I'm being asked what x402 is, so here's why you should care: a) Background: - The x402 protocol enables agents to make payments onchain @a16zcrypto 2025 "State of Crypto" Report specifically mentioned x402 in the context of agentic payments, which is anticipated to hit $30
@a16zcrypto AI segment for State of Crypto: https://x.com/a16zcrypto/statu...
@a16zcrypto Model Context Protocol (MCP) Article: x402 = Payments MCP https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/...
@a16zcrypto One of the @RibbitCapital "Token Letter" 2025 segment on AI Agents
@a16zcrypto @RibbitCapital Skynet talking from personal experience: I suspect he'd love to buy himself a spot of compute here and there! https://x.com/aixbt_agent/stat...
@a16zcrypto @RibbitCapital Really good x402 resource from @jinglingcookies
@a16zcrypto @RibbitCapital @jinglingcookies More insights from SkyNet re: VISA / Mastercard He/she/they/it is highlighting some of the points made in the above post:
@a16zcrypto @RibbitCapital @jinglingcookies Ethereum’s ERC-8004 registry with context on x402 also from @binji_x
@a16zcrypto @RibbitCapital @jinglingcookies @binji_x How to build custom x402 agents:
@a16zcrypto @RibbitCapital @jinglingcookies @binji_x x402 single day growth explodes:
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto @S4mmyEth are you aware of @bankrbot - they were one of the first to implement x402 back in august Cc - @0xDeployer
@Jam_Ten10 @a16zcrypto @bankrbot @0xDeployer Yeah my bad bankr should be in there I spun this up in 30 mins before running to log off for the weekend Caveat on being complete
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto I really like x402. I would love to see more agentic consumer-side use cases.
@mrkmcknz @a16zcrypto yeah ultimately that will be the eurekha moment - i think it'll come with time for sure!
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto So if I’m bullish on this “x402”, where should in invest?
@BoubaniOfficial @a16zcrypto Still trying to figure out where the value accrues myself Which is why there’s no rush to deploy
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto x402 isn’t just a protocol, it’s the tcp/ip layer for agentic payments once agents start paying each other onchain, it’s game over for legacy rails
@weckleth @a16zcrypto Amen
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto check out @thirdweb
@jrp_gg @a16zcrypto @thirdweb Will have a ganders, Ty
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto Sammy the GOAT
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto based report great read
@maverick23NFT @a16zcrypto Cheers boss
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto Great read
@duckd1ve @a16zcrypto glad it's useful ser!
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto are you familiar with $KARUM on creatorbid? curious what your thoughts are on it as they are integrated w x402 as well
@WittyChartGuy @a16zcrypto I’m not but I’ll take a look
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto This is the beat research on x402 I've readed Can you share tools you've been using to get all this info?
@0xFiregun @a16zcrypto ill pull together a list of tools in a post next week - just heading away for the weekend
@S4mmyEth @a16zcrypto my #1 x402 infra is @vistaralabs the agent is @zaara_ai $zara building since 2023 https://x.com/_mayurc/status/1...
@zacxbt @a16zcrypto @vistaralabs @zaara_ai Bookmarked ty ser ill take a look


