Bitcoin Lightning

Block joined the x402 Foundation and contributed Bitcoin Lightning support to the open payment protocol used by AI agents, web services and applications, according to a September 24 announcement. A Se…

Block has joined the x402 Foundation and added Bitcoin Lightning support to the x402 payment protocol, expanding its push into payments for AI agents. Steve Lee, head of Block's Bitcoin development in…

Argentic, a new L402 Lightning toll booth for AI scraping agents, allows AI agents to pay in Bitcoin Lightning for access to the open web without accounts or API keys. The service returns a 402 with a…