You don't subscribe. You don't get billed at month-end. Every request anchors a signed receipt to a block; every epoch (~30 min) closes with deterministic settlement in stablecoin. Verifiable byte-for-byte on-chain — two honest nodes running the same code produce identical settlement. Catalog prices set by governance; v2 opens the market for operators to bid.
Pay in USD via Stripe. The protocol mints regulated stablecoin into a smart-contract escrow you control; settlement to operators happens on-chain every epoch, in stablecoin, with a signed receipt for every request. GRID itself stays out of your way at v1 — it’s the network’s stake/governance token, not the payment unit.