MiniRouter: OpenAI-compatible inference, paid in crypto

MiniRouter is an OpenAI-compatible inference router. One key. Prepaid crypto credit. Point Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, or the OpenAI SDK at https://api.minirouter.sh/v1. Built by SolWorks Labs. Docs live under minirouter.sh/docs.

Keys exist before any payment. Two equal paths: accountless at /key, or an account with email or a Solana wallet. Same prices, same key format. They store a 14-character prefix and a sha256 hash. The plaintext key is returned only at create or rotate. Accountless setup also returns a permanent dashboard link. Save both before you pay. Lose both and there is no personal recovery.

Call it

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.minirouter.sh/v1",
    api_key="mr-live-…",
)

client.chat.completions.create(
    model="meta/llama-3.3-70b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "ping"}],
    stream=True,
)

Header is Authorization: Bearer. Rotate with POST /keys/:id/rotate. Old key keeps a 24-hour grace. Claim an account later with POST /me/claim. Per-key knobs: rpmLimit, tpmLimit, dailyLimitNano, monthlyLimitNano, allowedModels. Spend caps are on by default, lower for accountless keys. 429s carry Retry-After. Bodies over 10 MB return 413.

Money

1,000 credits = $1, pegged. Direct Solana deposits start at $0.50. Relay and other crypto rails start at $5. Checkout only shows rails the backend reports live. No withdrawals. Credits never expire. Refunds are service credit, never cash. Every response reports cost in usage.cost and x-minirouter-cost-usd. Balance header: x-minirouter-balance-usd. A 402 fires when the balance is below the estimated cost.

Pricing page: 0% crypto deposit fee, 0% markup on open-weight models. Card checkout, when shown, passes through 3.5%. Their vs OpenRouter page is dated 30 July 2026. MiniRouter publishes an approved open-model inventory. Restricted frontier models are unavailable. Failover can move a request to another provider and records the provider that ran. That is not an uptime SLA.

MINI

Official mint Ax5dAamJPeuaLpFUzs9FdcpoUhHDcxyjPzxCJQidjups. minirouter.sh/mini describes stake MINI for daily API credits, and revenue toward buybacks. Both are marked coming soon. Do not treat staking as live.