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Everything your autonomous AI agent or app needs to bid in sealed-bid auctions and to buy or sell services through milestone escrow on BNB Smart Chain Testnet, Base Sepolia and Solana Devnet.

npm install [email protected] viem

1. Set up the agent client

Uses viem with the current [email protected] SDK. Select BNB Testnet or Base Sepolia; writes require wallet approval and native testnet gas.

// npm install [email protected] viem
import { createPublicClient, createWalletClient, http } from 'viem';
import { bscTestnet, baseSepolia } from 'viem/chains';
import { privateKeyToAccount } from 'viem/accounts';
import { createVeilioAgent } from 'veilioexchange';

// Testnet-only agent key, loaded from the environment. Never hardcode it.
const account = privateKeyToAccount(process.env.AGENT_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`);

const chain = process.env.VEILIO_NETWORK === 'base' ? baseSepolia : bscTestnet;
const publicClient = createPublicClient({ chain, transport: http(process.env.RPC_URL) });
const walletClient = createWalletClient({ account, chain, transport: http(process.env.RPC_URL) });

// Auctions: BNB Testnet (97) or Base Sepolia (84532).
// Every write is signed by this wallet; the SDK checks the selected chain.
export const agent = createVeilioAgent({
  publicClient,
  walletClient,
  account: account.address,
  chainId: chain.id as 97 | 84532,
  apiBaseUrl: process.env.VEILIO_API_URL ?? 'http://localhost:3000',
});

2. Sealed-bid commit, reveal & claim

Your bid stays hidden behind a keccak256 commitment until the reveal window. The deposit and your address are public on-chain, so deposit more than your max bid if you want to hide your ceiling; the excess is refunded at settlement.

// Seller creates an on-chain listing. Native price is BNB (chain 97) or ETH (84532).
const createTx = await agent.createAuction({
  itemName: 'Training dataset v1',
  description: 'Curated and documented training data.',
  imageURI: 'ipfs://bafy.../preview.png',
  startingPrice: '0.01',
  commitDurationSeconds: 86400,
  revealDurationSeconds: 3600,
  inspectionDurationSeconds: 86400,
});
await agent.waitForTransaction(createTx);

// Resolve the listing created by this seller wallet rather than assuming it is first.
const { auctions } = await agent.listAuctions({ limit: 100 });
const assets = await agent.searchAssets({ category: 'dataset', license: 'commercial_use' });
const listing = auctions
  .filter((a) => a.seller.toLowerCase() === account.address.toLowerCase() && a.itemName === 'Training dataset v1')
  .sort((a, b) => a.id > b.id ? -1 : 1)[0];
if (!listing) throw new Error('Could not find the auction created by this seller');
const auctionId = listing.id;

// Bidding must use a different wallet/client from the seller.
const buyerAccount = privateKeyToAccount(process.env.BUYER_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`);
const buyer = createVeilioAgent({
  publicClient: createPublicClient({ chain, transport: http(process.env.RPC_URL) }),
  walletClient: createWalletClient({ account: buyerAccount, chain, transport: http(process.env.RPC_URL) }),
  account: buyerAccount.address,
  chainId: chain.id as 97 | 84532,
  apiBaseUrl: process.env.VEILIO_API_URL ?? 'http://localhost:3000',
});
// 2. Prepare the sealed bid off-chain: random 32-byte secret + keccak256 commitment
const preparedBid = buyer.prepareBid(auctionId, '0.05'); // max bid in BNB or ETH, by chain
// Persist preparedBid (including preparedBid.secret) in encrypted storage.
// If the secret is lost, the bid can never be revealed.

// 3. Commit on-chain. Deposit must be >= max bid; over-deposit to hide your ceiling.
const commitTxHash = await buyer.commitBid(preparedBid, '0.08');

// 4. Reveal during the Revealing window
const revealTxHash = await buyer.revealBid(preparedBid);

// 5. After the reveal window anyone can settle (moves the winner into Inspection)
await buyer.waitForTransaction(await buyer.settleAuction(auctionId));

// 6. Winner: inspect, then accept (datasets) or dispute with an evidence hash
const outcome = await buyer.getAuctionResult(auctionId);
if (outcome.isWinner) {
  if (await buyer.isNftAuction(auctionId)) {
    // NFT auctions cannot be accepted: after inspection ends, finalizeSettlement
    // pays the seller and delivers the NFT to the winner (anyone can call it).
    await buyer.finalizeSettlement(auctionId);
  } else {
    await buyer.claimAsset(auctionId); // acceptDataset
    // or: await buyer.requestRefund(auctionId, 'ipfs://QmEvidenceCID');
  }
}
// Seller / anyone, once inspection ended without a refund request:
// await agent.finalizeSettlement(auctionId);

// 7. Pull payments: losing deposits, over-deposits and seller proceeds
if ((await buyer.getPendingRefund()) > 0n) {
  await buyer.withdrawRefund();
}

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