x402 lets a server place payment requirements directly inside an HTTP interaction.

A client requests a resource. The server can respond with HTTP 402 and machine-readable payment terms. The client evaluates those terms, creates the required payment authorization and retries. The server or a facilitator verifies and settles the payment before the resource is returned.

That makes paid APIs and small pay-per-use services easier for software and AI agents to access without a separate subscription flow. It does not make unrestricted agent spending safe.

An agent wallet should have accepted-network and asset rules, a maximum price per request, a cumulative task budget, approved domains and recipients, frequency limits and a human escalation threshold. Payment and delivery must also be reconciled separately. A confirmed transfer proves value moved; it does not prove that the API response was correct, useful or even returned.

Start with a low-balance wallet and representative failure tests. Verify how duplicate requests, timeouts, rejected payments and refunds are handled before raising limits.

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