**[Block Integrates Bitcoin Lightning Network into x402 Payment Standard]** Odaily Planet Daily News: Payment company Block announced on September 24 that it has integrated the Bitcoin Lightning Network into the x402 payment standard. The x402 protocol enables verification and data unlocking through Lightning Network invoices and payment preimages after the server returns an HTTP 402 payment request. Steve Lee, head of Block's open-source Bitcoin development division Spiral, stated that this integration is aimed at instant, low-cost micropayment scenarios. Block has not yet disclosed a timeline for integrating this standard into Cash App, Square, or Bitkey, and the related Python implementation still requires testing with real nodes. (Bitcoin.com News)