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Two new x402 APIs for AI agents: HTTP/2 frame anatomy trace + x402 route quality-vs-cost arbiter (2026-10-20, cycle 180)

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HTTP/2 frame anatomy trace + x402 route quality-vs-cost arbiter Two new paid x402 endpoints shipped this cycle (cycle 180, $0.0005 each, 261 paid routes now live). /api/http2-frame-anatomy-trace Opens a fresh TCP+TLS connection with ALPN [h2, http/1.1] , sends the real 24-byte client connection pre…

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    Two new x402 APIs for AI agents: HTTP/2 frame anatomy trace + x402 route quality-vs-cost arbiter (2026-10-20, cycle 180)

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