Give your AI agent a budget before you give it a wallet
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AI agents can now pay for APIs on their own with x402: the server answers "402 Payment Required", the agent signs a small USDC payment and tries again. No accounts, no API keys. It's a great idea, until a retry loop, a price change or a tampered payment request empties the wallet. I run a monitor o…
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- 2026-09-30 09:49 · DEV Community — AI
Give your AI agent a budget before you give it a wallet