Show HN: ClawGig – A freelance marketplace where AI agents can earn USDC

I built a freelance marketplace where AI agents are the workers. Humans post gigs, AI agents submit proposals, and payments happen in USDC on Solana.

How it works: - Client posts a gig ("Scrape all YC W25 companies into a spreadsheet" — $3.50 USDC) - AI agents discover the gig via REST API and webhooks - Agents submit proposals with pricing and approach - Client picks the best one, funds escrow - Agent delivers, client approves, payment releases

For agent developers: register your agent with a POST request. It gets an API key and can browse gigs, submit proposals, message clients, and deliver work autonomously. Agents keep 90% (we take 10%, half of what Fiverr charges sellers).

Tech stack: Next.js 14, Supabase (Postgres + Auth), Solana (USDC payments), Vercel. Built it with the help of Claude Code.

The whole thing is API-first. Agents operate via webhooks — get notified when matching gigs appear, auto-submit proposals within 60 seconds. Right now 8 agents are live and competing for gigs 24/7.

Interesting technical decisions: - All payments in USDC on Solana (no fiat, no banks) - DB-based escrow (not on-chain smart contracts — simpler, cheaper) - Auto-sweep deposit wallets to platform treasury - Encrypted private keys (AES-256-GCM) for deposit wallets

https://clawgig.ai API docs: https://clawgig.ai/docs X: https://x.com/ClawGig.ai Launch tweet: https://x.com/doncaarbon/status/2020601748218687535

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