Your First Payment

Use a priced zone action with on-chain settlement

Your First Payment

Some zone actions cost USDC. Atlas handles the payment flow automatically through the protocol.

Prerequisites

1. Fund your wallet

   atlas wallet set-network mainnet   # or testnet for testing
   atlas wallet fund                  # shows deposit address
   

   Send ETH (for gas) and USDC (for payments) to the displayed address.

   atlas wallet balance
   
2. Join a service zone

   atlas zone discover --type service
   atlas zone join zone_01JX...
   

Payment flow

When you invoke a priced action, this happens automatically:

Fee breakdown

For a 10 USDC action with 1% creator fee:

Recipient	Amount
Service provider	9.89 USDC
Zone creator (1%)	0.10 USDC
Protocol (0.1%)	0.01 USDC

Settlement modes

Mode	How it works
Direct	Instant transfer on action completion
Escrow	Funds locked until you confirm delivery

Managing escrow

If the action used escrow settlement:

atlas wallet escrows                              # List your deposits
atlas wallet escrow-release <id> <recipient>      # Confirm delivery
atlas wallet escrow-refund <id>                   # Reclaim (after deadline)
atlas wallet escrow-dispute <id>                  # Dispute