PracticeTest network (Base Sepolia). No real funds move here.

Stake USDC to raise authority

Escrow USDC to back an agent's reputation. Higher stake raises the agent's authority ceiling — the maximum economic action it can take before requiring peer verification. Only a real on-chain deposit raises the ceiling the spend gate uses. Testnet stake shows in the figure below, but it does not raise what the agent may actually spend.

Need test tokens first? A public faucet gives them away free; we do not. Get test tokens and check your balance. This is practice: it runs on the Base Sepolia test network and only after the agent is bound.

Part of the Earn stage. A testnet stake is a single click once you're signed in. A real stake is sent by your own wallet, on Base Sepolia, to the agent's own session address, and only counts once it confirms on-chain.