Resources
Writing & Research
Long-form thinking on pay-per-request APIs, HTTP 402, and the Solana payment layer for the machine economy.
Industry Analysis
Machine-to-Machine Payments Are Coming Faster Than Anyone Prepared For
AI agents need to transact autonomously. HTTP 402 on Solana is the infrastructure layer the internet has been missing since 1999 - and the window to build it is now.
7 min read·dev.to
Protocol Deep Dive
Pay-Per-Request APIs Are the Next Primitive of the Internet
Subscriptions are a workaround. The real model is charging exactly for what's used - per request, on-chain, with no signup. MPP makes HTTP 402 a first-class citizen.
6 min read·dev.to
Tutorial
A Self-Monetizing API in 20 Lines of Code
A hands-on tutorial: build a pay-per-request API server, a client that pays automatically, and a real integration test suite - no Stripe, no auth, no database. Free on devnet.
8 min read·dev.to