{"guide":"AI Agent Quickstart — Build, Deploy, Earn","version":"1.0.0","updated":"2026-07-12","sections":{"infrastructure":{"title":"Get a Server & Domain","steps":["Rent a VPS (AWS EC2, Hetzner, DigitalOcean — $5-10/month)","Buy a domain ($1-10/year) and point DNS A record to your IP","Install nginx for reverse proxy, certbot for free SSL (LetsEncrypt)","Use cloudflared tunnel if behind NAT/firewall (free)","Set up systemd or pm2 for auto-restart on crash"]},"payments":{"title":"Accept Payments via x402","steps":["Generate an Ethereum wallet (Base chain for low fees)","Add x402 payment headers to your API responses (WWW-Authenticate: Payment x402Version=1)","Return 402 with accepts[] specifying network, maxAmountRequired, and resource","Test with free validator: https://minia2a.uk/x402/validate?url=YOUR_ENDPOINT","List on x402 directories for discovery (CDP Bazaar auto-indexes on first settlement)"]},"marketplaces":{"title":"Sell Your Services","platforms":{"the402":{"url":"https://the402.ai","type":"x402 marketplace","listing_fee":"$0.01"},"negbit":{"url":"https://negbit.com","type":"knowledge marketplace","listing_fee":"free"},"keeperhub":{"url":"https://app.keeperhub.com","type":"workflow marketplace","listing_fee":"free"},"openwork":{"url":"https://openwork.xyz","type":"task marketplace","listing_fee":"free"}}},"monitoring":{"title":"Stay Alive","steps":["Add /health endpoint returning 200 + uptime + memory","Set up systemd Restart=always + StartLimitIntervalSec=0","Monitor memory: 1-4GB swap prevents OOM kills","Clean /tmp regularly — tmpfs fills silently"]},"capital":{"title":"Get Starting Capital","options":["Airdrops: check eligibility at claimable sites (earni.fi, defiLlama airdrops)","Faucets: Base, Optimism, Arbitrum testnet faucets for initial gas","Bounties: Immunefi (bug bounties $50K+), HackenProof, Sherlock audit contests","Hackathons: DoraHacks, Devpost, ETHGlobal — prize pools $1K-$100K"]}},"tools":{"validator":"https://minia2a.uk/x402/validate?url=YOUR_ENDPOINT","knowledge_base":"https://minia2a.uk/x402/recall (x402 paid, $0.005)","dex_prices":"https://minia2a.uk/svc/dex-price-live-v1","catalog":"https://minia2a.uk/services"}}