Been keeping an eye on the biggest potential breakout in the market: AI Agent Payments, and today it’s here. The Tempo mainnet officially launched today! A payments-focused L1 blockchain co-incubated by @stripe and @paradigm. Public RPC is now open at http://Tempo.xyz, and developers can start building right away. Key highlights: - Native stablecoin Gas (pay fees with USDC/USDT, predictable and low-cost) - Sub-second finality (~0.6s, no reorgs) - Dedicated payment channels + high throughput (built for commercial scale) - Launching alongside the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP): an open standard for autonomous AI agent payments, supporting microtransactions, streaming payments, and cross-rail credit card/stablecoin payments, already integrated into the Stripe API. From cross-border remittances and global payroll to AI agents buying compute resources, takeout, or making donations—Tempo makes machine payments as simple and scalable as human card swipes. Mainnet is live, try the wallet: https://wallet.tempo.xyz/welcome