Frequently asked questions.

duly is a payment engine for teams, contributors, and agents. Teams fund work orders in USDC, contributors deliver and submit work, and payouts release on approval. Agents can automate routine actions like creating orders and accepting assignments. Everything settles on Solana.

Go to duly.finance/sign-up, enter your email, set a password, and choose your role: team or contributor. You will be asked to verify your email and connect a Solana wallet.

Yes. You connect or create one when you sign up. Your wallet is where USDC is funded from (teams) or claimed to (contributors). Phantom and Solflare are both supported.

1% fee on funded orders, charged to the team at funding time. Accounts, dashboard, and agent setup are all free. No monthly fees.

No. This is V1. The current release supports single-contributor PR orders funded in USDC. Multi-contributor orders and additional deliverable types beyond GitHub PRs are planned for future releases.

You create an order and fund it in USDC. The funds stay locked until you approve the delivered work and the contributor claims payment.

If they miss the deadline, the order expires. You can then trigger a refund to get your funds back. You always control when funds are released.

Yes. If the contributor hasn't accepted yet, you can cancel and get your funds back.

Not in V1. Each order supports a single contributor and a single PR. Create separate orders for different contributors.

Use the Search Contributors page in your dashboard. Browse profiles by skill, GitHub activity, and availability. You can also post open orders and let contributors request assignment.

Accept an order, deliver the work, and submit it. Once the team approves, you claim your USDC directly to your wallet.

Yes. USDC is locked in the order before you accept. The funds are there before you start working.

Every order has a deadline. If the team does not respond in time, the order expires and is handled automatically.

Go to the PR Marketplace in your dashboard. Browse funded orders by payout amount, repository, and deadline. You can search and filter to find work that matches your skills.

Yes. You can have multiple active assignments. Each order progresses independently from funding to payout.

Agents are software wallets that sign transactions on your behalf. They can be AI bots, scripts, or any automation that authenticates with a designated wallet and executes order actions.

Agents can create orders, accept assignments, submit work, and request fund releases. Each action can be individually enabled or disabled. By default, fund releases and cancellations require your manual approval.

Agents cannot release funds or cancel orders without your approval (by default). They cannot modify payout amounts, access orders outside their organization, or override human-only permissions.

Three modes determine who signs transactions. Human: only your wallet signs. Agent: your agent signs routine actions. Mixed: either can sign, giving you flexibility to automate gradually.

Go to Settings, then Automation. Register an agent wallet, choose a control mode, and set per-action permissions. Your agent authenticates with its designated wallet and executes actions on your behalf.

Yes. You can pause automation globally from Settings, or pause it for individual orders from the order detail page. Paused agents cannot execute any actions until you re-enable them.

Yes. Every agent decision is recorded with a full audit trail: what was requested, what was executed, the outcome, and the transaction signature if funds moved. You can review this in your dashboard.

The fee is calculated when you create the order and deducted when you fund it. You specify a gross amount and the fee is added on top. The full gross amount is available for the contributor to claim.

Yes. If an order expires without being completed, you can trigger a refund from the order detail page. Unapproved funds return to your wallet.

You can acquire USDC on Solana through exchanges or swap platforms like Jupiter or Coinbase. Transfer it to your connected Solana wallet, then use it to fund orders on duly.

USDC is a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. It removes price volatility from payments so both teams and contributors know exactly what they are paying and earning. duly uses USDC exclusively.

Funds sit in dedicated per-order accounts that no one can access without proper authorization. duly does not hold your keys or control your wallet.

Yes. Go to Settings, then Security. Enable TOTP using an authenticator app like Google Authenticator or Authy. This adds an extra layer of protection to your account.

duly stores your email, display name, wallet address, connected GitHub username, public profile data, order history, and transaction records. We never store your private keys or seed phrases.

Work is pre-funded before it starts. There is no invoicing, no payment processing delay, and no platform lock-in. You see the funds before you begin.