The x402 Protocol

The secret life of your digital wallet

Chapter 1

Rise of the shopping bots

Chapter 2

Behind the digital counter

Chapter 3

Who is to blame when bots go wild?

Chapter 4

The future of human-free malls

Ch 2 · Behind the digital counter

nic The rise of micro-transactions for artificial intelligence.

The Runaway Wallet

BETA

nic Catch runaway AI purchases to figure out who really controls your digital wallet.

nic The x402 Protocol

We woke up a sleeping code from thirty years ago, Now machine wallets use it to make the money flow.

When trust is built into the system, we do not need to trust the person.

Mobile money meets machine intelligence

nic Nairobi developers are testing lightweight systems that analyze agricultural data to automatically purchase fertilizer using SMS-based mobile money.

Quiz

Which famous African mobile money service is being integrated with AI agents for automated purchases?

Quiz

What product do experimental AI agents in Kenya automatically purchase for farmers using agricultural data?

Fun Fact

Instant transfers: India's UPI system processed over 100 billion transactions in 2023, making it a perfect playground for real-time AI micro-spending.

Smart contracts and automatic trust

nic AI agents trigger secure blockchain agreements to safely automate machine-to-machine payments.

Quiz

Which blockchain platform popularized self-executing smart contracts in 2015?

Quiz

What must happen before an AI agent triggers a smart contract payment?

Gossip

Should AI agents have bank accounts?

Quiz

In which cities are startups leading the development of ultra-fast micro-transaction ledgers?

Quiz

What payment model could replace monthly subscriptions thanks to AI agents?

Quiz

Why are global standards crucial for the future of AI agent wallets?

Quiz

Which international standards organization develops the technical rules for web payments?