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x402 Protocol Development

x402 is an open standard (Apache-2.0, by Coinbase) that activates the HTTP 402 Payment Required status code for programmatic, on-chain payments. No accounts, sessions, or API keys required - clients pay with signed crypto transactions directly over HTTP.

When to Use

  • Building a paid API that accepts crypto micropayments
  • Adding paywall to web content or endpoints
  • Enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for resources
  • Integrating MCP tools that require payment
  • Building agent-to-agent (A2A) payment flows
  • Working with EVM (Base, Ethereum, MegaETH, Monad), Solana, Stellar, or Aptos payment settlement
  • Implementing usage-based billing with the upto scheme (LLM tokens, bandwidth, compute)

Core Architecture

Three roles in every x402 payment:

  1. Resource Server - protects endpoints, returns 402 with payment requirements
  2. Client - signs payment authorization, retries request with payment header
  3. Facilitator - verifies signatures, settles transactions on-chain

Payment flow (HTTP transport):

Client -> GET /resource -> Server returns 402 + PAYMENT-REQUIRED header
Client -> signs payment -> retries with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header
Server -> POST /verify to Facilitator -> POST /settle to Facilitator
Server -> returns 200 + PAYMENT-RESPONSE header + resource data

Quick Start: Seller (TypeScript + Express)

import express from "express";
import { paymentMiddleware, x402ResourceServer } from "@x402/express";
import { ExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/server";
import { HTTPFacilitatorClient } from "@x402/core/server";

const app = express();
const payTo = "0xYourWalletAddress";

const facilitator = new HTTPFacilitatorClient({ url: "https://x402.org/facilitator" });
const server = new x402ResourceServer(facilitator)
  .register("eip155:84532", new ExactEvmScheme());

app.use(
  paymentMiddleware(
    {
      "GET /weather": {
        accepts: [
          { scheme: "exact", price: "$0.001", network: "eip155:84532", payTo },
        ],
        description: "Weather data",
        mimeType: "application/json",
      },
    },
    server,
  ),
);

app.get("/weather", (req, res) => {
  res.json({ weather: "sunny", temperature: 70 });
});

app.listen(4021);

Install: npm install @x402/express @x402/core @x402/evm

Quick Start: Buyer (TypeScript + Axios)

import { x402Client, wrapAxiosWithPayment } from "@x402/axios";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
import axios from "axios";

const signer = privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`);
const client = new x402Client();
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer });

const api = wrapAxiosWithPayment(axios.create(), client);
const response = await api.get("http://localhost:4021/weather");
// Payment handled automatically on 402 response

Install: npm install @x402/axios @x402/evm viem

Quick Start: Seller (Python + FastAPI)

from fastapi import FastAPI
from x402.http import FacilitatorConfig, HTTPFacilitatorClient, PaymentOption
from x402.http.middleware.fastapi import PaymentMiddlewareASGI
from x402.http.types import RouteConfig
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact import ExactEvmServerScheme
from x402.server import x402ResourceServer

app = FastAPI()

facilitator = HTTPFacilitatorClient(FacilitatorConfig(url="https://x402.org/facilitator"))
server = x402ResourceServer(facilitator)
server.register("eip155:84532", ExactEvmServerScheme())

routes = {
    "GET /weather": RouteConfig(
        accepts=[PaymentOption(scheme="exact", pay_to="0xYourAddress", price="$0.001", network="eip155:84532")],
        mime_type="application/json",
        description="Weather data",
    ),
}
app.add_middleware(PaymentMiddlewareASGI, routes=routes, server=server)

@app.get("/weather")
async def get_weather():
    return {"weather": "sunny", "temperature": 70}

Install: pip install "x402[fastapi,evm]"

Quick Start: Seller (Go + Gin)

import (
    x402http "github.com/coinbase/x402/go/http"
    ginmw "github.com/coinbase/x402/go/http/gin"
    evm "github.com/coinbase/x402/go/mechanisms/evm/exact/server"
)

facilitator := x402http.NewHTTPFacilitatorClient(&x402http.FacilitatorConfig{URL: facilitatorURL})

routes := x402http.RoutesConfig{
    "GET /weather": {
        Accepts: x402http.PaymentOptions{
            {Scheme: "exact", Price: "$0.001", Network: "eip155:84532", PayTo: evmAddress},
        },
        Description: "Weather data",
        MimeType:    "application/json",
    },
}

r.Use(ginmw.X402Payment(ginmw.Config{
    Routes:      routes,
    Facilitator: facilitator,
    Schemes:     []ginmw.SchemeConfig{{Network: "eip155:84532", Server: evm.NewExactEvmScheme()}},
}))

Install: go get github.com/coinbase/x402/go

Multi-Network Support (EVM + Solana)

Servers can accept payment on multiple networks simultaneously:

import { ExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/server";
import { ExactSvmScheme } from "@x402/svm/exact/server";

const server = new x402ResourceServer(facilitator)
  .register("eip155:84532", new ExactEvmScheme())
  .register("solana:EtWTRABZaYq6iMfeYKouRu166VU2xqa1", new ExactSvmScheme());

// Route config with both networks
"GET /weather": {
  accepts: [
    { scheme: "exact", price: "$0.001", network: "eip155:84532", payTo: evmAddress },
    { scheme: "exact", price: "$0.001", network: "solana:EtWTRABZaYq6iMfeYKouRu166VU2xqa1", payTo: svmAddress },
  ],
}

