Author: Haotian

Toly shared this post, and the discussion about x402 has already become popular in overseas communities. However, I believe that overly focusing on discussing what x402 technology is, its characteristics, and flaws does not unleash its maximum "energy." Fortunately, there are indeed people starting to preach from the grand perspective of AI + Crypto changing traditional internet payments!

I will take on the heavy lifting of "preaching" in the simplified Chinese area:

The original sin of traditional internet: the advertising model. When Visa and Mastercard monopolize vast terminal channels and fee structures, payments naturally exist with borders, and cross-border transfers can take days and are costly.

This leads the internet to only choose the path of "free content + advertising monetization," because the economic model of micro-payments for everyone simply does not work;

But the emergence of AI Agents has completely overturned this logic:

Imagine, when the consumers of content change from "humans" to "AI Agents," the traditional internet's business model based on attention economy is destined to fail, because you cannot sell products to an algorithm.

To adapt to the new payment infrastructure for Agents, it must meet characteristics such as high-frequency API calls, automated transactions, and cross-platform data scraping, which naturally requires a more "instant, micro, and borderless" payment system.

This is the truth behind Paypal's support for @GoKiteAI, Stripe's layout for @tempo, and Tether's introduction of @Plasma and @stable, as the entire payment system is about to undergo a tremendous upheaval!

This is the narrative foundation of the killer application scenario for x402+ blockchain:

Blockchain, especially @solana, has achieved ultra-low cost rates and high TPS, allowing every API call and every data access to be accurately priced and settled in milliseconds;

Combined with the x402 protocol, it establishes a seamless full process of "AI sends request -> Facilitator processes payment -> Delivers content."

In this way, the foundational infrastructure already built by Crypto has become a necessity in the internet world, and x402 has become the key protocol connecting the internet and Crypto, so my mom no longer has to complain that my work in AI + Crypto is out of touch.

Therefore, x402 is not just a payment protocol; it is the cornerstone of the internet economic model in the AI era and the first piece of the puzzle for achieving true integration of Crypto and AI.

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