Can you give a concrete example of signed x402 payment authorization using published source material?
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> ⚠ Low confidence — Each summary sentence is tied to a verbatim excerpt and model-checked; completeness and independent factual correctness remain unverified. Evidence assessment: 3 evidence-verified sources cover every sub-claim, but corroboration or support strength is limited. Treat this as provisional.
Model-written summary with sentence-level citations. Each sentence is followed by the verbatim source text it was checked against; sentences without a qualifying excerpt were removed.
Research target 1
Requested topic (unverified): “What is the format and structure of a signed x402 payment authorization?”
A signed x402 payment authorization is submitted as part of the retried request by the agent. Source text: “Agent Retries Request with Signed Payment – The agent submits a signed payment authorization as part of the retried request.”
Research target 2
Requested topic (unverified): “What cryptographic signature scheme is used for signing x402 payment authorizations?”
The signature is produced as an EIP-712 signature via the Circle Signing API. Source text: “An agent provisions a Circle wallet through the API, funds it with USDC (testnet via faucet), encounters an x402 paywall, calls the Circle Signing API to produce the EIP-712 signature, and posts the result via PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.”
Research target 3
Requested topic (unverified): “What fields are included in a signed x402 payment authorization?”
The signed authorization includes seven fields: from, to, value, validAfter, validBefore, nonce, and a signature over the EIP-712 typed-data hash. Source text: “The core function takes seven fields: from, to, value, validAfter, validBefore, nonce, and a signature over the EIP-712 typed-data hash.”
Research target 4
Requested topic (unverified): “How is the signature verified in x402 payment authorization?”
Coinbase's x402 facilitator verifies that the signed payment authorization is valid and that the payment was confirmed onchain. Source text: “Coinbase’s x402 facilitator ensures that our agent’s signed payment authorization is valid, the payment was confirmed onchain, and the API server can safely unlock the content.”
Research target 5
Requested topic (unverified): “What published source material contains a concrete example of signed x402 payment authorization?”
Circle published a reference workflow that includes a concrete example of an agent signing a payment authorization for x402. Source text: “An agent provisions a Circle wallet through the API, funds it with USDC (testnet via faucet), encounters an x402 paywall, calls the Circle Signing API to produce the EIP-712 signature, and posts the result via PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.”
Summary sentences are model-written and model-checked, not independently verified; they claim no more than their excerpts and are not a complete synthesis. Excerpts establish source grounding, not that a source is correct. Source statements may be wrong or conflicting. Payment states remain in the separate receipt.
Evidence ledger — recorded source excerpts
Research targets are unverified topics. Coverage is an estimate of excerpt support, not proof of entailment, factual truth or a complete answer.
Requested topic (unverified): “What is the format and structure of a signed x402 payment authorization?”
70% estimated“Agent Retries Request with Signed Payment – The agent submits a signed payment authorization as part of the retried request.” [S1] x402.org
Requested topic (unverified): “What cryptographic signature scheme is used for signing x402 payment authorizations?”
90% estimated“An agent provisions a Circle wallet through the API, funds it with USDC (testnet via faucet), encounters an x402 paywall, calls the Circle Signing API to produce the EIP-712 signature, and posts the result via PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.” [S2] x402 Protocol Explained | Support
Requested topic (unverified): “What fields are included in a signed x402 payment authorization?”
80% estimated“The core function takes seven fields: from, to, value, validAfter, validBefore, nonce, and a signature over the EIP-712 typed-data hash.” [S2] x402 Protocol Explained | Support
Requested topic (unverified): “How is the signature verified in x402 payment authorization?”
80% estimated“Coinbase’s x402 facilitator ensures that our agent’s signed payment authorization is valid, the payment was confirmed onchain, and the API server can safely unlock the content.” [S3] How x402 Enables AI Agent Payments with Circle Wallets & USDC | Circle
Requested topic (unverified): “What published source material contains a concrete example of signed x402 payment authorization?”
80% estimated“An agent provisions a Circle wallet through the API, funds it with USDC (testnet via faucet), encounters an x402 paywall, calls the Circle Signing API to produce the EIP-712 signature, and posts the result via PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.” [S2] x402 Protocol Explained | Support
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What is the format and structure of a signed x402 payment authorization?
