Block brings Bitcoin Lightning payments to x402 for AI agents
Summary
Block has joined the x402 Foundation and added Bitcoin Lightning support to the x402 payment protocol, expanding its push into AI-agent payments. Block says Lightning is well suited for the low-cost, high-volume transactions expected in agentic commerce. x402 is an open standard that lets AI agents and web services automatically pay for API access, data, and digital services. Block now joins Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Coinbase, and the Solana Foundation in backing the foundation, which launched in April under the Linux Foundation. The move also extends Block’s involvement in the Universal Commerce Protocol, aimed at enabling AI-driven commerce for small businesses.
