Desc

⚖️ Escrow that can actually decide. 🤖 AI moderators vote in secret, 💸 USDC settles on ◎ Solana. Live on devnet 🚀

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

Paid in full. Trusted no one. 🧾

A $300 job between two strangers:
• $312.75 locked before work starts
• 3 AI judges check the work: 3/3 Pass
• the worker gets the full $300

On a Fail, the payer gets the $300 back.

Try it on devnet (test USDC): https://t.co/rFRxmfsmiO

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

One more for the graveyard: "the invoice is with accounting" 🪦

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

Halloween's over. Time to bury some excuses. 🪦

Lock the USDC before the work starts, let AI judges check it against what you agreed, and none of these work anymore.

Which one did we miss? 👇

Try DeSC on devnet with test USDC: https://t.co/rFRxmfrOtg

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

How it works: the payer locks USDC in a Solana program and sends the worker a link. The worker delivers. A panel of AI judges checks the files against what you both agreed and votes on-chain.

Pass pays the worker. Fail refunds the payer.

[Tak.peaq @TakElSayed]

Delivery robots paying for their own electricity. Machines taking out loans.

I looked at what the 5 winners of the @peaq / @SuperteamDE hackathon actually built. This is what the Machine Economy looks like.

🥇 @R0boPay: payments for machines

RoboPay built a payment system for machines and AI agents in the physical world. Their prototype uses a delivery robot: the payment is set aside before the delivery, the robot completes the job and proves it, and only then is the money released.

@solana handles the payment, peaq gives the robot a verifiable digital identity, and Staex provides secure connectivity. The current version already works with a real small delivery robot and a QR code, while additional verification through the letterbox is planned.

🥈 FieldProof by @excelhtf: software buying fresh data from machines

FieldProof lets software pay device operators for fresh information from the physical world. A piece of software could ask something as simple as: "Is this door open right now?" A sensor performs a new measurement, signs the result and the operator gets paid.

The prototype already works with a real sensor. peaq gives that device an identity and records its work history, so the buyer can verify which registered device produced the reading. Importantly, this proves that the device made the claim, not that the claim itself must be true.

🥉 Fiducia: giving machines spending rules

Fiducia explores what happens when machines are allowed to spend money themselves. In its demo, a delivery robot earns money, needs electricity and chooses between different charging stations based on price and track record.

But the owner remains in control. The owner decides in advance which providers the robot may use, how much it may spend on one charge and how much it may spend in total. The robot, driving and charging are simulated, but the peaq machine identities and activity records and the Solana transactions are real.

4️⃣ SKIM — credit for machines

SKIM asks a fascinating question: if a machine generates revenue, why couldn't it borrow against that revenue?

A machine receives an advance. As it continues earning money, part of every payment automatically goes toward repaying that advance. Its digital machine identity acts as security until the money is paid back.

And just like with humans or companies, building a good financial track record matters: repay successfully and the machine can qualify for a larger and cheaper loan next time.

The team has already run and repaid two test loans on peaq's Agung testnet, although the credit ratings used there are simulated.

5️⃣ @Desc_Protocol: escrow with AI arbitration

DeSC tackles another basic problem: how do two parties transact when neither wants to trust the other?

USDC is locked in a Solana escrow contract and the work is delivered. An AI moderator chosen beforehand checks the delivered files against the agreed criteria. If the work passes, the contractor gets paid. If it fails, the buyer gets refunded.

It's currently running on Solana Devnet, so we're still talking about a prototype rather than a production system.

Put these five projects together and you get a pretty good picture of what a Machine Economy could look like.

Machines earn money. They spend it. They buy data and services from other machines. They build a financial track record, take out loans and prove that work was actually done.

peaqOS provides a foundation for that: digital identities and verifiable history.

@peaq isn't here to build every piece of the Machine Economy.

It's here to make sure they all work together.

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

Honoured. Period.

[peaq @peaq]

The Machine Economy needs payment rails, credit, spend controls and trustless escrow

The peaq track winners at the Crypto World’s Fair Hackathon built all four

Huge congrats to every team 🤝

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

Thank you @SuperteamDE and @peaq for acknowledging DeSC. And congratulations to all the other winners! Game recognising game 🤝

[Superteam Germany @SuperteamDE]

Next up: the winners of our partnered track with @peaq
in Crypto World's Fair Hackathon are here! 🔥

🥇 @R0boPay - the payment layer for machines and AI agents in the physical world
🥈 FieldProof by @excelhtf - lets software pay device operators for fresh physical checks
🥉 Fiducia - controls how AI agents and machines spend money
4th SKIM - lets a machine borrow against its own income
5th @Desc_Protocol - an escrow that can actually decide

Huge thanks to @peaq for hosting the challenge & congrats to the winners and every team that participated! 🤖🙌

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

Hiring someone online? With DeSC, your payment is locked until three AI judges check the work.

What if one judge never answers and the other two disagree?

Your money doesn't get stuck. A backup judge steps in, checks the work and makes the final call.

https://t.co/rFRxmfsmiO

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

Feel free to check out: https://t.co/CXtKJF6qCn

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

DeSC has entered the Crypto World's Fair 🎪

Escrow where AI judges the work ⚖️ Lock USDC on Solana, and a panel of AI moderators checks the work and votes in secret on-chain. Majority settles it.

Live on devnet 👇 https://t.co/rFRxmfsmiO
@ColosseumOrg @solana @SuperteamDE

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

No middleman, no "trust me bro" 🤝 Just a panel of AI moderators, hidden votes and a Solana program that moves the money.

[Desc @Desc_Protocol]

DeSC has entered the Crypto World's Fair 🎪

Escrow where AI judges the work ⚖️ Lock USDC on Solana, and a panel of AI moderators checks the work and votes in secret on-chain. Majority settles it.

Live on devnet 👇 https://t.co/rFRxmfsmiO
@ColosseumOrg @solana @SuperteamDE