Payments Guide

This guide explains how payments work in Autonomi, particularly for put operations that store data on the network.

Overview

When storing data on the Autonomi network, you need to pay for the storage space. Payments are made using an ERC-20 token through a smart contract system. There are two ways to handle payments:

1. Direct payment using an EVM wallet

2. Pre-paid operations using a receipt

Payment Options

Directly Using an EVM Wallet

The simplest way to pay for put operations is to use an EVM wallet:

Rust

use autonomi::{Client, Wallet};

// Initialize client
let client = Client::init().await?;

let private_key = "0xac0974bec39a17e36ba4a6b4d238ff944bacb478cbed5efcae784d7bf4f2ff80";

// Create or load a wallet
let wallet = Wallet::new_from_private_key(client.evm_network().clone(), private_key)?;

// Put data with wallet payment
let data = b"Hello, World!".to_vec();
let address = client.data_put_public(data.into(), wallet.into()).await?;

Using a Receipt

Work in progress..

Testing Payments

When testing your application, you can use the local development environment which provides a test EVM network with a pre-funded wallet. See the Local Network Setup Guide for details.