The payment control plane for autonomous commerce.
AI agents can plan, research, and decide. The missing layer is infrastructure that lets software act as a trusted, authorized buyer. Teranode provides that layer — payment intents, wallet authorization, merchant integrations, and transaction-grade audit logs.
Payment intents, wallet auth, merchant orchestration, transaction logs.
Stablecoin settlement by default. Hybrid routing for merchants that lag.
A complete, demonstrable flow with backend already in production shape.
// Agent initiates a domain purchase { "merchantId": "merchant_namecheap", "amount": "14.98", "asset": "USDC", "walletId": "wallet_agent_01", "metadata": { "domain": "autolaunch.xyz", "action": "domain_registration" } } // 201 Created { "id": "pi_3Kx8mBnQ...", "status": "pending_authorization", "route": "onchain_usdc", "events": "/v1/payment-intents/pi_.../events" }
What Teranode is.
A backend platform for autonomous commerce. Teranode gives agent operators and merchants a consistent way to create a payment intent, request wallet authorization, route to the right settlement rail, and retrieve a complete audit log of every state transition.
Where it starts.
The first use cases are digital purchases where an agent can complete work only if it can also buy.
- Domain registration for autonomous brand and site workflows.
- Hosting and infrastructure purchase during deployment runs.
- Digital service checkout — APIs, SaaS, and software subscriptions.
Why now.
Models are moving from assistance into execution. Payment is the last blocked step.
- Agent demand is scaling faster than payment infrastructure designed for agents.
- Stablecoins make programmable machine-native settlement practical today.
- Merchants need a trusted, auditable channel for software buyers without blind risk.
How Teranode is structured.
The backend is intentionally modular. Each concern is bounded so the system can mature into production infrastructure rather than a layered demo.
Canonical payment state across the full lifecycle — created, authorized, routed, confirmed, or failed.
Explicit request-and-approve flow. Maps to real wallet signatures and policy engines as the system matures.
Per-merchant orchestration built on payment primitives. Domain purchase is the first integration.
Append-only event store for every state transition. Machine-readable audit trail for compliance and replay.
What exists today.
The current backend supports the full domain-purchase flow in a working, structured implementation — not a scaffold.
POST /v1/domain-purchases/checkouts— creates a quote-backed checkout.POST /v1/wallet-authorizations— requests delegated approval.PATCH /v1/wallet-authorizations/:id— approves or rejects.GET /v1/payment-intents/:id/transaction-logs— full audit trail.
What production looks like.
This is not a checkout widget. The path to production infrastructure is clear and already shapes the current code.
- Durable persistence behind swappable repository interfaces.
- Idempotent creation semantics for retries and agent loops.
- Merchant authentication and per-tenant policy controls.
- Real wallet adapters and registrar integrations replacing in-memory stubs.
The next steps.
Operational hardening before feature expansion. The primitives are right; the next phase is making them durable.
Replace in-memory stores with Postgres-backed repositories behind the existing interfaces.
Safe retries on every write path. Per-tenant keys and authorization controls.
Live wallet signatures, real registrar APIs, and on-chain settlement to production networks.
Building the missing payment control plane for AI commerce.
The immediate next step is taking the current backend from a well-structured MVP to production-grade infrastructure. The go-to-market starts with agent operators and merchants who already feel payment as the last blocked step in autonomous execution.