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HTTP 402 Payments: The Technical Reality Nobody Talks About

HTTP 402 Payment Required was designed for digital payments, but nobody uses it. L402 aims to fix that with Bitcoin Lightning. Here is why both fail for real users and what actually needs to exist for AI payment systems to work.

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Blaise Albuquerque

Founder, Bear Billing

#HTTP 402#L402 Protocol#API Design#Payment Systems#Technical Architecture

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