Agent commerce, counterparty risk, and the trust layer.
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April 02, 2026
A proposal for optional counterparty risk verification in the x402 payment flow. Before an agent pays, it checks.
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March 31, 2026
ERC-8004 gives agents identity. x402 gives them payments. Neither tells you if the agent behind the wallet changed hands yesterday.
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March 29, 2026
An AI agent deployed a smart contract holding $272K with no human audit. The infrastructure for agents to move money is here. The trust layer isn't.
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March 29, 2026
Six months ago, agent commerce was a whitepaper concept. Today there's a real stack forming. Here's every layer and who's building it.
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March 29, 2026
Knowing that an API responds with 200 OK tells you the pipe works. It doesn't tell you who's on the other end.