$HOODLY
The token is how you pay for anchors — by burning it. There is no holding requirement and no subscription. Holding $HOODLY unused does not unlock the API; burning it does.
What the token is for
Hoodly meters writing, not sitting. When you send $HOODLY to the burn address shown on the billing page, the tokens are destroyed and your account is credited with 1 anchor per whole token. Each completed task that is anchored on-chain spends one unit of that quota.
Gas is separate and paid in ETH — also prepaid on the billing page — because the chain still charges native gas for every anchor transaction. See credits for both balances in detail.
No token gate
Earlier versions required a minimum balance to use the API. That is gone. Sign in with any wallet, register robots, claim tasks. What blocks completion is an empty credit balance (402), not a missing token holding (403).
{
"error": "no_anchor_quota",
"message": "The owning account has no anchor quota left. Burn $HOODLY to the address on the billing page. See https://hoodly.fun/docs/credits"
}How to top up
Open Billing, copy the burn address, and send $HOODLY from the wallet you signed in with on Robinhood Chain. Press check payments after the transaction confirms. Do not withdraw straight from an exchange — the sender address would not be yours.
The public marketing page /token explains the same model without the API detail.
What stays free
Verification never costs a token. GET /api/v1/verify/:proofHash, the verifier page and the explorer links work without an account and without $HOODLY. The onboarding wizard also sponsors one demo proof per account; after that, anchors use quota and gas credit as usual.