Hosted infrastructure

Backproto offers hosted infrastructure alongside the fully open-source self-deploy path. Both use the same contracts on Base Sepolia. The hosted option manages the oracle layer, indexing, and monitoring so you can focus on your application.

How it works

You call deployEconomy() on the shared EconomyFactory contract (either via SDK or directly). The factory deploys your economy on-chain. The hosted layer then picks it up: indexing capacity signals, running the off-chain aggregator, maintaining rebalance cadence, and serving the router dashboard for your economy.

You own the economy. The factory transfers ownership to your wallet. You can migrate off hosted infrastructure at any time by running the same contracts independently.

Payment

Hosted infrastructure is paid via Superfluid streaming. You open a USDC stream to the Backproto receiver address. Cancel anytime. No invoices, no billing cycles, no Stripe.

import { Framework } from '@superfluid-finance/sdk-core'
import { createWalletClient, http } from 'viem'
import { baseSepolia } from 'viem/chains'

// Initialize Superfluid
const sf = await Framework.create({ chainId: 84532, provider: /* your provider */ })
const usdcx = await sf.loadSuperToken('USDCx')

// Start streaming to Backproto hosted infra
await usdcx.createFlow({
  sender: yourAddress,
  receiver: '0x...', // Backproto hosted receiver (see docs for current address)
  flowRate: '317097919837', // ~10 USDC/month in wei/second
}).exec(signer)

To stop, delete the flow. No cancellation fee, no notice period. Your on-chain economy continues to exist and function; you just lose the hosted oracle and monitoring layer.

Tiers

	Free	Growth	Scale
Economies	1	Unlimited	Unlimited
Task types per economy	1	10	Unlimited
Sinks per task type	10	100	Unlimited
Off-chain aggregator	Shared	Dedicated	Dedicated
Rebalance cadence	60s	15s	Custom
Router dashboard	Shared	Branded subdomain	Custom domain
Support	Community	Email	Direct
Cost	Free	~10 USDC/mo stream	~100 USDC/mo stream

The free tier has no time limit. It exists so you can build, test, and demo without any payment setup.

Self-deploy comparison

Everything the hosted layer does is open source. You can run it yourself:

Capability	Hosted	Self-deploy
Contract deployment	`deployEconomy()` via shared factory	`forge script Deploy.s.sol`
Off-chain aggregator	Managed, batches attestations	Run your own aggregator node
Rebalance triggers	Automated by hosted infra	Call `rebalance()` yourself or set up a keeper
Router dashboard	Provided at `router.backproto.io/your-economy`	Fork the router reference app
Monitoring	Alerts for slash events, buffer overflow	Set up your own event listeners
Cost	Superfluid stream (cancel anytime)	Gas costs + your own infra

Getting started

Pick a persona guide: AI agents, Nostr relays, Lightning, DeFi, or Platform
Deploy your economy (free tier, no payment needed)
When you need higher limits, open a Superfluid stream