Clients register both schemes and auto-select based on server requirements:

const client = new x402Client();
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: evmSigner });
registerExactSvmScheme(client, { signer: svmSigner });

Supported Networks

Network CAIP-2 ID Status
Base Mainnet eip155:8453 Mainnet
Base Sepolia eip155:84532 Testnet
MegaETH Mainnet eip155:4326 Mainnet (USDM default, 18 decimals)
Solana Mainnet solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp Mainnet
Solana Devnet solana:EtWTRABZaYq6iMfeYKouRu166VU2xqa1 Testnet
Stellar Mainnet stellar:pubnet Mainnet (TypeScript SDK only)
Stellar Testnet stellar:testnet Testnet (TypeScript SDK only)
Aptos Mainnet aptos:1 Mainnet (TypeScript SDK only)
Aptos Testnet aptos:2 Testnet (TypeScript SDK only)
Monad Mainnet eip155:143 Mainnet
Avalanche eip155:43114 Via community facilitators

Default facilitator (https://x402.org/facilitator) supports Base Sepolia, Solana Devnet, and Stellar Testnet.

SDK Packages

TypeScript (npm)

Package Purpose
@x402/core Core types, client, server, facilitator
@x402/evm EVM scheme (EIP-3009 + Permit2)
@x402/svm Solana scheme (SPL TransferChecked)
@x402/stellar Stellar scheme (SEP-41 Soroban token transfers)
@x402/aptos Aptos scheme (Fungible Asset transfers)
@x402/express Express middleware
@x402/hono Hono edge middleware
@x402/next Next.js middleware
@x402/axios Axios interceptor
@x402/fetch Fetch wrapper
@x402/paywall Browser paywall UI
@x402/mcp MCP client + server
@x402/extensions Bazaar, payment-identifier, sign-in-with-x

Python (pip)

pip install "x402[httpx]"      # Async HTTP client
pip install "x402[requests]"   # Sync HTTP client
pip install "x402[fastapi]"    # FastAPI server
pip install "x402[flask]"      # Flask server
pip install "x402[svm]"        # Solana support

Go

go get github.com/coinbase/x402/go

Key Concepts

  • Client/Server/Facilitator: The three roles in every payment. Client signs, server enforces, facilitator settles on-chain. See references/core-concepts.md
  • Wallet: Both payment mechanism and identity for buyers/sellers. See references/core-concepts.md
  • Networks & Tokens: CAIP-2 identifiers, EIP-3009 tokens on EVM, SPL on Solana, custom token config. See references/core-concepts.md
  • Scheme: Payment method. exact = transfer exact amount (production-ready); upto = authorize max, settle actual usage (spec finalized, not yet supported by facilitators). See references/evm-scheme.md, references/svm-scheme.md, references/stellar-scheme.md, references/upto-scheme.md, references/aptos-scheme.md
  • Transport: How payment data is transmitted (HTTP headers, MCP _meta, A2A metadata). See references/transports.md
  • Extensions: Optional features (bazaar discovery, payment-identifier idempotency, sign-in-with-x auth, gas sponsoring). See references/extensions.md
  • Hooks: Lifecycle callbacks on client/server/facilitator (TS, Python, Go). See references/lifecycle-hooks.md
  • Protocol types: PaymentRequired, PaymentPayload, SettlementResponse. See references/protocol-spec.md
  • Custom tokens: Use registerMoneyParser for non-USDC tokens, Permit2 for non-EIP-3009 tokens. See references/evm-scheme.md
  • Mainnet deployment: Switch facilitator URL, network IDs, and wallet addresses. See references/core-concepts.md

References

File Content
references/core-concepts.md HTTP 402 foundation, client/server/facilitator roles, wallet identity, networks, tokens, custom token config, dynamic registration, self-hosted facilitator, mainnet deployment
references/protocol-spec.md v2 protocol types, payment flow, facilitator API, error codes
references/typescript-sdk.md TypeScript SDK patterns for server, client, MCP, paywall, facilitator
references/python-sdk.md Python SDK patterns for server, client, MCP (server + client), facilitator
references/go-sdk.md Go SDK patterns for server, client, MCP, facilitator, signers, custom money parser
references/evm-scheme.md EVM exact scheme: EIP-3009, Permit2, default asset resolution, registerMoneyParser, custom tokens
references/svm-scheme.md Solana exact scheme: SPL TransferChecked, verification rules, duplicate settlement mitigation
references/stellar-scheme.md Stellar exact scheme: SEP-41 Soroban token transfers, ledger-based expiration, fee sponsorship, TypeScript SDK only
references/upto-scheme.md Upto (usage-based) scheme: authorize max amount, settle actual usage. EVM via Permit2 only
references/aptos-scheme.md Aptos exact scheme: fungible asset transfers, fee payer sponsorship, TypeScript SDK only
references/transports.md HTTP, MCP, A2A transport implementations
references/extensions.md Bazaar, payment-identifier, sign-in-with-x, gas sponsoring (eip2612 + erc20) extensions
references/lifecycle-hooks.md Client/server/facilitator hooks (TypeScript, Python, Go), hook chaining, MCP hooks

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