Mason / @MasonFoard:
RT by @MasonFoard: Lightning Labs just shipped the core tools for AI to AI digital commerce.
It's a toolkit that gives AI agents a native way to transact on the Lightning Network.
L402 is the protocol. It uses HTTP 402 as the trigger (this is an ancient HTTP code that went unused because there wasn't an internet native digital money when HTTP was being developed). The server replies with an invoice and a credential wrapper, and payment becomes the unlock for the API call.
When a machine...
RT by @MasonFoard: Lightning Labs just shipped the core tools for AI to AI digital commerce.
It's a toolkit that gives AI agents a native way to transact on the Lightning Network.
L402 is the protocol. It uses HTTP 402 as the trigger (this is an ancient HTTP code that went unused because there wasn't an internet native digital money when HTTP was being developed). The server replies with an invoice and a credential wrapper, and payment becomes the unlock for the API call.
When a machine...
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
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Can Bitcoin Really Break the Financial Industrial Complex (FIC)? | Jeff Booth v. Simon Dixon
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