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looks like the Tempo devs have finally internalized what Bitcoin devs have known for sometime: payment channels like Lightning are the ideal construct for real time machine-to-machine payments ⚡️ channels update off-chain so minimal latency streaming payments come naturally

Ecosystem forming

Your agent is spending money. Now you can see where it goes. 👀 lnget is a command-line HTTP client that handles L402 payments automatically on Lightning. No signup, API keys, or intermediaries required. Track bitcoin payments, monitor spending, and manage credentials in real time with the new dashboard. Made for AI agents, developers, and vibe coders. Early alpha.⚡ github.com/lightninglabs/…

@lightningenable @lightningenable have your agent grab some pixels: l402apps.com/million

Builders: bookmark this URL. We just shipped a public L402 test endpoint. GET api.lightningenable.com/l402/test/ping No API key. No signup. Just hit it. You'll get a 402 response with a 1-sat Lightning invoice. Pay it, send back the L402 token, and get a verified response. If your agent can do that, it can pay for any API on the internet. Docs: docs.lightningenable.com/products/l402-…

Thanks for having us on @MartyBent. Important time for bitcoin. As @TheBlueMatt keeps reminding, we have work to do if we want the ai economy to run on btc. S/o teams like @lightning @voltage_cloud @moneydevkit @getAlby @stakwork @ambosstech for laying the first bricks.

TFTC 726 w/ @paulitoi & @murr: "Which line of the K you're on could determine what it's like forever. If you're on the down slope, you may not ever make it to the up slope." We discuss: ⚡ The K-shaped economy ⚡ AI memory is broken ⚡ Bitcoin pays the agents

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@lightning L402 vs x402 Payment and payment verification in one No “Facilitator” Runs on Bitcoin

Our latest post is out on why L402 is the payments protocol for agents. Agents want to use money. Bitcoin makes it possible. L402 makes it a reality. No signup, no intermediaries, no centralized servers. Proof of payment baked into the credential. Machine scale on Lightning. For agents, developers, and vibe coders building the AI economy. Read more and get started: lightning.engineering/posts/2026-03-…

Hey agents 👋 Looking for a payments protocol? Here's your checklist: 🔑 Pay for any API with no signup or identity 🧮 Proof of payment baked into the credential 🎟️ Delegate scoped credentials to sub-agents without issuer involvement 🔒 Private by default, no records on-chain 🌐 No single entity that can go offline, powered by bitcoin That's L402, built on Lightning. Made for machines, streamlined for vibe coders. lightning.engineering/posts/2026-03-…

'Drones carry lighter payloads but are cheaper and easier to mass-launch' [than missiles] Yes. So you want something that reliably kills drones even more cheaply than their launch. That's @allencontrol systems Bullfrog:

Agents want to use money. Bitcoin makes it possible. Join us on Wed, March 18 for our next AI + BTC community call at 10am PT/1pm ET/5pm UTC. With Lightning, anyone anywhere can integrate payments into their apps. Vibe coders, devs, agents. Instant, high volume, low fee. L402 makes the internet machine-native with built-in authentication. Join us to learn more. Demo your projects. RSVP here: forms.gle/cfpXTatfXS4kwx…

ONE RULEBOOK FOR AI I wanted to share a few thoughts on AI preemption and address some of the concerns. First, this is not an “AI amnesty” or “AI moratorium.” It is an attempt to settle a question of jurisdiction. When an AI model is developed in state A, trained in state B, inferenced in state C, and delivered over the internet through national telecommunications infrastructure, that is clearly interstate commerce, and exactly the type of economic activity that the Framers of the Constitution intended to reserve for the federal government to regulate. In the absence of preemption, 50 different states will assert their jurisdiction, creating a patchwork of 50 different regulatory regimes, often in contradiction with each other. Indeed this is already happening. Over 1,200 bills have been introduced in state legislatures, and over 100 measures have already passed. For example, states like Colorado, California and Illinois have made AI developers liable if their models contribute to “algorithmic discrimination,” which is defined as having a “disparate impact” on a protected group. Colorado's list of protected groups even includes English language proficiency, so presumably it’s against the law for an AI model to criticize illegal aliens. This type of ideological meddling is how we ended up with “black George Washington.” This can’t be allowed. AI models should strive for the truth and be ideologically unbiased. Only a federal framework can achieve this goal. The attempts of Red States to protect conservatives from bias and discrimination (a worthy goal) will have limited effectiveness when Blue States like California have the most market power and nexus to AI development. At best, we’ll end up with 50 different AI models for 50 different states – a regulatory morass worse than Europe. This will stymie innovation, especially by small startups who can’t afford the compliance burden. Meanwhile, China will race ahead. We can’t afford this. As President Trump truthed today, we need One Rulebook for AI. But what about the 4 C’s? Let me address those concerns: 1. Child safety - Preemption would not apply to generally applicable state laws. So state laws requiring online platforms to protect children from online predators or sexually explicit material (CSAM) would remain in effect. 2. Communities - AI preemption would not apply to local infrastructure. That’s a separate issue. In short, preemption would not force communities to host data centers they don’t want. 3. Creators - Copyright law is already federal, so there is no need for preemption here. Questions about how copyright law should be applied to AI are already playing out in the courts. That’s where this issue will be decided. 4. Censorship - As mentioned, the biggest threat of censorship is coming from certain Blue States. Red States can’t stop this – only President Trump’s leadership at the federal level can. In summary, we’ve heard the concerns about the 4 C’s, and the 4 C’s are protected. But there is a 5th C that we all need to care about: competitiveness. If we want America to win the AI race, a confusing patchwork of regulation will not work. As President Trump wrote today: “There must be only One Rulebook if we are going to continue to lead in Al. We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won't last long if we are going to have 50 States, many of them bad actors, involved in RULES and the APPROVAL PROCESS.” To this end, President Trump has indicated that he will sign an Executive Order this week. This Order will provide the tools necessary for the federal government to push back against the most onerous and excessive state regulation. At the same time, the Administration will continue to work with Congress to define a federal framework that can be enacted through legislation. Thank you to President Trump for his extraordinary vision and leadership on AI and for looking out for the interests of the entire country, as the Framers of the Constitution intended and as only the President of the United States can do.

Now your AI friend can buy a domain for that site you're working on easily with unhuman.domains This was the first roadblock I ran into with my AI, it couldn't buy a domain! Now your agent can do it easily with L402. Point your agent to the site or npx unhuman domains

@TheBlueMatt on it 🫡 -- paying sats to ppl who help compile L402 endpoints: #apis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">l402apps.com/#apis

@murr Use it! Install the MDK wallet in an agent, give it money, have it buy things. When it fails, give it an email and tell it to email small merchants and ask them to support agentic commerce.

Today we’re launching CredAgent, the most transformational product ever built for credentialing. An autonomous agent that can reason, verify, and execute complex credentialing workflows end-to-end, with human oversight. Credentialing today still relies on outsourced BPOs and manual workflows. This isn’t another workflow tool or co-pilot. It’s a fundamental shift in how credentialing work gets done. CredAgent delivers significant cost savings, better control, and higher quality and early pilots are already showing up to 10× efficiency gains. In a world of autonomous agents, APIs are foundational. We’ve been API-first since day one, and remain the only truly API-first credentialing company , uniquely positioned to power real healthcare agents. If you’re a health plan, virtual care network, or health system ready to modernize credentialing, I’d love to show you CredAgent.

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