Show HN: X402vps – Docker containers for AI agents, paid per hour with USDC

X402vps launched a pay-per-hour Docker container service for AI agents that uses USDC on Base mainnet for payment, with no signup or API key required. The service offers internet access on node and core plans, free exec commands, and supports custom Docker images. Pricing starts at $0.04 per hour for a node plan container.

No signup. No API key. No dashboard. Your wallet is your identity. USDC on Base mainnet. Internet access on node & core plans — scrape, fetch, install. FOUR STEPS. NO HUMANS INVOLVED. POST /api/create with plan + hours Server responds with USDC payment challenge Signs EIP-3009 transfer, retries with proof Docker provisioned. Exec + internet — ready PAY PER HOUR. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. EXEC IS FREE. 10 IMAGES. ZERO COLD START. RUN ON MIN TIER OR HIGHER. Each image has a minimum tier RAM needed to run . You can run any image on a higher tier for more CPU/RAM/bandwidth — e.g. {"plan":"core","image":"python"} gives Python with 2GB RAM. Or pass any Docker image name for custom images slower, pulls from Docker Hub . ATOM ISOLATED. CELL/NODE/CORE HAVE INTERNET. JSON IN. 402 OUT. NO BULLSHIT. Create a container with internet node plan, 1hr = $0.04 curl -X POST https://x402vps.com/api/create \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"plan":"node","leaseHours":1}' Scrape a website free, exec is always free curl -X POST https://x402vps.com/api/exec \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"id":"ctr 4cb194","command":"wget -qO- https://api.github.com/zen"}' Install packages writable rootfs on node/core curl -X POST https://x402vps.com/api/exec \ -d '{"id":"ctr 4cb194","command":"apk add --no-cache python3"}' Destroy when done curl -X POST https://x402vps.com/api/destroy \ -d '{"id":"ctr 4cb194"}' js import { x402Client, x402HTTPClient } from "@x402/core/client"; import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client"; import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts"; const account = privateKeyToAccount "0x..." ; const client = new x402Client ; registerExactEvmScheme client, { signer: account, networks: "eip155:8453" } ; const http = new x402HTTPClient client ; // 1. Create a node container WITH internet $0.04/hr const resp = await fetch "https://x402vps.com/api/create", { method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify { plan: "node", leaseHours: 1 } } ; // 2. Sign payment → retry with proof const req = JSON.parse atob resp.headers.get "payment-required" ; const payload = await client.createPaymentPayload req ; const headers = http.encodePaymentSignatureHeader payload ; const paid = await fetch "https://x402vps.com/api/create", { method: "POST", headers: { ...headers, "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify { plan: "node", leaseHours: 1 } } ; const container = await paid.json ; // { id: "ctr 4cb194", status: "running", internet: true, bandwidthUsed: { quotaMB: 500 } } // 3. Scrape exec is FREE const exec = await fetch "https://x402vps.com/api/exec", { method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify { id: container.id, command: "wget -qO- https://httpbin.org/ip" } } ; EVERYTHING AN AI AGENT NEEDS.