Scalable, Capital-efficient, and Instant Payments for AVSs
Problem
AVSs unlock massive off-chain scale but lack a practical, non-custodial way to pay in real time.
Current workarounds lead to:
- Centralized trust
- Fragmented liquidity
- Locked capital
- UX & regulatory friction
The result: per-task billing is nearly impossible at scale → slowed adoption.
Case Study: Aligned Layer
- Aligned offers ultra-cheap verification costs
- Aligned cost: $0.019 vs payment gas fee: $0.14
- Transaction gas fees are 8x higher than the service cost
- Payment limitations prevent scaling
4Mica Solution
Line of Credit
Enables "line of credit" for AVSs
Instant Payments
Single collateral deposit → underwrites thousands of instant micro-payments
Configurable SLAs
Configurable TTLs & SLAs
Secure Settlement
Settlement enforced on parent chain (no value leakage)
Flexible Integration
Flexible and composable across verification, restaking, and off-chain compute stacks
Multi-Platform Support
Trusted by Aligned layer, ultimate payment solution for AVSs
Architecture
Collateral
Single deposit
Line of Credit
Instant access
Instant Payments
Micro-transactions
Settlement on L1
Final security
Configurable TTL
Time-to-live settings
Collateral Ratio
Risk management
Configurable SLA
Service agreements
"4Mica is building the missing payment primitive that makes AVSs commercially viable."