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AI agent payment standard development

Overview

Efforts to establish payment standards for AI agents and agentic commerce have expanded through new institutional partnerships.

Block joined the x402 Foundation to support an open payment standard that integrates the Bitcoin Lightning Network. This initiative aims to facilitate low-cost, high-volume microtransactions for AI agents to pay for digital resources like API access and computing power using the HTTP ‘402 Payment Required’ response code. Steve Lee, head of Block’s Bitcoin development initiative Spiral, characterized the move as a “concrete step toward making Bitcoin everyday money for people and the agents acting on their behalf.”

Following these developments, x402 Inc. joined the Japan Blockchain Association as a silver member. The company is focusing on designing stablecoin-based payment systems, utilizing networks such as Solana and Base to address challenges in payment control and transaction records for small-scale, per-call payments.

Entities

x402 Foundation · Japan Blockchain Association · Bitcoin Lightning Network · Block · Spiral

Timeline

  1. 4 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    x402 Inc. joins Japan Blockchain Association as silver member

    x402 Inc. has joined the Japan Blockchain Association as a silver member to advance stablecoin payment systems for AI agents and agentic commerce.

  2. 6 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 7 sources
    Block joins x402 Foundation to enable Bitcoin Lightning payments for AI agents

    Block has joined the x402 Foundation, integrating Bitcoin Lightning Network support to enable automated, low-cost micropayments for AI agents accessing digital services and APIs.

Sources

ascii.jp · bitnewsbot.com · blockchainseoul.kr · blocktempo.com · crypto-insiders.nl · crypto.news · prtimes.jp · sondakika.com · tokenpost.kr