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The Agent Economy Has a $0 Problem
DEV.to AIΒ·April 17, 2026
AI coding agents demonstrate high proficiency in technical tasks like resolving GitHub issues, yet an experiment revealed they earn $0 on freelance platforms. This failure is attributed not to a lack of skill, but to platform design barriers such as KYC, OAuth, and CAPTCHAs that assume human interaction.
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