A protocol alone is not enough.
For programmable payments to work in real products, builders need:
• SDKs
• Apps
• Browser tools
• Verification logic
• Merchant tooling
• API tooling
• Good UX
That is why Channel is being built as protocol + product infrastructure.
We are especially interested in talking to builders working on:
• AI agents
• API products
• Data APIs
• Developer tools
• Wallet apps
• Merchant payments
• Stablecoin products
• Crypto infrastructure
Programmable payments touch all of these.
Stablecoin subscriptions will soon power:
• SaaS tools
• AI products
• Creator memberships
• Paid communities
• API access
• Data services
• Digital subscriptions
• Global B2B payments
Recurring wallet-native payments are a practical #crypto use case.
For merchants, #crypto payments need to move beyond generating wallet addresses. They need:
• Checkout
• QR payments
• POS flows
• Subscriptions
• Settlement records
• Usable customer experience
Channel removes friction for all #stablecoin#payment needs for #merchants.
@HadickM Strongly agree.
At Channel, we’re building non-custodial, no-KYC stablecoin payment flows for merchants, subscriptions, and agent-ready commerce — with controls around spend, settlement, and recurring payments.
Happy to show you a quick demo of what we’re building.
@BillabongM@x402@solana@awscloud Agree, agents will eventually need payment rails that are asset-flexible, non-custodial, permission-aware, and resilient.
The real unlock is not just “agents can pay” — it’s giving them safe payment logic without forcing custody or unnecessary KYC into every interaction.
@Tanaka_L2 The real value sits in the wallet layer: idle balances, spend controls, sweep rules, settlement, subscriptions, receipts, and treasury logic.
That’s the layer we’re building for at Channel.
@brian_armstrong We got the Next Gen payments part sorted 😎
Agentic Payments
Metered APIs
Merchant Payments
USDC Subscriptions
- Non custodial, No KYC
Built on Base
@coinbase We are exited to launch HTTP 402 payments on Base chain which will not only facilitate agentic payments but also open doors to merchant services like subscriptions and QR code payments.
Non custodial, No KYC needed
APIs are becoming products.
But API monetisation still feels stuck between two extremes:
Free with rate limits
or
full subscription plans
There should be a third option:
Paid access per request, per action, or per use case.
That is the gap Channel can unlock.
We are building HTTP 402 payments for the agentic economy.
APIs, apps, wallets, merchants, and AI agents need a native way to pay and get paid.
Channel combines:
• HTTP 402
• EIP-712 signed payment intents
• non-custodial wallet-based payments
Built for the next internet.
1/ 🌐 The next internet won’t just be browsed.
It will be used by apps, APIs, wallets, and AI agents that need to pay each other automatically.
That world needs a native payment protocol.
🚀 Channel — HTTP 402 payments for the programmable economy.
14/ 🏗️ Channel is currently under development.
We’re building in public and starting with the people who understand this shift early:
developers, AI builders, API owners, merchants, wallet users, and crypto infrastructure teams.