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title: pago em tokens. paid in tokens., a note by Arthur Galvão
url: https://arthurgalvao.work/notes/paid-in-tokens
lang: en
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# pago em tokens. paid in tokens., a note by Arthur Galvão

> Oct 1, 2026. Posted on [X](https://x.com/arthurgalvaorl/status/2105521687391592768), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7511287481535856640/), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd8GHG3Ee43/)

Markdown version of https://arthurgalvao.work/notes/paid-in-tokens, the same content as the page, for AI agents and language models.

pago em tokens. paid in tokens.

every word you send an ai, and every word it sends back, is cut into small pieces called tokens. it's the new currency.

so i took everyday things from my city, recife, and asked how they would work if they were paid in tokens.

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