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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) Autonomous agents frequently need to call paid APIs—LLM inference, data feeds, or compute‑heavy services—without the friction of traditional invoicing or subscription models. The x402 specification proposes a lightweight, HTTP…

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  1. 2026-09-07 23:56 · DEV Community — AI
    x402 Explained: HTTP-Native Micropayments for AI Agents (With Real Code)
  2. 2026-09-07 23:50 · DEV Community — AI
    x402 Explained: HTTP-Native Micropayments for AI Agents (With Real Code)

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