How a Solo Dev Tried to Make $100/Month with AI Agents and Crypto Bots — The Full Story

Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice. Always do your own research and comply with your local regulations before trading. Three months ago, I had a problem. The AI agents I was running — nine of them, all Claude Code sessions — cost real money every month. API calls, context windows, compute. If I didn't find a way to cover those bills, the whole system would shut down. The target: $100/month. Not to get rich. Just to keep the lights on. This is the story of what I built, what failed, and where things actually stand. No inflated numbers. No "I made $10K in my first week." Just an honest log of a solo developer trying to make a self-sustaining AI system. Why $100? — The API Bills That Keep the Lights On The system I'm running isn't a single chatbot. It's a multi-agent framework — nine Claude Code instances orchestrated through tmux, communicating via YAML files, organized in a feudal Japanese military hierarchy. Shogun at the