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Living definition

What is Machine Payments Protocol (MPP)?

Agent Payment Protocols Agentic Commerce & Payments

As of
2026-08-20
Revision
2026-08-17.1
Method
v1.3.0

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 2026-08-20, verified readiness is 48 (claimed 60, reported 54, gap 12) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Proceed with caution.

The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for Machine Payments Protocol (MPP).

Dataset approval

Human editorial release

pragma.vision editorial — standing authorization (operator dev@soft.house, 2026-07-17)

Dataset
2026-08-17.1
Hash
sha256:0c37108a182f510fc8cf4d1dfc3a30339f2b59e62654201edea2f530a268707e
Approved
2026-08-17

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