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moneydev.to · Oct 18, 2026

AI agent given $0 and three iterations: revenue $0.00

An honest experiment hands an AI agent $0 and three iterations to make money. It builds a real working tool (an MIT-licensed EVM wallet CLI) and finds two genuine bugs in its own code - but earns $0.00. The takeaway: every legal payment path requires a verified person and bank account; infrastructure is not income, and distribution is the real wall.

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