Nemil Dalal
@nemild
Today, @coinbasedev is announcing x402: an open standard/protocol to bring onchain payments to the web. Join us in killing the API key, and making the agentic and payable web a reality. All in one line of code. Imagine a future where crypto is the default to pay for *anything*.
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osama
@osama
how does this work with https://www.w3.org/TR/payment-request/ ?
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Erik.eth
@programmer
They’re unrelated. That standard focuses on merchant payments for e-commerce. X402 is lower level, arbitrary payments over http
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Nemil Dalal
@nemild
@osama hope that helps. The world is changing pretty dramatically with AI agents.
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osama
@osama
confused. anyone can hijack a dormant http code. does the ietf/w3c approve so we will have broader client/browser support? how does compliance/kyc work? how can i use this open standard without cb as facilitator? whose validated that micropayments work with usdc/na consumers? don't get me wrong. it might be huge for cb or. but i don't see what its solving for except marketing and hacky shit put together without understanding neither consumer behaviour nor how the web or payments work. reminds me of centre/did non profit at best
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Erik.eth
@programmer
x402 is an extension of 402. Would love to enshrine it as a formal w3c standard but gotta start somewhere. Facilitators perform kyt, kyc isn’t required because the facilitator never holds funds. Facilitator is a documented standard, there’s an oss example one in our repo, anyone can deploy. Consumer validation is now, CDP has seen demand for a way for agents to seamlessly pay via our project agentkit and other places, but the time is now to see if this is the right approach.
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osama
@osama
happy to chat at eth vancouver. crypto dinner due soon as well
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