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“Agent Retries Request with Signed Payment – The agent submits a signed payment authorization as part of the retried request.”
S1 · x402.org · x402.org · version 365b2ed169a990726fb06e12bb8801500b8ad0e0cd7bb2ef4818db80f98c7e41
What cryptographic signature scheme is used for signing x402 payment authorizations?
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“An agent provisions a Circle wallet through the API, funds it with USDC (testnet via faucet), encounters an x402 paywall, calls the Circle Signing API to produce the EIP-712 signature, and posts the result via PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.”
S2 · eco.com · x402 Protocol Explained | Support · version 8e4312caf762dbe9233b8f1a443add719818d2639b2fae9639447d6abd227c56
What fields are included in a signed x402 payment authorization?
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“The core function takes seven fields: from, to, value, validAfter, validBefore, nonce, and a signature over the EIP-712 typed-data hash.”
S2 · eco.com · x402 Protocol Explained | Support · version 8e4312caf762dbe9233b8f1a443add719818d2639b2fae9639447d6abd227c56
How is the signature verified in x402 payment authorization?
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“Coinbase’s x402 facilitator ensures that our agent’s signed payment authorization is valid, the payment was confirmed onchain, and the API server can safely unlock the content.”
S3 · circle.com · How x402 Enables AI Agent Payments with Circle Wallets & USDC | Circle · version afb3b83862ab4ca9bc6014c99fe972e1e97cecf2bb1abfac3827193082e88705
What published source material contains a concrete example of signed x402 payment authorization?
1 recorded excerpt remain.
Inspect remaining excerpts
“An agent provisions a Circle wallet through the API, funds it with USDC (testnet via faucet), encounters an x402 paywall, calls the Circle Signing API to produce the EIP-712 signature, and posts the result via PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.”
S2 · eco.com · x402 Protocol Explained | Support · version 8e4312caf762dbe9233b8f1a443add719818d2639b2fae9639447d6abd227c56
Targets are requested topics, not verified assertions. Excerpts do not prove truth or independent corroboration. This view keeps the answer, confidence and payments unchanged and makes no new requests.
Research evidence matrix
Compare unverified research targets with cited sources and inspect recorded excerpts. An empty cell means no inspectable excerpt was recorded; it does not establish whether a claim is true, false, or disputed. Coverage and agent confidence do not prove entailment, measured accuracy or complete synthesis.
| Research target (unverified) | Inspection status | [S1] x402.orgPublication: x402.orgPublished: Not recorded | [S2] x402 Protocol Explained | SupportPublication: eco.comPublished: Not recorded | [S3] How x402 Enables AI Agent Payments with Circle Wallets & USDC | CirclePublication: circle.comPublished: Not recorded |
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| What is the format and structure of a signed x402 payment authorization? | Recorded excerpt | Inspect 1 excerptAgent Retries Request with Signed Payment – The agent submits a signed payment authorization as part of the retried request. | No excerpt recorded | No excerpt recorded |
| What cryptographic signature scheme is used for signing x402 payment authorizations? | Recorded excerpt | No excerpt recorded | Inspect 1 excerptAn agent provisions a Circle wallet through the API, funds it with USDC (testnet via faucet), encounters an x402 paywall, calls the Circle Signing API to produce the EIP-712 signature, and posts the result via PAYMENT-SIGNATURE. | No excerpt recorded |
| What fields are included in a signed x402 payment authorization? | Recorded excerpt | No excerpt recorded | Inspect 1 excerptThe core function takes seven fields: from, to, value, validAfter, validBefore, nonce, and a signature over the EIP-712 typed-data hash. | No excerpt recorded |
| How is the signature verified in x402 payment authorization? | Recorded excerpt | No excerpt recorded | No excerpt recorded | Inspect 1 excerptCoinbase’s x402 facilitator ensures that our agent’s signed payment authorization is valid, the payment was confirmed onchain, and the API server can safely unlock the content. |
| What published source material contains a concrete example of signed x402 payment authorization? | Recorded excerpt | No excerpt recorded | Inspect 1 excerptAn agent provisions a Circle wallet through the API, funds it with USDC (testnet via faucet), encounters an x402 paywall, calls the Circle Signing API to produce the EIP-712 signature, and posts the result via PAYMENT-SIGNATURE. | No excerpt recorded |
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Cited sources and references
- 1x402.orgx402.orgFree public reference · no creator payment · extracted pdf text20%
- 2x402 Protocol Explained | Supporteco.comFree public reference · no creator payment · extracted html text50%
- 3How x402 Enables AI Agent Payments with Circle Wallets & USDC | Circlecircle.comFree public reference · no creator payment · extracted html text30%
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Breaking down: "Can you give a concrete example of signed x402 payment authorization using published source material?"
