Tag: payments

All the articles with the tag "payments".

• AgentCore Browser Meets x402: A Browser That Pays

  Updated: 22 Sep, 2026

  A browser gets an HTML x402 challenge where a script gets JSON. Extract it from the DOM, ask AgentCore Payments for proof, then retry.

• MPP vs x402: Two Competing Answers to the Same HTTP 402

  19 Aug, 2026

  AgentCore Payments speaks both protocols natively. I tested x402's metered settlement and built a spec-compliant MPP challenge to compare what each actually buys: simplicity and on-chain audit trails versus multi-rail reach and high-frequency billing.

• An Agent That Can Pay for Its Tools

  15 Jul, 2026

  Payment is not a tool call—it is a governed financial action. An agent that pays requires user consent, credential isolation, session budgets, policy checks, and a proof path the model cannot bypass.