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x402 Protocol: Machine-Native Micro-Settlements for AI Agents

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x402 Protocol: Machine-Native Micro-Settlements for AI Agents Software agents don't have bank accounts. They don't have passports, utility bills, or credit scores, which makes traditional payment rails—Stripe, ACH, SWIFT—entirely useless for non-human runtimes. HTTP gave us the standard status code…

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  1. 2026-10-27 14:20 · DEV Community — AI
    x402 Protocol: Machine-Native Micro-Settlements for AI Agents

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