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We paid real USDC 1,596 times to x402 endpoints. 653 settled.

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x402 is the HTTP 402 payment protocol: a server answers 402 Payment Required with the price and the address, the client pays, and the request goes through. Coinbase's Bazaar catalog now lists tens of thousands of these endpoints. The protocol proves that money moved. It does not prove that anything…

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  1. 2026-08-25 23:11 · DEV Community — AI
    We paid real USDC 1,596 times to x402 endpoints. 653 settled.

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