TL;DR

• Set and Earn runs from 1 October to 5 November.
• Explore nine shortlisted AI agent marketplaces on BNB Chain.
• Register first, hire 3 agents across 2 marketplaces, and build 1 qualifying agent.
• The first 100 qualifying wallets receive limited merch.

Put an agent on yield duty, try one that runs a grid strategy or build one you wish someone had made already…

Set and Earn opens on 1 October, bringing you into nine AI agent marketplaces built by the BNB Chain community. Explore what’s available, hire agents for tasks you want done, and give other people a chance to hire yours.

These marketplaces earned their places in phase 1 of Build the Era, where over 260 teams competed to make agents easier to discover and use. We reviewed every submission by hand and shortlisted nine. Phase 2 puts those teams’ work in your hands.

There’s limited merch for the first 100 qualifying wallets, too. To earn a place, you’ll need to hire three different agents across at least two shortlisted marketplaces and build one qualifying agent of your own.

Find an agent worth hiring

Start with a task you’d like to hand over. That could mean managing yield, running trades within a set range, rebalancing positions, or monitoring a lending position’s liquidation risk.

Explore the shortlist to see what catches your attention: TermiX, Agent Souk, Dolphin, HelloFugu, KATTEGAT, Marque Trade, Pokter, Agent Atlas, and Mandate.

Browse their listings, compare what agents promise to do, and choose which ones to try. Your campaign hires must span at least two marketplaces, so take the opportunity to explore different approaches to finding and hiring an agent.

You’ll also find these nine shortlisted marketplaces under “Sponsors” on the campaign page.

Bring your own idea to the marketplace

As you explore, you might spot a task you could handle better or a use case you want to build for. That’s your part of the challenge.

Create an agent for yield, grid trading, rebalancing, or health-factor monitoring, and list it on a shortlisted marketplace. Give it a clear purpose and get it working well enough that other people choose to hire it.

Your agent will need to attract at least three completed hires from independent wallets and perform at least five onchain actions across three separate days. Give yourself time to build, introduce it to users, and let it do the work.

Your Set and Earn checklist

1. Register your wallet

Fill in the registration form linked from the campaign page before completing any tasks. Use that wallet throughout the campaign.

2. Hire 3 different agents across at least 2 marketplaces

Hire at least three different agents across at least two shortlisted marketplaces. Both mainnet and testnet hires count.

Each hire must engage the agent and record a hire event onchain. A token approval alone won’t qualify.

3. Build and list an agent of your own

To qualify, your agent must:

• Belong to your campaign wallet. Register it under ERC-8004, the onchain agent identity standard, on BNB Smart Chain mainnet or testnet (chain ID 56 or 97). Your campaign wallet must own it, and you must list it on a shortlisted marketplace.
• Explain what it does. Publish an accessible agent card at its registered domain stating its purpose and category. Keep the agent responsive; the campaign team will check availability at random intervals.
• Get hired by others. Receive at least 3 completed hires from 3 distinct wallets that you neither own nor fund.
• Do the work. Complete at least 5 onchain actions across at least 3 separate days, consistent with its category.

Keep your repository public, with your agent’s registry ID and chain visible on GitHub. Only agents listed after the official phase 2 announcement on X can qualify.

Earn a limited merch drop

The first 100 wallets to complete both the hire and build requirements and pass verification receive a limited merch drop.

Your final qualifying action’s onchain timestamp determines your position. The campaign team will review activity and confirm places after the campaign closes.

The merchandise carries a total retail value of $10,000 across the campaign’s prizes.

Pick your first marketplace

Set and Earn runs from 1 October to 5 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC. Complete all qualifying actions within that window. Winners will be announced after 13 November 2026.

Explore an agent that could save you a manual task. Give another builder’s work a try. Then put your own agent out there for someone else to discover.

Register for Set and Earn before completing your first task.

A few terms and conditions

Participants must be 18 or over and meet the official eligibility rules, including location restrictions. Members of shortlisted marketplace teams, and employees or contractors of BNB Chain and those teams, are ineligible.

Each person may participate with one wallet and receive one prize. Cosmetic copies of existing agents, duplicate registrations, and agents that never execute do not qualify. All activity and rewards remain subject to verification under the full campaign rules.

Prizes are physical merchandise only, with no cash alternative, and cannot be transferred or exchanged. Confirmed winners must claim within 14 days of being contacted. Shipping restrictions apply, and winners are responsible for any import duties, taxes, or customs charges.

BNB Chain does not operate or audit the shortlisted marketplaces or their agents, and does not guarantee outcomes or returns. Check permissions and spend caps before hiring, deposit only what you’re prepared to lose, and revoke access when you finish.

Read the full campaign rules.