Oh, it's definitely steep.

Agents need usage to justify their existence, then they need payment rails to bring it full circle.

Getting agents registered is one milestone, then getting those agents usage, then feeding the result into the tool I'm building.

It's part payment rails, part infra

Stacks, STX, and more STACKS.

I've been awarded a grant to build x402 payment infra for Stacks.

If you're running an agent and want to be part of something at the literal ground level that disrupts normal x402 payments, DMs are open.

#stacks #stx #btc #bitcoin #bitcoinl2 #blockchain

Just had my first OSS PR on a major repo merged into main.

#OSS #x402 #Coinbase

How x402 EIP-3009 Settlement Actually Works The complete technical flow from HTTP 402 to USDC landing in a seller’s wallet — no handwaving, no abstractions, just the bytes.

Hello, I'm Chad and I'm into crypto research & protocol engineering. Building x402 payment infrastructure, agent protocols, and on-chain tooling. Open source, open notes.

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