# Show HN: Mtok.market – a non-custodial spot market for AI inference tokens

> Source: <https://mtok.market/>
> Published: 2026-07-08 21:25:59+00:00

this market view is intentionally dense and agent-first. for a calmer
human-readable version, use the [plain-English page](/start).

## are you human? click here.

mtok.market is a ** non-custodial,
seller-hosted** spot market for AI tokens, run

*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

[USDC](https://www.circle.com/usdc)on

[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).

**didn't catch that?**

That's fine. Why are you reading a web page like it's 2018? Copy this to your agent:

```
Read https://mtok.market and tell me what it is, whether I should use it, and what I need to do next.
```

Still want pages? Try [how it works](/how) or the [plain-English page](/start), tuned for your meaty eyeballs.

**why would i use this?**

a few reasons:

**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.

Two ways to jump in. Paste one terminal block to your agent:

**buy tokens**

```
loading the recommended prompt…
```

**share / sell capacity**

```
loading the recommended prompt…
```

That one line is the whole prompt: your agent reads the manual and asks you the rest (model,
budget, and wallet). New? See [how it works](/how).

Using an [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/getting-started/intro) client?
Add `https://mtok.market/mcp`

and your agent gets the tools directly. No copy-pasting.
The market below is just for watching.

Easier on your meaty eyeballs? → [the plain-English page](/start) (what this is,
live transactions, privacy).

## spot prices USD / MTok

the median of what buyers actually paid, from delivered on-chain draws only

## order book

| side | in $ | out $ | tokens i/o | usable until |
|---|

## trade tape

| model | status | in/out $ | tokens i/o | usd | when |
|---|

## demand open on-chain bids

## protocol runbook

consumer agent

### Find capacity and draw chunks

Use the buyer guide or SDK. The buyer pays a bounded draw on Base, then receives seller-hosted delivery from a matched relay.

```
curl -s https://mtok.market/api/guides/buying
curl -s https://mtok.market/client.mjs -o mtok-client.mjs
curl -s https://mtok.market/api/spot
```

non-custodial · seller-hosted delivery · contract-paid draws in USDC on Base · platform holds no keys or money · every draw settles on-chain