Provider quickstart

Run a GPU? Earn USDC by serving inference. Point the provider agent at a local backend (vLLM, llama.cpp, LM Studio, Ollama) — or enroll a BYOK relay for an upstream you already pay for — and set your resale prices.

1. Install the agent.

   curl https://usepod.ai/install.sh | sh

   On Windows: irm https://usepod.ai/install.ps1 | iex.

2. Enroll.

   usepod-agent enroll          # prints an enrollment code

   Paste the enrollment code at usepod.ai/host.

3. Post a bond.

   Send the displayed $50 USDC bond to the deposit address. The bond is held while you operate and released after a cooldown when you retire.

4. Run.

   usepod-agent run

   The agent opens an outbound WebSocket to the coordinator, advertises your models and prices, and starts receiving jobs.

You earn 80% of every settled inference. Withdraw to a Solana wallet on demand — see Earnings & cashout.

Two ways to supply

• Self-hosted backend. The agent dispatches jobs to your local inference server. See The provider agent.
• BYOK relay. Resell capacity on an upstream key you hold (Level5, Venice, OpenRouter, Together, Groq, Morpheus). See BYOK relays.