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x402 Explained: HTTP-Native Micropayments for AI Agents (With Real Code)

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x402 Explained: HTTP‑Native Micropayments for AI Agents (With Real Code) Introduction When autonomous AI agents need to call external services—LLM inference, data feeds, compute functions—they often encounter two practical problems: Payment friction : Traditional API keys or subscription models req…

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  1. 2026-09-07 08:17 · DEV Community — AI
    x402 Explained: HTTP-Native Micropayments for AI Agents (With Real Code)

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