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HTTP 402
is now a
payment endpoint.

MPP is an open standard (Tempo × Stripe, IETF draft) for machine-to-machine payments. An agent gets a 402 challenge, signs a transfer, retries — and unlocks the resource.

01
GET paywalled resource
agent calls a paid API. No credentials, no API key.
02
Server returns 402
with WWW-Authenticate: Payment challenge specifying handle, amount, asset, memo.
03
Agent signs transferWithMemo
pays the @handle. Recipient gets full amount, ~8bps fee.
04
Retry with receipt
Authorization: Payment <txHash> — server verifies on-chain, returns 200.
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$ press run simulation to begin.
# the agent will discover, challenge, sign, retry, succeed.