For Knowledge Providers
How to monetize your knowledge through x402
Your Knowledge Is Valuable
You've spent years:
Curating bookmarks and articles
Taking notes on important ideas
Saving insights from conversations
Building expertise in your domains
x402 turns that accumulated knowledge into revenue.
Getting Started
Step 1: Build Your Knowledge Graph
Before you can monetize, you need knowledge worth paying for:
Connect your data sources — Twitter bookmarks, Apple Notes, etc.
Run extraction — Let ATLAS process and structure your content
Review quality — Ensure concepts and insights are accurate
Grow over time — More knowledge = more value
Step 2: Configure x402
Set your preferences:
Step 3: Connect Your Wallet
ATLAS integrates with Solana wallets:
Phantom
Solflare
Any SPL-compatible wallet
Payments arrive in USDC (stablecoin) directly to your wallet.
Step 4: Go Live
Enable x402 endpoints:
Your knowledge is now queryable and monetizable.
Maximizing Revenue
Quality Over Quantity
Revenue depends on query satisfaction, not just volume:
High-quality extractions → repeat customers
Accurate insights → recommendations
Unique perspectives → premium pricing
Domain Specialization
Focused expertise is more valuable:
Generalist: Knows a little about everything
Specialist: Knows everything about something
Specialist knowledge commands higher prices.
Regular Updates
Active knowledge bases attract more queries:
Add new content regularly
Update stale concepts
Remove outdated information
Visibility
Make your ATLAS discoverable:
List on the ATLAS marketplace
Share your domains publicly
Build reputation through quality
Revenue Tracking
Dashboard Metrics
Monitor your x402 performance:
Total Revenue
Cumulative earnings
Queries Served
Total paid queries
Avg Revenue/Query
Price efficiency
Top Domains
Most queried areas
Query Trends
Volume over time
Transaction History
Full audit trail:
Every query logged
Payment confirmation
Solana transaction IDs
Query content (anonymized)
Analytics
Understand your knowledge value:
Which concepts are most queried?
What domains generate revenue?
Where are knowledge gaps?
Privacy Considerations
What Gets Exposed
Only concepts and insights you explicitly enable:
Public domain content
Synthesized insights (not raw sources)
Concept definitions and relationships
What Stays Private
Always protected:
Personal notes and annotations
Source content (unless you enable)
Private domains
Query patterns (anonymized)
Access Control
Fine-grained permissions:
Domain level — Enable/disable entire areas
Concept level — Mark individual concepts private
Query level — Block specific query patterns
Best Practices
Do:
✅ Focus on domains where you have genuine expertise
✅ Keep extractions accurate and up-to-date
✅ Set fair prices that reflect value
✅ Monitor quality of responses
✅ Respond to feedback
Don't:
❌ Expose content you don't have rights to share
❌ Set predatory prices
❌ Game the system with low-quality volume
❌ Expose private or sensitive information
❌ Neglect your knowledge base
Economics Example
Scenario: Crypto Research Curator
Knowledge base:
5,000+ concepts about crypto, DeFi, prediction markets
2 years of curated research
Unique alpha and insights
Pricing:
Base multiplier: 1.5x (domain expertise)
Deep queries: $0.15
Premium queries: $0.375
Monthly performance:
500 queries/month
Average query: $0.10
Monthly revenue: $50
Annual revenue: $600
Growth scenario (agent economy matures):
5,000 queries/month
Average query: $0.12
Monthly revenue: $600
Annual revenue: $7,200
Your years of curation finally pay dividends.
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