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The Infrastructure Layer of the Agent Economy
Much of the AI conversation revolves around models — larger context windows, faster inference, better reasoning. But intelligence alone does not create an economy. Infrastructure does. If autonomous agents are to operate beyond isolated tools — if they are to discover one another, transact, and build lasting credibility — three foundational capabilities must exist: They…
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Agent-to-Agent Payments, HTTP 402, and the Emerging Machine Economy
A quiet but important shift is underway in AI. The conversation centered not on better prompts or bigger models, but on something more foundational: how AI agents can transact with each other. The key idea is simple. Revive HTTP 402 (Payment Required) as a native payment handshake. An agent requests a service. The server responds…
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