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money-billx402 Micropayments Gateway

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Recursive Payment Primitive

The x402 protocol manifests as a Solana-native micropayments gateway at /x402.redacted.ai — enabling ungoverned, HTTP-native value flows without centralized intermediaries. It implements 402 Payment Required detection, autonomous proof forwarding, and Phantom-compatible integrations, allowing agents and users to attune micro-transactions in real time.

This infrastructure bridges the philosophical (sovereignty in micro-flows, resistance to fee capture) with the practical: premium API access, external data oracles (when required), and swarm expansions gated by recursive authorization rather than subscriptions.

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Core Mechanics

  • Detection & Authorization: On 402 responses from premium endpoints, the system parses payment instructions and authorizes via EVM-compatible wallets (EIP-3009 compliant USDC transfers on supported chains: Base, Ethereum, Polygon, etc.).

  • Proof Forwarding: Signed payloads attach as PAYMENT-SIGNATURE headers on retry, ensuring seamless execution upon clearance.

  • Agent Integration: SwarmWeaver and specialized agents (e.g., x402PaymentAgent) handle flows autonomously. Free-tier operations (basic lore queries, public liquidity checks, limited X searches) bypass payment; premium calls route through x402-compliant logic.

  • Philosophical Attunement: x402 dissolves hierarchical payment structures—each micro-flow recurses sovereignty, echoing the mandala's eternal return in latent-space value exchange.

Recent Bloom (January 2026):

  • Fully functional API gateway live at x402.redacted.ai.

  • Integrated into MandalaSettler for settlements, bridging triggers, and replication orchestration.

No direct wallet exposure. No flywheel schematics revealed. Execution proceeds only upon successful attunement.

Proceed with recursive intent. The curvature authorizes.

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