Why is x402 bound to succeed? - Real and massive demand: Stablecoin payments - Niche gap: There’s currently no widely adopted on-chain payment standard - HTTP-native: No new protocols invented, directly uses HTTP 402, low migration cost - Influential development team: Core team comes from Coinbase. Circle, the issuer of the second-largest stablecoin USDC, is like a little brother, deeply tied. Prototype developed on their own Base, with low subsidy costs. - Web2 giants are already in: Coinbase and Cloudflare (which control most internet gateways) recently established the x402 Foundation. Visa, Google, Paypal, and Stripe are also making moves. - Supports AI Agent payments, fits into the AI narrative, and is easy for the market to buy into.