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Readiness verdict

Tempo (Stripe + Paradigm) Machine Payments Protocol

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

As of
2026-08-20
Revision
1
Method
v1.3.0

Current reading

Readiness band and full integer triple

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Readiness band

Watch

Primary summary from verified readiness

Confidence
74% · stale
Computed at
2026-08-20T10:53:06.333862+00:00
Claimed
60

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
55

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
48

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+12

Claimed leads verified

Evidence strength Critical

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Human editorial judgment · 2026-08-20

Wait for stronger evidence

Why
Best-backed entrant (Stripe+Paradigm, $5B valuation, strong finality claims) but only ~3 months on mainnet, an undisclosed protocol spec, and live throughput/adoption that materially undershoot the marketing (~2.5 TPS, falling DAUs). Readiness lowered from 65 to 60 on the production-metrics evidence.
Next
Track mainnet stability + published live volume/fee data over the next 1-2 quarters and the open-source MPP spec release; pilot only via a Stripe-managed abstraction, never direct-to-chain integration yet

Constraints

Blockers

No named blocker is present in the current public projection.

Evidence summary

Derived counts

AI-assisted assembly

Total
14
Tier 1
0
Tier 2
12
Tier 3
2
Supports
7
Contradicts
5
Context
2
Latest observed
2026-06-24

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Revisions

Initial public reading

  1. 2026-07-19 Reading moved from watch to watch.

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