A website that auctions itself daily
Hi HN, I built this side project earlier this week. It executes an English auction on Solana with a reserve price of 0.1 SOL. Auction winner gets control of a Codex editor. Auction losers get refunded (minus a <$0.01 processing fee). The Codex agent operates in a sandbox and can only output HTML/JS/CSS. The project is open-source: https://github.com/neelsomani/the-daily-auction
A website that auctions itself daily launched on January 9, 2026 with 43 votes, #578 of 14,585 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
The Daily Auction is an open-source project that runs a daily English auction on Solana blockchain, where winners gain temporary control of an AI-powered Codex editor. The editor uses an AI agent to generate HTML, JavaScript, and CSS code within a sandboxed environment. Participants pay a reserve price of 0.1 SOL to bid, with unsuccessful bidders receiving refunds minus minimal processing fees. It is designed for developers and AI enthusiasts interested in experimental blockchain-based applications.
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The website that auctions itself off every day on Solana. Winner controls a Codex agent to edit the website. The auction mechanism is an English auction with a reserve price of 0.1 SOL. The Codex agent operates in a sandbox where it can only output HTML/CSS/JS. The project is open-source, and you can verify the correctness of the on-chain auction contract.
The website that auctions itself off every day on Solana. Winner controls a Codex agent to edit the website.
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