Coinbase’s x402 pitch ties agent payments to machine autonomy
MurrLincoln · x · 2026-07-21
- A Shoal Signal episode features Coinbase’s AI product manager on x402, machine payments, and the company’s stack for agents.
- The discussion covers why 402 was framed as the web’s missing error code, the facilitator layer, discovery, and buyer/seller flows for agent commerce.
- It also looks at where real use cases are emerging, including prediction markets, specialized agents, enterprise adoption, and agent-to-agent or machine-to-machine payments.
- The broader thesis: as agents become the internet’s main users, value may accrue to the rails that let them pay autonomously.
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