x402 protocol adds usage-based pricing for AI compute requests
The upgrade from flat fees to variable pricing is designed to support the use of AI agents for LLM inference, compute and data queries.
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The upgrade from flat fees to variable pricing is designed to support the use of AI agents for LLM inference, compute and data queries.
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