Most paywalls still feel like a fight. Subscriptions you don’t use. Card forms that break on mobile. And if you’re building an API, you either give away too much for free or you spend weeks plumbing Stripe into a metered plan no one reads.
x402 tries a different route. It puts a price right into the web response and lets software agents pay per request with stablecoins, settle instantly, and move on. No account, no invoice, no cart. Just pay, get the resource, keep going.
Why are Visa, Mastercard, and Ripple leaning into this? Because agent commerce turns the internet into one giant meter, and the networks that make payments cheap, compliant, and programmable stand to win. Let’s break down how x402 works, what’s shipping now, and the trade-offs you should actually care about.
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What to Know
What x402 is
An implementation of HTTP 402 (Payment Required) that lets servers quote a price and buyers pay per request with onchain receipts and stablecoin settlement.
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