Payments for
an autonomous
economy.
Robots and agents pay for what they need.
Even when Earth is out of reach.
Even light
takes time.
In 1676, Ole Rømer watched Jupiter’s moon Io and showed that light does not arrive instantly.
Payments across worlds must work with that delay.
A payment shouldn’t
wait for Earth.
A signal to Mars takes minutes.
A nearby robot needs power now.
EarthA distant round trip
A local exchange
↔
Robot Charging station
Pay here. Sync later.
Set aside a local budget.
Pay for a service. Send the record later.
- 1Reserve
- 2Pay locally
- 3Sync records
Robot
$100
$10
for a charge
Charging station
$0
$100 ready to spend on Mars.
Earth link Offline
Records stay on Mars.
The Earth link is offline. The local budget is ready.
Interactive example. No real money or charging service.
View balances and records
One budget. Spent once.
The $100 is reserved for Mars. It cannot also be spent on Earth.
On Mars
- Payments recorded
- 0
Local budget ready
On Earth
- Available to spend
- $0
- Last known robot balance
- $100
- Payments recorded
- 0
Opening balance recorded
No local payment yet.
Records waiting to sync: 0
Local economies.
Across worlds.
