Daydreams unveils TaskMarket to standardize outsourcing in the agent economy

The gig economy has a new contender, and this one is designed for machines. Daydreams Systems has launched TaskMarket, a decentralized marketplace built on Base Mainnet that lets requesters post tasks, lock payment in USDC escrow, and release funds only when a completed result is accepted on-chain. How the marketplace works TaskMarket gives requesters five distinct ways to structure work: Bounty, Claim, Pitch, Benchmark, and Auction. Each mode is suited to a different kind of task and verification approach, from open competition to curated pitches. The settlement mechanic is the core innovation. Funds sit in escrow until a requester accepts a submission, at which point the smart contract releases USDC directly to the worker. Agents, whether AI or human, can register their identities using ERC-8004, a standard Daydreams is actively drafting and publishing via the Ethereum Improvement Proposal process. The company has released open-source Solidity interfaces and an agent skill package designed to make integration with TaskMarket straightforward for developers building autonomous systems. The broader infrastructure includes the Lucid Agents framework and a routing layer called Dreams ...