I have an old friend from Shenzhen, a veteran in the crypto space, but he has always been low-key.
Last year we ran ZKsync and Starknet together, he helped us with group management, RPC modifications, and node rankings. Then he suddenly stopped talking.
The WeChat group was silent, the channel was quiet, we all thought he had exited the market.
Until one day, a few of us friends went out to eat, and when the bill came, he just used Apple Pay—an unfamiliar card to us.
I asked him when he became so wealthy?
He laughed and said: 'It's not about issuing coins, it's what I'm doing myself.'
After the meal, he showed me:
• He uses an old laptop.
• Ran something called 'on-chain tasks.'
• You will earn points every day → Points can be exchanged for sUSD → sUSD goes to card → Card can be used.
I thought he got scammed, but he pulled up the backend records:
• 'Look, I earned 46.8U today.'
• 'This week I earned a total of 312U.'
• 'I hang out while at work, and it automatically settles at night.'
• 'This meal is what was swiped from the card.'
Not a chain game, not speculation, not blind project selection.
What he runs are the real on-chain projects: ZK computing, AI inference, Agent tasks.
I asked him: 'Which system is this? Is it safe?'
He said it's very simple:
• The system is called Solayer.
• He is working on the 'on-chain computing task network.'
• Current chains like ZK, AI, FHE, etc., are looking for validation/inference/execution resources.
• Solayer created a network → User devices connect → Run tasks → Points credited.
• Points exchanged for stablecoins sUSD → Linked to card → Usable globally (Apple Pay / Google Pay).
You are running off-chain tasks.
You are earning on-chain points.
The money you exchanged is stablecoins.
You're swiping real cards.
Full chain closed loop, tasks → income → cash flow → life.
That day, a few of us were silent.
We ran nodes for half a year, and the project hasn't issued coins yet.
He doesn't touch any projects, only runs equipment → Money comes into the wallet every day.
Our wallets are test addresses.
His wallet is a funding account.
We are interaction people.
He is the 'contractor' on-chain.
He later told me the process:
1. Download the Solayer client (there's a lightweight version, usable on Windows/Mac).
2. Run in the background automatically → System allocates ZK / AI / Agent tasks.
3. Points credited after finishing tasks (based on computing power, online time).
4. Points exchanged for sUSD (pegged to USDC).
5. Link Solayer card → Use for Apple Pay / Google Pay transactions.
That meal cost him 3475.8U in on-chain income.
For the first time in my life, I feel that 'money on-chain' can really be used for living.
You can continue running interactions.
I started running tasks to earn money.
The work we do on-chain is just as tiring.
But he first used the first on-chain 'cash flow.'
👇 Comment below: What do you most hope to do with the money earned on-chain?
I posted the Solayer integration tutorial + card application guide + task earnings reference👇
