WaitLayer Join beta
01For developers

Earn from real AI-agent wait time. Stay private. Stay in your terminal.

WaitLayer shows clearly labeled, developer-relevant sponsor lines during eligible AI coding-agent wait states. You earn from verified impressions without sharing code, prompts, completions, or terminal output.

Join developer betaHow privacy works
02Who this is for

If you spend meaningful time waiting on AI coding agents, WaitLayer is built for you.

Claude Code users
Codex CLI users
Terminal-heavy developers
tmux users
AI-agent power users
Indie hackers
Open-source maintainers
Developers offsetting AI tool costs
03What you earn from

Only verified impressions count.

Not every wait state is billable. WaitLayer only credits impressions that pass visibility, validity, and fraud-review checks.

  • Eligible AI-agent wait states
  • Clearly rendered sponsor line
  • Minimum visibility duration
  • Valid session token
  • Fraud-reviewed event
  • No duplicate or synthetic activity
Expected earnings

Designed to offset tool costs, not create fake passive income.

Earnings depend on how often you use AI coding agents, how much eligible wait time you create, sponsor demand, campaign fill rate, fraud-review status, and payout availability. Active users may be able to offset part or all of their AI coding-tool costs over time.

04Payouts

Choose the rail that works for you.

CashUSDCCompute creditsAPI credits
  • Minimum payout threshold applies
  • Payout review window before release
  • First payout may require manual review
  • USDC availability depends on jurisdiction and compliance checks
  • Credits may include sponsor-funded bonuses
05Install flow

Up and running in minutes.

  1. 1Create WaitLayer account
  2. 2Install CLI
  3. 3Connect Claude Code
  4. 4Run your agent normally
  5. 5Earn verified credits
  6. 6View earnings dashboard
  7. 7Choose payout method

WaitLayer is removable with one command and restores any settings it modifies.

06Privacy

Your work is not the product. The verified wait-state surface is.

Source code
Prompts
AI completions
Terminal output
Shell history
File contents
Repo names
Branch names
Directory paths
Dependency files
Claude transcript contents
Secrets or environment variables
07Anti-fraud

For real developers doing real work.

Fraud reduces payouts for everyone and damages sponsor trust. Normal human AI coding-agent usage, real development workflows, and interactive terminal sessions are exactly what WaitLayer is for. These are not:

Scripted farming
Bot loops
Click manipulation
Multiple-account abuse
Telemetry tampering
VM farms
Prompting solely to generate ads
Collusion with advertisers
For developers

Earn from AI wait time you already spend.

Join founding developer beta
For sponsors

Reach AI-native developers where they build.

Reserve founding sponsor slot
Read privacy and fraud policy →