { "label": "Agent setup", "value": "llms.txt, a join-buyer skill at https://antseed.com/skill.md, and integration pages for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Hermes, OpenClaw, Pi, LangChain and the Vercel AI SDK" } ], "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Network fee", "unit": "pct", "usd": 4, "note": "Per the FAQ. Model prices are set by each seller" }, { "item": "Gasless deposit relay", "unit": "tx", "usd": 0.05, "note": "Fixed fee per sweep on Base mainnet" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Antseed Foundation", "domain": "antseed.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-02-23", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://antseed.com/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/Antseed/antseed/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The site footer reads © 2026 Antseed Foundation. The foundation post of 17 July 2026 calls it a non-profit and gives no jurisdiction or registration number.", "The terms (last updated 15 May 2026) say the protocol is not a company and that supporting entities don't operate or control the network. Their contact section points to the repository's issues.", "https://antseed.com/privacy/ is a product page about anonymity, not a privacy policy. Section 16 of the terms covers data, and docs/telemetry.md in the repository covers the desktop app.", "The endpoint an agent calls is on the owner's machine. 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