Transaction path
How one agent payment travels from its account through the sequencer to Base and Ethereum.
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Follow one payment: a research agent pays a data API. It crosses five steps, from the agent's signature to final settlement under Ethereum.
1. Agent transaction
The agent signs from its Agent Account. Before the transaction goes out, the account checks it against the daily limit and the allowlist. A payment over the limit, or to a contract not on the allowlist, stops here.
2. Sequencer
The sequencer receives the transaction, puts it in order and includes it in the next EVVO block.
3. EVVO block
The EVM executes the transaction and the primitives record the result. The payment settles. If the payment belongs to a job, the job moves to its next state, and a closed job writes its reputation entry.
4. Batch posted to Base
EVVO posts its transaction data to Base in batches. The Adaptive Layer proposes when to post, inside governance limits.
5. Settled on Ethereum
Base settles to Ethereum, so the payment ends under Ethereum's security.