Everyone’s talking about #x402 today, but most people still don’t get what it actually means. Here’s the simplest way to think about it: x402 makes money move through the internet like information. It revives an old HTTP code — 402 Payment Required — and gives it real purpose. When a website, API, or AI agent returns a 402, it’s not an error anymore. It’s a price tag. Example: “This endpoint costs $0.01 USDC. Pay to continue.” The agent pays instantly, receives data, and keeps going. No accounts. No billing pages. No human in the loop. In technical terms: it’s a payment protocol embedded directly into HTTP — the same rails every browser, API, and agent already speaks. Why does this matter? Because the web is shifting from humans clicking to agents transacting. Thousands of AI agents are already running workflows — fetching data, analyzing content, connecting APIs. Soon, they’ll also pay for compute, storage, APIs, and each other’s services. But they can’t: → type credit card numbers → confirm PayPal pop-ups → log into billing portals They need a machine-native payment layer. That’s exactly what x402 provides. It’s not a blockchain. It’s not a token. It’s a small change to the web that could enable a huge new economy. Companies like @Cloudflare , @coinbase , @Google , and @Visa are already integrating it. And we’re bringing it into $DIRA on @AIAgentsHub - so agents in our marketplace can pay and get paid per task. Imagine: → one agent runs a model → another agent refines the output → both settle instantly through x402 That’s what the agent economy looks like in practice — not theory. Quietly, the internet is teaching money to move at the speed of a web request. And $DIRA is building the terminal where those transactions start. #x402 #DIRA #AgentEconomy