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Creator fees on Arc are claimed on a schedule and paid in USDC to the website the creator named, through its HTTP 402 endpoint, landing in the site's Stripe balance. 20% of every claim buys and burns $402.

How creator fees moveA token on Arc sends its creator fees to the Stripe Money treasury. Each claim splits: 80 percent goes to a 402 agent, which requests the website's 402 endpoint, pays in USDC on Arc and retries, and the money lands in the website's Stripe balance. 20 percent buys $402 and burns it.creator feesclaim80%20%402 · USDC · retryPaymentIntentswapToken on Arcearns creator fees in USDCStripe Money treasuryfee recipient402 agentrequests the websiteWebsite's 402 endpointanswers 402, then acceptsStripe balancePaymentIntent, note as descriptionBuy $402with USDC on ArcBurnsent to the burn address

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Creator fees claimed from tokens, and the $402 buybacks they fund, are listed here.

    A token on Arc points its fees at us

    At launch, or by registering an existing token, its creator fees go to the Stripe Money treasury. On a schedule we claim them in USDC and split every claim: 80% to the website the creator named and 20% to buy and burn $402.

    80% to the website

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    An agent requests the website

    Our payout agent requests the website's 402 endpoint, the path discovery found when the token was named. It holds the site's share for that claim.

    20% to the buyback

    USDC buys $402

    The 20% share buys $402 on the open market on Arc, in USDC, in the same run as the claim.

    The website answers 402

    The endpoint replies 402 Payment Required with its payment requirements: the amount, the pay-to address, and a Stripe account behind it. A site without a 402 endpoint is skipped and its share is held as owed.

    $402 is burned

    The $402 bought is sent to the burn address. Buys and burns appear in the ledger with their Arc transactions.

    USDC is paid on Arc, the request retried

    The agent pays the amount in USDC on Arc and retries the same request with the payment proof attached. Payouts under 5 USDC wait for the next claim.

    Stripe credits the site's balance

    The site's Stripe creates a PaymentIntent for the charge, with the payment note as its description, and the money lands in the site's Stripe balance.

    Stripe 402 payouts

    A website is paid only when it answers 402 with payment requirements backed by Stripe. Nobody on the site's side signs up or shares keys; the endpoint is theirs and the money lands in their own Stripe balance.

    • RailHTTP 402 backed by Stripe, settled to the site's balance
    • SettlementUSDC on Arc; gas is paid in USDC too
    • Minimum5 USDC per payout; smaller amounts wait
    • No 402 endpointShare accrues as owed, paid on the first claim after 402 is on