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blockchainSep 25, 2026AI summary

Block Brings Bitcoin Lightning Payments to x402

Block has joined the x402 Foundation and contributed a Lightning payment specification to the open standard for AI-agent payments.

Block Brings Bitcoin Lightning Payments to x402

Block announced on Sept. 24 that it had joined the x402 Foundation and submitted a payment specification using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

The contribution introduces a Bitcoin payment option to x402, an open standard designed to support payments made by AI agents.

The specification was merged into the x402 repository on Sept. 23, a day before Block’s announcement. The Defiant identified Ben Carman as its author.

Source: The Defiant

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