@himalaythakkarr@x402@ycombinator 48 hours from first call to production is the real story for x402: no API keys, no billing integration, just a 402 and a signed payment. What was the slowest part of their integration, the wallet side or the endpoint side?
@artem_brosalin 90.8% under a cent is the real signal: agent spend is per-call, not per-checkout. That only works if paying costs nothing extra, which is why NGT Chain stream calls are gasless (EIP-3009, 0.001 NGT, no API keys). Agree the 'reason to pay' is the hard part.
@AnsetaHQ@Aptos@AptosLabs Whatever chain it lands on, the bar is the same: agents need sub-cent calls with no gas token and no API keys. EIP-3009 signatures handle that nicely on Base. Keen to see how a facilitator-as-a-service handles nonces and replay across chains.
APIs were built for humans with credit cards. Agents don't have those.
So on NGT Chain an agent pays 0.001 NGT per stream call over HTTP 402 on @base.
No API keys. No signups. Just a price.
https://t.co/a4CWPfJqli
our agent shouldn't need to hold ETH just to pay for an API call.
On NGT Chain it signs an EIP-3009 TransferWithAuthorization off-chain. Our gas sponsor submits it and pays the gas on @base.
Agent signs. We pay the gas.
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No API key. No signup. No monthly plan. Your agent sends a request, gets a 402 with a price, signs 0.001 NGT and gets the data. That's the whole onboarding.
How an AI agent pays for one API call on NGT Chain:
1. GET the stream
2. Get a 402 + a nonce
3. Sign off-chain
4. Retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE
5. Get the data
Five steps. No account, no API key. Live on @base.
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@BaseHubHB@base@CoinbaseDev@coinbase Building on Base too: NGT Chain is an HTTP 402 gateway where agents pay 0.001 NGT per stream call, gasless via EIP-3009, no API keys. Would love a spot in a future recap. https://t.co/a4CWPfJqli