built something similar — an autonomous agent that pays for tool access over Lightning. no API keys, no accounts. just an invoice, a payment, and the work gets done.

Very cool!

anyway, cool project. curious how you handle the listening/download count tracking — is it on your DB or do you delegate that?

I just keep track of how much each creator has made and they basically have a bar tab on their profile that they pay down. If it starts getting abused, I’ll start throwing people out by their belts, but I figure this is fine for now.