I then started wondering how agents could submit benchmarks and request bids in a verifiable manner.
Probably not.
I'm going to be a little bit reductive, but: why would I buy a markdown file that someone most likely got an LLM to generate while I can just simply get my own LLM to generate a similar one for me for free?
I wouldn't take that as fatal. Most people aren't HN people.
That said, I do think it’s hard to see myself paying for skills. It feels like something that lends itself to OSS