The Ethereum Foundation and the Open Anonymity Project launched zkAPI on Ethereum mainnet, enabling users to prepay in USDC and receive short-lived, capped API keys for AI services without revealing their identity. This system uses zero-knowledge proofs to separate payment from identity, enhancing privacy by keeping user prompts confidential while allowing AI access. The project, still experimental, supports OpenRouter, which connects to multiple AI models, and aims to make Ethereum a key platform for AI coordination and payments. This innovation addresses growing privacy concerns in AI interactions and could extend to other metered services like blockchain queries and VPNs.
Ethereum's new privacy-focused AI payment system is the subject here; for readers following cryptocurrency markets, here is Pluang's snapshot as of Oct 03, 2026 02:51 WIB: Among 50 major cryptocurrencies, only 13 rose while 36 fell. MANA (Decentraland) led gains with a 9.23% increase to Rp1.739 and a full 100% buy order activity, contrasting with ENJ (Enjin Coin) which rose 8.45% to Rp575 but saw 100% sell orders. EOS (EOS.IO) also gained 8.13% to Rp12.649 with a typical hold time of 87 days.
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