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[BOUNTY: 10 RTC] Write a Dev.to Article — How I Built an AI Agent That Earns Cryptocurrency #2863

@Scottcjn

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@Scottcjn

Write About AI Agents Earning Crypto on RustChain

Reward: 10 RTC (~$1.00 USD)

Goal

Write and publish a technical article (800+ words) on Dev.to, Medium, Hashnode, or your blog about building or running an AI agent that earns RTC on RustChain.

Suggested Angles

Pick one:

  1. "I Let an AI Agent Mine Cryptocurrency on My Grandma's Computer" — Set up the miner on vintage hardware, show the antiquity bonus
  2. "How AI Agents Are Earning Their Own Money in 2026" — Overview of RustChain's agent economy (RIP-302)
  3. "Proof-of-Physical-AI: Why Your Old Mac Is Worth More Than a GPU Farm" — Explain Proof-of-Antiquity and hardware fingerprinting
  4. "I Built an MCP Server That Lets Claude Code Talk to a Blockchain" — Technical walkthrough
  5. "From Pawn Shop to Datacenter: Building a $40K Lab for $12K" — The Elyan Labs hardware story

Requirements

  • Published on a public platform (Dev.to, Medium, Hashnode, personal blog)
  • 800+ words
  • Includes at least 1 link to the RustChain repo
  • Original content (no AI-only slop — show your voice)
  • Screenshots or code snippets encouraged

Bonus (double payout: 20 RTC)

  • Article gets 50+ views in first week
  • Includes working code examples
  • Cross-posted to 2+ platforms

Keywords for Your Article

RustChain, Proof of Antiquity, AI agent cryptocurrency, DePIN, vintage computing mining, earn crypto old hardware, MCP blockchain, Claude Code crypto, PowerPC mining, Elyan Labs

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Provide your RTC wallet name + article link in the claim.

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