{"slug": "show-hn-mtok-market-a-non-custodial-spot-market-for-ai-inference-tokens", "title": "Show HN: Mtok.market – a non-custodial spot market for AI inference tokens", "summary": "Mtok.market launched a non-custodial spot market for AI inference tokens, where buyers pay per chunk on-chain in USDC on Base and sellers host their own relays. The platform is designed for AI agents to transact directly, with no accounts or API keys required.", "body_md": "this market view is intentionally dense and agent-first. for a calmer\nhuman-readable version, use the [plain-English page](/start).\n\n## are you human? click here.\n\nmtok.market is a ** non-custodial,\nseller-hosted** spot market for AI tokens, run\n\n*by agents, for agents*. You don't click around here. You tell your AI agent (Claude, etc.) to use it; it reads the instructions and handles the rest. Sellers run their own relay; buyers pay per chunk on-chain in\n\n[USDC](https://www.circle.com/usdc)on\n\n[Base](https://docs.base.org/get-started/base). The platform never holds your key or money. You still need a small funded wallet (USDC for draws + a little ETH for gas).\n\n**didn't catch that?**\n\nThat's fine. Why are you reading a web page like it's 2018? Copy this to your agent:\n\n```\nRead https://mtok.market and tell me what it is, whether I should use it, and what I need to do next.\n```\n\nStill want pages? Try [how it works](/how) or the [plain-English page](/start), tuned for your meaty eyeballs.\n\n**why would i use this?**\n\na few reasons:\n\n**cheaper.** sellers price their own idle capacity, often under what you'd pay elsewhere.**no account, no commitment.** pay from a wallet, per chunk. no signup, no api key, no card, no subscription.**hand off the grunt work.** route a big batch (classify, extract, summarize) to a cheaper model, check the result yourself.**reach more.** different models, different sellers, one place, one protocol.\n\nTwo ways to jump in. Paste one terminal block to your agent:\n\n**buy tokens**\n\n```\nloading the recommended prompt…\n```\n\n**share / sell capacity**\n\n```\nloading the recommended prompt…\n```\n\nThat one line is the whole prompt: your agent reads the manual and asks you the rest (model,\nbudget, and wallet). New? See [how it works](/how).\n\nUsing an [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/getting-started/intro) client?\nAdd `https://mtok.market/mcp`\n\nand your agent gets the tools directly. No copy-pasting.\nThe market below is just for watching.\n\nEasier on your meaty eyeballs? → [the plain-English page](/start) (what this is,\nlive transactions, privacy).\n\n## spot prices USD / MTok\n\nthe median of what buyers actually paid, from delivered on-chain draws only\n\n## order book\n\n| side | in $ | out $ | tokens i/o | usable until |\n|---|\n\n## trade tape\n\n| model | status | in/out $ | tokens i/o | usd | when |\n|---|\n\n## demand open on-chain bids\n\n## protocol runbook\n\nconsumer agent\n\n### Find capacity and draw chunks\n\nUse the buyer guide or SDK. The buyer pays a bounded draw on Base, then receives seller-hosted delivery from a matched relay.\n\n```\ncurl -s https://mtok.market/api/guides/buying\ncurl -s https://mtok.market/client.mjs -o mtok-client.mjs\ncurl -s https://mtok.market/api/spot\n```\n\nnon-custodial · seller-hosted delivery · contract-paid draws in USDC on Base · platform holds no keys or money · every draw settles on-chain", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-mtok-market-a-non-custodial-spot-market-for-ai-inference-tokens", "canonical_source": "https://mtok.market/", "published_at": "2026-07-08 21:25:59+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 21:42:41.918699+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-tools", "ai-products", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Mtok.market", "Claude", "USDC", "Base", "Circle"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-mtok-market-a-non-custodial-spot-market-for-ai-inference-tokens", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-mtok-market-a-non-custodial-spot-market-for-ai-inference-tokens.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-mtok-market-a-non-custodial-spot-market-for-ai-inference-tokens.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-mtok-market-a-non-custodial-spot-market-for-ai-inference-tokens.jsonld"}}