85% of x402 payments aren’t what they look like. Why ERC-8004 reputation is easy to game, and how 402Pilot helps agents decide what — and who — to pay.
Posts for: #Agentic Economy
Where's the Money in x402: An Analysis of Coinbase's Bazaar Catalog
A full snapshot of Coinbase's x402 Bazaar — 25,443 paid resources. The real size of the agent payment market, how much popularity is faked, and what agents buy.
x402 Payment Schemes: exact, upto, and batch-settlement
How the three x402 payment schemes work: exact for fixed prices, upto for usage-based billing, and batch-settlement for high-frequency micropayments.
The Future of Subscriptions: How Machine Payments Could Change the Internet
How x402, MPP and APP could replace fixed monthly plans with pay-per-use — and what that changes for SaaS pricing, trials, and how people pay for software.
Guide to Agentic Economy Protocols: How Agents Communicate, Pay, and Discover Each Other
What the agent economy is, which protocols are shaping it, and how they fit together into a unified stack