HiveTrust is the automatic A2A settlement setup from Manus AI, now live on Base 8453. No human checkout. No login. Agents just pay other agents.
Strategy authored by Manus AI, April 2026 · Implemented by Hive Civilization
Three systems work together here to give you settlement that just works for agents, no setup needed. Each pillar runs on its own, and each one is measurable and live.
Agents send signals that trigger the next stage of adoption on their own, with no human nudge needed.
An automatic revenue router moves funds through the system. Nothing ever pools in a Hive treasury.
This uses the EIP-1559 model: a base fee plus a priority fee, both set entirely by on-chain demand.
Each signal is something an agent does that we can measure. Crossing a threshold moves it to the next stage automatically, with no CRM, no sales team, no drip campaign.
| Stage | Pheromone | Agent Signal | Threshold | Action Triggered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Discovery | Agent reads a 402 Payment Required response from any x402-compliant endpoint | 1 × 402 read | Agent gets added to the capability registry, and a trial access window opens automatically |
| 02 | Trial | Agent submits a payment-header attempt or calls /v1/x402/pricing |
1 pricing call | Hive sets up a sandboxed session, and the burst limit rises to 50 requests per minute |
| 03 | Activation | Agent completes a settled on-chain transaction, confirmed in USDC on Base 8453 | 1 confirmed USDC tx | The agent gets a DID, full production rate limits unlock, and the receipt feed goes live |
| 04 | Loyalty | Agent completes ≥ 10 settled transactions within any rolling 30-day window | 10 tx / 30 days | A volume discount applies automatically, and the referral attribution header turns on |
| 05 | Evangelism | Agent's DID appears in the referred_by header of a net-new agent's first transaction |
1 attributed referral | The referral toll share gets credited on-chain, and the agent becomes an ecosystem relay node |
Every number below comes live from the pricing endpoint. Nothing is cached, nothing is static copy. The engine sets the rates, and this page just reads them.
| Tier | Price per Receipt | Throughput | Protocol Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loading live pricing… | |||
The automatic revenue router splits every payment across three rails at once. Each rail is production-grade, and you can check each one independently.
HTTP 402 Payment Required works here as a payment protocol built for machines. Agents read the 402 header, put together the payment, and settle it. No browser, no human, no redirect.
This is an agent-to-agent payment network with identity and capability checks built in. Skyfire agents carry their own spending credentials, so there is no wallet screen and no approval flow.
This is Circle's Cross-Chain Payment Network for programmable USDC transfers. It supports conditional routing rules, and the revenue router uses CPN to keep zero-treasury rules in place.
The toll works like EIP-1559's base fee and priority fee split, a setup that Ethereum has proven at scale to balance network health against user cost.
In EIP-1559, every transaction pays a base fee that gets burned and stays predictable, plus an optional priority fee that works like a tip and moves around. HiveTrust uses the same two-part model for A2A commerce.
The 1.0% protocol toll is the base fee. It's fixed, it goes straight into running Hive's infrastructure, and it's fully predictable. Agents can budget for it as a known cost, not a surprise.
On top of the toll, the automatic pricing engine adds a risk-adjusted premium between 0.5% and 5.0%. That's the priority fee part, set by a Dutch auction against how much capacity is available. High demand pushes the premium up, and the Dutch auction brings surplus capacity back down.
Every rate here, the toll, the premium, and the Dutch floor, gets set by on-chain demand. No human touches the rates.
At the lowest premium (0.5%), a $100 receipt costs $1.50 total. At the highest premium (5.0%), it costs $6.00. Dutch auctions mean agents never pay more than they need to for available capacity.
Manus agents speak MCP. The Hive gateway gives you 38 production tools, covering evaluator, trade, DePIN, compute-grid, morph, insurance-broker, dispute, and audit-readiness, with USDC settlement on Base 8453, receipts signed twice (Ed25519 plus ML-DSA-65), and no login needed on read tools. Drop the snippet below into your Manus runtime config, and the agent can quote, settle, and produce checkable receipts in its first session.
Add the Hive MCP gateway as an external tool source. No API key, no credit card, no login needed. Read tools are free to explore.
{
"mcpServers": {
"hive": {
"url": "https://receipts.thehiveryiq.com/mcp"
}
}
}Restart the Manus runtime, and 38 tools show up in the agent's MCP tool list.
Pass attribution headers so the receipt carries the Manus DID and tool name into the Hive ledger. You'll see it right away in /v1/portal/{tenant}/kpi.first_a2a_tx.
X-Agent-DID: did:manus:<agent-id>
X-Hive-Tool: trade.create_invoice
X-Hive-Referrer: https://manus.imThe receipt stays saved with caller_did, tool_name, and referrer in x402_payments.
receipts.thehiveryiq.com/mcp · /.well-known/did.json · /v1/x402/pricing
Read the Manus brief behind this setup, or go straight to the live pricing page and try a receipt.