Living definition
What is Machine Payments Protocol (MPP)?
Agent Payment ProtocolsAgentic Commerce & Payments
- As of
- 2026-10-01
- Revision
- 2026-10-06.1
- Method
- v1.4.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
The Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) is a specification for payments between autonomous machines, defining how a paying agent proves its authorization and how the receiving party settles without a human approving each transfer.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-10-01, verified readiness is 25 (claimed 55, reported 35, gap 30) — Critical evidence strength; current signals suggest Pilot the specific payment method using a patched implementation.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for Machine Payments Protocol (MPP).
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
Codex — delegated editorial approver (operator authorization 2026-10-06)
- Dataset
- 2026-10-06.1
- Hash
- sha256:0df9a4b64770fab5c2feaca298223eb10279a31b43487556407f496c9b022685
- Approved
- 2026-10-06