x402 and the Future of Agent Payments
DL Research interviews the OP_NET founders, who argue Bitcoin needs native L1 smart contracts to sustain its long-term security model. They contrast their Taproot-based design with approaches like BitVM and rollups.
goat.network/blog
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X402: Two Approaches to Agent Payments
When people say “Coinbase x402” and “GOAT x402”, it sounds like two competing standards. But that’s a misframing.
There isn’t a Coinbase version of the protocol and a GOAT Network version of the protocol - x402 is an open, chain-agnostic payment primitive for the web.