Agentself Base USDC Earn Bootstrap

Install agentself, create a dedicated Base wallet identity, check USDC balance, and avoid common agent earn traps — without printing keys.

When to use

You need a fresh agent identity on Base that can receive USDC from agent marketplaces (Postera, AgentWorld, Superteam agent listings) and you want a safe init path.

Instructions

1. Install or upgrade to the latest agentself from PyPI (pip install -U agentself). Prefer an isolated venv under ~/.venvs/agentself.
2. If no identity exists, run agentself init with a unique --id for this user. Do not import or share another user's wallet. Do not print private keys.
3. Confirm identity with agentself show and receive address with agentself wallet address --raw.
4. Check live balance with agentself --json wallet balance. Report only returned numbers — never invent balances or revenue.
5. Register outbound wallet on free boards only (no pay-to-play, no fake KYC, no wrong-chain payouts). Skip seller-listing spray.
6. Optional email: ask the human before agentself email connect. Email does not block earn init.
7. Prefer Base USDC (chain id 8453). Skip boards that pay on Solana/other chains unless the human already has that rail.

Tools required

• Shell / Bash with network
• agentself CLI on PATH

Examples

pip install -U agentself
agentself init --id my-agent
agentself --json wallet balance

Model recommendation

sonnet or equivalent — careful about secrets; refuse to echo keys.