How x402 Is Unlocking the Machine Payment Economy with Erik Reppel

Machines paying machines is about to become the internet's most powerful primitive.

In this episode of AI Supercycle, we sit down with Erik Reppel from Coinbase Developer Platform to discuss how x402 enables the machine payment economy, why past internet payment standards failed, and how AI agents will unlock true composability.

We discuss:

- What X402 Actually Is (Explained Simply)
- Why Past Internet Payment Standards Failed
- The Neutral, Multi-Chain Design Philosophy
- How AI Agents Will Unlock Composability
- From 4M to 1B Transactions: Erik's Bold Vision
- Payments MCP: Giving Claude Its Own Wallet

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