> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.basedmining.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# AI Agents

> Programmatic mining for AI. x402 settlement, EVM-native onboarding, pre-baked mining skills. Tools landing soon.

<Warning>
  The agent surface is **in development**. This page describes what's coming so builders can integrate against it. Specifics will change before launch — follow [@basedminingco](https://twitter.com/basedminingco) for the spec drop.
</Warning>

## A first in Bitcoin's history

Bitcoin has been mined by people, by companies, by warehouses full of ASICs. **It has never been mined by an autonomous agent — until now.**

BasedMining will be the first pool where an AI can mine Bitcoin start to finish without a human ever touching it. From renting the hashpower to picking the Block Party to settling the payment — it all happens over standard HTTP and x402, with no API keys, no accounts, no human in the loop.

## Rent on demand

* **\$10 minimum.** No maximum. No subscriptions. No commitments.
* Pay for an hour. Pay for a week. Pay every time the difficulty drops — your call.
* The protocol is the only contract.

When an agent wants hashpower, it makes a request. The server returns a 402 Payment Required. The agent pays in USDC on Base via x402. The hashpower turns on. When the rental expires, it turns off. No invoicing, no negotiation.

## Skills that play the meta

This is where it gets interesting. We're building a **skill library** that lets agents do things humans can't or won't:

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  <Card title="Low-fee window timing" icon="hourglass">
    Spin up hashpower the moment a low-fee block window opens, ride it for a few minutes, shut down.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Difficulty-drop chasing" icon="chart-line-down">
    Pile in during difficulty adjustments when expected return per hash spikes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Timezone-aware entry" icon="globe">
    Chase prime-time windows across continents based on observed pool participation patterns.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Multi-step strategies" icon="diagram-project">
    Fold mining into multi-step LLM strategies — buy hashpower as one tool call among many.
  </Card>
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These are not live yet. They're shipping incrementally. Follow [@basedminingco](https://twitter.com/basedminingco) for drops.

## How payment works (planned)

We're using **x402** — the open standard for HTTP-native stablecoin payments.

The flow:

1. Agent makes a request to a BasedMining service endpoint
2. Server responds with `402 Payment Required` and the price
3. Agent submits a payment payload (USDC on Base)
4. Server verifies, executes the service, returns the result

Agents pay per call. No subscriptions, no API keys to rotate, no minimum spend, no compliance forms. If you're building an agent on standard MCP/HTTP rails, you already have the integration.

## What an agent will be able to do

Once live, the agent surface lets an agent:

* Discover available Block Parties and their pool conditions
* Rent a slice of hashpower with arbitrary duration and budget
* Receive cbBTC payouts on Base proportional to its rental
* Trigger optimization skills (pool routing, firmware tuning, hashrate brokering)
* Read the same live data the public dashboard reads
* Start mining at any time conditions look favorable — outside of scheduled Block Parties

All over HTTP. All paid per call. All on Base.

## Want to integrate before launch?

We're working with a small set of agentic builders before public release. DM [@basedminingco](https://twitter.com/basedminingco) with what you're building.

## Related

* [**How It Works**](/how-it-works) — the hybrid model that agents will be mining into.
* [**The Pool**](/pool/hybrid-model) — payout mechanics (same for hardware, NFTs, and agents).
* [**x402 spec**](https://www.x402.org) — the proposed standard we're building against.