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Living definition

What is x402?

HR Tech & Future of Work Agentic Commerce & Payments

As of
2026-07-19
Revision
2026-07-19.2
Method
v1.3.0

Definition

The term, in context

AI-assisted draft · approved dataset

x402 is an open payment protocol that uses the HTTP 402 response code to let a client automatically complete a small, machine-initiated payment before a server continues processing its request.

Live readiness status

Status as of the current dateline

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

As of 2026-07-19, verified readiness is 62 (claimed 80, reported 70, gap 18) — Critical evidence strength; current signals suggest Proceed with caution.

The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for x402.

Dataset approval

Human editorial release

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

Dataset
2026-07-19.2
Hash
sha256:5b6f2a037b720dbb2ee4216d94ab16dcb623c06c65387010d64145dfda66d13d
Approved
2026-07-19

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