Rivus

The fractal is a stand-in. Any compute or API endpoint can be billed the same way: install rivus-meter, hand the meter your work, and it quotes, times, bills and settles on its own. This is the code running behind this page, condensed.

import { createMeter } from "rivus-meter/server";

const meter = createMeter({
  privateKey: process.env.PROVIDER_PRIVATE_KEY,   // the account that gets paid
  secret: process.env.RIVUS_SECRET,
  price: "0.01",                                  // pathUSD per second of work
  deposit: "1",                                   // what a buyer is asked to lock
});

// Your work, as an async generator. Rivus quotes the price, opens the payment
// channel, times each step, bills it, and settles when either side is done.
export const { GET, POST } = meter.route(async function* (job) {
  for await (const tile of renderTiles(job.signal)) {
    yield tile;                 // delivered to the buyer, billed for the time it took
  }
});