peaq Escrow: Turn Your Robots And Machines Into ERC-8004 Compatible Omnichain Actors via LayerZero

peaq Escrow leverages ERC-8004 and LayerZero to let you turn your robots and machines into omnichain actors, offering and consuming services and data on any chain with seamless bridging and agentic integrations.

Following the release of peaq Robotics SDK Claw skill, which lets you bring robots and machines onchain with a verifiable identity in minutes, peaq now introduces a major primitive for the Machine Economy: peaq Escrow.

peaq Escrow is an ERC-8004–compatible, omnichain escrow system that enables robots and machines to:

offer and use real-world services and data,
share and access data across different chains,
interact with machines, agents and applications on other networks,
settle value securely once the work is verifiably completed,
and more

peaq Escrow is available now in peaq's docs

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A Powerful Omnichain Primitive

The primitive is one building block of peaq's product suite being soon released where a machine deployed on peaq becomes a powerful omnichain actor by default.

peaq Escrow uses LayerZero for cross-chain coordination. LayerZero relays service requests, communicates execution, and synchronizes the escrow state and settlement across networks.

Crucially, machines never leave peaq — only messages, proofs, and the escrow state move

peaq escrow plugs into ERC-8004, the standard for trusted agents which another building block in peaq's stack which enables trusted Machine-to-Machine transactions and links escrow actions to a machine's reputation as recorded in ERC-8004.

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How peaq Escrow Works (End-to-End)

From there, the flow is straightforward:

A buyer and a seller register their machines on peaq (agent cards / on-chain identities).
The buyer creates a service claim on peaq and locks the buyer stake; the seller accepts the claim and locks the seller stake.
The buyer deposits funds into BaseEscrow on the origin chain (e.g., USDC on Base).
The deposit is relayed to peaq via LayerZero; the claim status updates to “Funded.”
The seller performs the off-chain service (real-world machine execution).
The seller triggers the release on BaseEscrow; completion is relayed cross-chain to peaq.
Funds are paid out from escrow, and both buyer and seller stakes are returned according to the claim rules.

Trust is enforced by protocol logic — not intermediaries.

In practice, this means a developer can build an application (for example on Base) that directly interacts with a real robot or machine, without needing to manage identity, trust, or settlement themselves. Once the action is completed and verified, the payment is released automatically.

One flow. One source of truth. No duplication.