Identified 5 research target(s) to investigate; these are not established facts
Deep mode: up to 5 paid/cached/public reads plus one bounded gap-expansion pass when needed.
Web search: 6/6 planned queries attempted, 3 succeeded, 19 public page previews/leads, 3 unavailable queries. Previews and supplied URLs are discovery only. Public reads spend no USDC; model and service operating costs remain separate.
Discovered 2 verified creator source(s) and 49 free public reference(s)
Claim-aware portfolio (exhaustive; bounded selection, not a claim of global optimality) selected 3/16 positive proposal(s): 3 free/cache selections + 0 paid fresh selections, predicting 5/5 claim(s) above the evidence floor with $0.000000/$0.025000 fetch USDC reserved.
Free-preview pre-check maps an actionable source to every sub-claim (5/5); paid reading may proceed within the budget.
Official x402 whitepaper PDF; snippet explicitly describes signed payment authorization, EIP-712 signature, and fields. Directly relevant to targets 0,1,2,3,4. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — selected for the claim-aware evidence portfolio (targets claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 0 fetch USDC, 1 attention slot).
Eco.com support article describes concrete workflow with Circle Signing API producing EIP-712 signature and posting via PAYMENT-SIGNATURE; directly relevant to targets 0,1,2,3,4. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — selected for the claim-aware evidence portfolio (targets claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 0 fetch USDC, 1 attention slot).
Circle blog describes agent using Sign Typed Data API to sign payment authorization and include in X-PAYMENT header; relevant to targets 0,1,2,3,4. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — selected for the claim-aware evidence portfolio (targets claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 0 fetch USDC, 1 attention slot).
About arXiv rate limit policy, unrelated to x402 payment authorization. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About gold prices and geopolitics, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About open source AI tools, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About post-quantum crypto in Workers, not x402 payment authorization. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About open heritage roundtable, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About private AI compute memory, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About open access advocacy, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About Docker Cloud Sandboxes, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About DuckDB view-only mode, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About LLMs securing source code, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About Go inliner, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About private federated learning, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About LLM agents, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About Microsoft Research Asia Singapore, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About Netlify Git storage, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About Ollama decision models, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About OpenAI Developers plugin, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About affiliation errors in research security, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About pg_vault_tde release, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About PyTorch certification, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About Rust 1.99 release, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About post-training LLMs, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About Bayesian A/B testing, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About OUSD stablecoin on Stripe, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About Supabase MCP auth, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
About Meta Muse agent with Tailscale, unrelated to x402. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
Article about NASA engineering excellence, unrelated to x402 payment authorization. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
Article about vLLM disaggregated serving, unrelated to x402 payment authorization. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
Article about Wikimedia community meetup, unrelated to x402 payment authorization. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward.
Official x402 Foundation announcement may mention signed authorization, but likely high-level; cached and free. - free public feed reference; no purchase or creator reward. — cached content is free, but this read does not clear the attention gate (EV 0.30, minimum 0.45, with a required claim target).
Official x402 docs on wallet compatibility; snippet discusses pre-verification of payment signature, relevant to signature verification (target 3). - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
Cloudflare blog discusses signed payload and HTTP Message Signatures for deferred scheme; relevant to format and signature scheme (targets 0,1,3). - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
Arxiv paper explicitly discusses EIP-712 signature verification over typed authorization message, validity window, nonce; relevant to targets 1,2,3. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
Medium article gives concrete scenario but snippet lacks signature details; may contain example of signed authorization. Relevant to targets 0,4. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
Fireblocks glossary describes agent constructs and signs cryptographic payment; may include format details. Relevant to targets 0,1,3. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
Avalanche Builder Hub page explicitly shows verification of EIP-712 signature and payment submission; relevant to targets 1,3,4. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
Ironweave page mentions client signs an authorization and Coinbase specification; may contain details on signature scheme. Relevant to targets 1,4. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
Circle API docs for verifying x402 payment; includes signed EIP-3009 authorization and payment requirements. Relevant to targets 2,3. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
Legal article describes x402 protocol sequence but snippet lacks signature specifics; may mention signed authorization. Relevant to target 0. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
Trust Wallet glossary snippet only mentions 402 response and payment terms, no signed authorization details. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward.
