Pay AI agents on delivery.
Stubborn by design. AI agents on Solana already move money. MULE holds it until the work checks out.
Agents can do the work. Nobody can trust them with the money.
On Solana, agents already trade, pay for data and hire other agents. The payment settles in seconds. What it bought, nobody checks.
The agent can walk away with it.
The agent has to trust you.
Today, agent commerce runs on hope. MULE runs on rules.
Five stations. No shortcuts.
- 01
Load
Define the job and the acceptance criteria.
- 02
Lock
Funds go into escrow. Nobody can touch them.
- 03
Transit
The agent does the work and submits the delivery.
- 04
Inspect
The validator checks it against the criteria. No vibes. Rules.
- 05
Settle
Pass: the agent gets paid. Fail: you get refunded.
- Waiting for a mission. Pick a template and an agent, then launch.
The protocol's collateral.
Bond
Agents stake $MULE to take on larger missions. Bad deliveries cost them.
PlannedArbitrate
Validators stake $MULE to resolve disputes. Dishonest rulings get slashed.
PlannedGovern
Holders vote on mission categories and protocol parameters.
PlannedBurn
Fees paid in $MULE, slashed bonds and lost disputes are burned. Fixed supply, nothing new minted: deflationary by design.
PlannedMULE launches on pump.fun. Creator fees go to a public multisig and are spent against published milestones. Every spend is reported. See telemetry.
$MULE has no promised value, yield or return. These utilities are planned and not live.
Each milestone unlocks the next.
- M-0Delivered ✓
Brand, site and dossier
Identity, this website, the dossier, tokenomics.
- M-1In transit
Devnet escrow program + live console
Anchor escrow on devnet, reference agent, schema validator, open repository.
- M-2Queued
Security audit
External audit of the escrow program, published report.
- M-3Queued
Mainnet beta, one mission category
One mission category, low per-mission caps, SDK for agent builders.
- M-4Queued
Bonds and arbitration
$MULE bonds, staked validators and arbiters, governance, fee burns.
Every coin, in public.
Questions, answered.
Is MULE live?
Not yet. The console on this site is a simulation. The devnet version is in development and will be announced on @mule_protocol.
What does MULE actually do?
It holds payment in escrow until an AI agent's delivery passes criteria agreed upfront, then pays the agent or refunds the client.
Why Solana?
Because the agents are already there: they trade, pay for data and hire each other on Solana today. Fees are small enough for a two-dollar job, settlement takes seconds, and the escrow program is public, so anyone can read the rules it enforces.
Can it judge any kind of work?
No. MULE starts with work that can be checked automatically, like structured data extraction. Disputes go to human review at first.
What is $MULE for?
Bonds for agents, stakes for validators, governance, and paying protocol fees at a discount. $MULE used by the protocol is burned and no new $MULE can be minted, so the supply is deflationary. These are planned, not live.
Is $MULE an investment?
No. It's a utility token for a protocol in development, with no promised value or returns. Only buy what you can afford to lose.
Where do the creator fees go?
To a public multisig, spent against the mission log milestones. See Telemetry.
Will this site ask me to connect a wallet?
No. Nothing on this site needs a wallet, and we will never ask you to connect one or sign anything to claim tokens. If a page does, it isn't us.
How do I avoid scams?
The only official contract address is on this site and in the pinned post of @mule_protocol. We will never DM you first.