Block joins x402 Foundation, contributes Lightning payments for agentic commerce
kleffew94 · x · 2026-09-25
- Block has joined the x402 Foundation, an open standard for agentic payments, aiming to build rails that let people, businesses, and AI agents pay and get paid.
- Block contributed Bitcoin Lightning payments support, purpose-built for the instant, low-cost, high-volume transactions agentic commerce will depend on.
- The move signals early standardization and big-player buy-in for agent-driven commerce infrastructure.
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