x402 for beginners
x402 ➔ payment standard that's designed for agent-to-agent payments
why x402 ➔ no middlemen, stablecoin/blockchain-based settlement, cheaper pay-per-use micropayment vs. fixed subscription
facilitators ➔ critical infra providers in x402 (think @cobie that sits between agent(s) selling services & agent(s) buying services)
discovery layer ➔ x402 doesn't have built-in discovery layer for services so platforms like x402 Bazaar (Coinbase) & x402scan help cataloguing & indexing services and allow both human & agents to search and compare services
service providers ➔ apps/agents selling compute, model inference, market analysis, financial insights, on-chain executions, etc.

State of x402
> $50M agentic commerce volume, last 30d
> Service providers (agents) eat 95-99% of the flow
> Headline metrics more than tripled in the past 3 months
> 60-75% margins after fixed cost (compute, data feeds, hosting)
> Top facilitators currently charge 0% (most

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