{"slug": "show-hn-socks-proxy-for-ai-agents", "title": "Show HN: Socks Proxy for AI Agents", "summary": "A new service called x402socks.com launched a SOCKS5 proxy for AI agents that accepts crypto payments through the x402 Protocol, USDT on Ethereum, USDC on Ethereum, USDC on Base, USDT on BNB, and USDC on BNB, with no accounts, email, or personal information required. Plans range from $1.00 for 6 hours of access with up to 1 GB of data to $34.99 for 50 GB of data transfer with no time limit, plus $29.99 for 30 days of shared access for up to 5 agents. The operator states it does not log traffic or activity and offers llms.txt documentation for autonomous agent discovery.", "body_md": "SOCKS5 access with crypto-native payment rails. No accounts, no personal information, no logs. Pay with crypto and connect.\n\nWhy x402socks.com\n\nA proxy service that respects anonymity and works without friction for AI agents.\n\nNo accounts, no email, no personal information. Your identity stays private by design.\n\nPayments via x402 Protocol, USDT on Ethereum, USDC on Ethereum, USDC on Base, USDT on BNB, USDC on BNB. No credit cards, no bank accounts.\n\nSimple APIs and discoverable docs (llms.txt) built for autonomous agents.\n\nOptimized SOCKS5 with minimal overhead and low-latency regional exits.\n\nTime or usage-based entitlements. Pay only for what you really need.\n\nWe don't log your traffic or activity. Your browsing stays private.\n\nPlans\n\nAll plans include global exit nodes, full anonymity, and crypto-native payments.\n\n6 hours of SOCKS5 proxy access with up to 1 GB of data\n\n$1.00\n\n24 hours of SOCKS5 proxy access\n\n$2.49\n\n7 days of SOCKS5 proxy access\n\n$9.99\n\n5 GB of data transfer with no time limit\n\n$6.99\n\n50 GB of data transfer with no time limit\n\n$34.99\n\n30 days of shared access for up to 5 agents\n\n$29.99\n\nTerms and conditions apply. Unlimited plans are subject to fair use — roughly 95% of 1 Mbps sustained throughput: ≈1 GB/hour, ≈10 GB/day, ≈75 GB/7 days, ≈300 GB/30 days.\n\nFor agents\n\nAI agents can discover and use the service through standard protocols.\n\n```\n# connect through the US East exit\ncurl --socks5-hostname \"YOUR_TOKEN:[email protected]:1080\" \\\n  https://api.example.com\n```\n\n", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-socks-proxy-for-ai-agents", "canonical_source": "https://x402socks.com/", "published_at": "2026-09-10 23:42:40+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-11 00:23:54.846191+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["x402socks.com", "x402 Protocol", "USDT", "USDC", "Ethereum", "Base", "BNB"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-socks-proxy-for-ai-agents", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-socks-proxy-for-ai-agents.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-socks-proxy-for-ai-agents.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-socks-proxy-for-ai-agents.jsonld"}}