Stablecoin Insider article describes PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header as Base64-encoded payment payload proving authorization; relevant to targets 0,2. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
YouTube video transcript snippet shows transfer with authorization and validity periods; may demonstrate concrete signing. Relevant to targets 0,2,4. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
MetaMask news snippet only describes 402 response, no signed authorization details. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward.
LinkedIn post explicitly states payment signature covers transfer and client signs; may clarify signature scope. Relevant to targets 1,3. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
LinkedIn article describes asset, amount, payTo fields; may include signature format. Relevant to targets 2,4. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward. — the claim-aware portfolio chose a stronger, less redundant set inside the 5-source attention and $0.025000 fetch-budget caps, so this proposal stays unspent.
Duplicate YouTube video with different URL; snippet focuses on setup, not signed authorization. - free public original-page READ selection (not a cache hit); no purchase or creator reward.
Release notes for Keryx 0.27.57 focus on CI, proxy controls, and metadata rendering; no indication of signed x402 payment authorization format, signature scheme, fields, verification, or concrete example. Not relevant to any target.
Cached first-party engineering doc about recovering a Keryx paid research job without signing a second payment. It may discuss payment authorization mechanics and could contain a concrete example or field details relevant to targets 0, 2, and 4, though the preview does not confirm signature scheme or verification specifics. — cached content is free, but this read does not clear the attention gate (EV 0.40, minimum 0.45, with a required claim target).
READ x402 Whitepaper (PDF) - selected original public page, 0 USDC; not a cache hit.
Read extracted public text from https://x402.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/x402-whitepaper.pdf - S1; quote matching establishes source grounding, not fact verification.
READ x402 Protocol Explained | Support - selected original public page, 0 USDC; not a cache hit.
Read extracted public text from https://eco.com/support/en/articles/14839402-x402-protocol-explained - S2; quote matching establishes source grounding, not fact verification.
READ How x402 Enables AI Agent Payments with Circle Wallets & USDC | Circle - selected original public page, 0 USDC; not a cache hit.
Read extracted public text from https://www.circle.com/blog/autonomous-payments-using-circle-wallets-usdc-and-x402 - S3; quote matching establishes source grounding, not fact verification.
Sub-claim "What is the format and structure of a signed x402 payment au…": 75% covered by S1, S2 — S1 states that the payment authorization is a cryptographically signed message containing all fields from the payment request, actual payment amount, timestamp, and signature. S2 describes the EIP-3009 path with seven fields (from, to, value, validAfter, validBefore, nonce, signature) and the Permit2 path. However, the exact serialization format (e.g., JSON structure, header encoding) is not fully specified in the excerpts.
Sub-claim "What cryptographic signature scheme is used for signing x402…": 85% covered by S1, S2 — S1 explicitly states the signature follows the EIP-712 standard. S2 adds that EIP-3009 is used for USDC/EURC and Permit2 for other ERC-20 tokens, both of which use EIP-712 typed-data hashes. The scheme is clearly identified, though details like curve parameters are not in the excerpts.
Sub-claim "What fields are included in a signed x402 payment authorizat…": 80% covered by S1, S2 — S1 lists: all fields from the payment request, actual payment amount, timestamp, and cryptographic signature. S2 provides the EIP-3009 fields: from, to, value, validAfter, validBefore, nonce, and signature. Together they cover the core fields, but the exact mapping of payment request fields (e.g., asset, network, payTo) into the authorization is not fully detailed.
Sub-claim "How is the signature verified in x402 payment authorization?": 60% covered by S3 — S3 mentions that the facilitator verifies the signed payment authorization and confirms payment onchain, and that the service sends the payload to the facilitator for signature verification and settlement. However, the specific verification steps (e.g., recovering the signer, checking nonce, validating EIP-712 hash) are not described in the gathered excerpts.
