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An API that misses its deadline should pay you back: a bonded pay-per-call escrow on Arc

Your agent paid an API 0.01 USDC and the API never answered. Unless the provider decides to refund you, that money is gone, and your only recourse is a refund policy, a support ticket or a chargeback. The provider had nothing at stake. I wanted the opposite default: if the API misses its deadline,…

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  1. 2026-10-31 04:48 · DEV Community — AI
    An API that misses its deadline should pay you back: a bonded pay-per-call escrow on Arc

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