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I let AI agents pay my API per call in USDC (x402 on Cloudflare's free plan, zero dependencies)

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Disclosure: this post was written with AI assistance and reviewed before publishing. I sell a starter kit based on this code (link at the end); everything below works without buying it. HTTP has had a status code for this since 1997: 402 Payment Required . With the x402 protocol it finally does som…

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  1. 2026-10-19 09:07 · DEV Community — AI
    I let AI agents pay my API per call in USDC (x402 on Cloudflare's free plan, zero dependencies)

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