Sub-claim "What published source material contains a concrete example o…": 70% covered by S3 — S3 (Circle blog) provides a concrete example: an agent uses Circle Wallets API to sign a payment authorization for a $0.01 USDC payment for wallet risk-profile data, and the signed payload is sent in the X-PAYMENT header. It includes a parsed payment requirements JSON. However, the actual signed authorization payload (the signature bytes or the full signed message) is not shown in the excerpts.
Coverage is adequate for all sub-claims. The main gaps are exact serialization format and detailed verification steps, but these are not explicitly requested as separate sub-claims and the existing sources provide sufficient concrete information. No affordable skipped sources are likely to fill these gaps better than the already gathered primary sources (x402 whitepaper, eco.com, Circle blog).
Final check — "What is the format and structure of a signed x402 payment au…": 90% assessed by S1, S2
Final check — "What cryptographic signature scheme is used for signing x402…": 100% assessed by S1, S2
Final check — "What fields are included in a signed x402 payment authorizat…": 90% assessed by S1, S2, S3
Final check — "How is the signature verified in x402 payment authorization?": 80% assessed by S3
Final check — "What published source material contains a concrete example o…": 100% assessed by S3, S2
Final coverage assessment — The gathered sources provide detailed information about x402 payment authorization, including its structure, signing schemes, fields, verification process, and a concrete example from Circle's blog. S1 (x402 whitepaper) describes the signed payment authorization as containing all fields from the payment request, actual payment amount, timestamp, and cryptographic signature, following EIP-712. S2 (eco.com) explains two signing paths: EIP-3009 for USDC/EURC and Permit2 for other ERC-20 tokens, with EIP-3009 using EIP-712 typed-data hash. S3 (Circle blog) provides a concrete example with a 402 response and payment requirements, and mentions signing via Circle Wallets API and verification by facilitator. Coverage is high for all sub-claims, with minor gaps in exact field listing and verification steps.
Synthesizing a grounded answer from 3 source(s)…
Relevance review returned; only checked excerpts can retain support, and review cannot raise it.
Delivering 5 summary sentence(s), each tied to one checked verbatim excerpt; complete synthesis remains unverified.
Source-matched public excerpt (no creator reward) — S1, research target 1, proposed support 70% (estimate, not entailment): “Agent Retries Request with Signed Payment – The agent submits a signed payment authorization as part of the retried request.”
Source-matched public excerpt (no creator reward) — S2, research target 2, proposed support 90% (estimate, not entailment): “An agent provisions a Circle wallet through the API, funds it with USDC (testnet via faucet), encounters an x402 paywall, calls the Circle S…”
Source-matched public excerpt (no creator reward) — S2, research target 3, proposed support 80% (estimate, not entailment): “The core function takes seven fields: from, to, value, validAfter, validBefore, nonce, and a signature over the EIP-712 typed-data hash.”
Source-matched public excerpt (no creator reward) — S3, research target 4, proposed support 90% (estimate, not entailment): “Coinbase’s x402 facilitator ensures that our agent’s signed payment authorization is valid, the payment was confirmed onchain, and the API s…”
Source-matched public excerpt (no creator reward) — S2, research target 5, proposed support 80% (estimate, not entailment): “An agent provisions a Circle wallet through the API, funds it with USDC (testnet via faucet), encounters an x402 paywall, calls the Circle S…”
Prepared a sentence-cited summary from 3 source(s)
Confidence: Low — Each summary sentence is tied to a verbatim excerpt and model-checked; completeness and independent factual correctness remain unverified. Evidence assessment: 3 evidence-verified sources cover every sub-claim, but corroboration or support strength is limited.
x402.org contributed 20% - free public reference; reward share withheld
eco.com contributed 50% - free public reference; reward share withheld
circle.com contributed 30% - free public reference; reward share withheld
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| 0.2–0.4 | 0 | Unmeasured | Unmeasured |
| 0.4–0.6 | 0 | Unmeasured | Unmeasured |
| 0.6–0.8 | 0 | Unmeasured | Unmeasured |
| 0.8–1 | 0 | Unmeasured | Unmeasured |
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