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>>shscs9+(OP)
I think people are maybe missing a key development with stable coins recently. They can be used by AI agents to pay for access to protected API endpoints or websites. The http 402 status endpoint is finally being utilised, years after it's creation. Ycombinator has a lot of AI based startups and they are given unlimited tokens.

All crypto/browser automation/bot detection companies are jumping on the bandwagon:

https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/x402/core-concepts/http-402

https://docs.browserbase.com/integrations/x402/introduction

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/...

https://docs.datadome.co/docs/monetize-policy

In a world without search engines, LLM chat bots will need to be held to account for the server resources they're using. Seems like a lot of companies are betting on them paying for access or acting as AI shopping agents.

>>arbol+aY1
Why the hell would you need a blockchain for automatic payments? Bots that performed financial transactions existed long before “crypto”.

>>codefl+242
The ordinary financial system is constrained by a lot of regulation and it won't let an AI open an account.

>>direwo+nl2
Good, KYC exists for a reason. Why does AI need to open an account, anyway? Just give it a debit card with a limit, not a whole new account and contract with a bank.

>>Boppre+cs2
The limit of a debit card is the money in your account.

The bank would argue that an AI using your account on your behalf is fraud.

>>direwo+Hw2
Those are much easier problems to solve, and surely already solved by some fintechs, than bringing cryptocurrencies to the minimum legal compliance and meeting performance requirements.