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> x402 is an open, neutral standard for Internet-native payments. It lets anyone on the Internet easily charge, and any client pay on-demand, on a pay-per-use b
by andy_xor_andrew 6mo ago
> x402 is an open, neutral standard for Internet-native payments. It lets anyone on the Internet easily charge, and any client pay on-demand, on a pay-per-use basis. A client, such as an agent, sends a HTTP request and receives a HTTP 402 Payment Required status code. In response, the client pays for access on-demand, and the server can let the client through to the requested content.
Fascinating. Cloudflare is envisioning a future where agents are given debit cards by their owners, so they can autonomously send microtransactions to website owners to scrape content or possibly purchase goods on the owner's behalf. I don't know how I feel about that but there's no doubt it's a fascinating concept.
Brb, setting up a honeypot that always responds with HTTP 402 Payment Required demanding 10cents per visit... That's the next "selling 1 million pixels on my website for $1 each", I guess
- danudey 6mo agoIf you can find a way to trick agents into always accepting your payment required then you could set up a tarpit generating trash content or an infinite string of redirects or "read this other page for more info", charging extra for each one.
- myhf 6mo ago> you could set up a tarpit generating trash content and you could call it "EmDash"
- TiredOfLife 6mo agoSo exactly like it is and has been for decades but instead of ads its micropayments
- akktor 6mo agohttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/402 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/...
- nonameiguess 6mo agoIt's like the exploit from Office Space is finally legal.
- NBJack 6mo agoTo be frank, I thought this was an elaborate April Fool's joke, particularly when I saw that. It suggested to me 'you could charge for anything' while subtly implying you should also be paying them (within a handy deploy button every few paragraphs) for the privilege of running their stuff on their hosting solution. I suppose this is the world we live in.
- ipadbabycc 6mo ago> I don't know how I feel about that Oh dont worry, I'll do the feelings for the both of us, I have over a decade of experience feeling smugly and validatingly superior to people who save payment info on ipads and then hand it to their kids.
- sunaookami 6mo agoIt's naive, nobody will pay, especially not AI companies.
- dotandimet 6mo agoLooking into x402, and this is more about giving your agent a crypto wallet rather than a debit card.