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.
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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.
Monetizing APIs in the Agentic Economy: x402 Bazaar Explained
When software calls software, distribution becomes a technical problem. How to monetize an API and get discovered by AI agents through the x402 Bazaar.
x402 `upto` vs MPP Sessions: Two Philosophies of Usage-Based Payments
x402 upto vs MPP Tempo Sessions: escrow against allowance, one-shot settlement against streaming micropayments, and when each architecture actually fits.
x402 vs MPP: Almost Honest Comparison
An in-depth comparison of x402 and MPP: architecture, payment models, facilitators, sessions, scalability, and the trade-offs for machine-payable APIs.