x402 Payments on Arc Testnet: How an Agent Pays in USDC With No Facilitator
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In classic x402, a facilitator sits between the buyer and the seller: it takes the agent's signature and broadcasts the transaction on its behalf. Convenient — but an extra party to trust, an extra API to wait on, an extra point of failure. On Arc we skipped it. The scheme is called self-settle — "…
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- 2026-09-25 11:15 · DEV Community — AI
x402 Payments on Arc Testnet: How an Agent Pays in USDC With No Facilitator