The Lab.
Imagine a Tuesday in 2028. Your phone’s agent just paid for your morning coffee before you reached the counter, settled a freelancer invoice while you were in the shower, and rebooked your delayed flight — all without asking. Every transaction was signed with a post-quantum key, settled on-chain, and logged to your ledger.
This lab is where those patterns live. Each case study tells a story, shows you the flow diagram, and lets you play the scene on an interactive canvas. Explore the protocols that make autonomous agent commerce possible.
Core Protocols
The building blocks of agent payments. Each pattern is a self-contained module you can drop into any Python backend.
x402 Paywall
Gate any HTTP route behind on-chain payment. One middleware, five parameters, infinite composability.
Escrow & Refund
Lock funds with a deadline, claim on delivery, dispute in the challenge window. Native ETH variant has an EIP draft.
Streaming MPP
Open a payment channel under a budget cap. Stream micro-pays as work is performed. Settle on close.
AI Compute Auction
Three providers bid. Lowest valid bid wins. Escrow settles the winner. The market sets the price.
Use Cases
Protocols in action. Each scene exercises multiple switchboard modules in a realistic scenario.
Taxi Handover
Patty’s agent books a ride. Sai bids, escrow locks the fare, GPS verifies, ride completes.
Café Walk-by
Walk past a cafe. Agent detects, pre-orders, pays. Cup ready on arrival. Zero friction.
Food Delivery
Three-party escrow: restaurant, rider, and customer. Escrow splits payout automatically.
Multi-City Trip
Tokyo → LA → Goa → London → Dubai. Rolling escrow per night, auto-rebook on delays.
Under the Hood
Chain support, post-quantum cryptography, rails compatibility, and developer tools.
Multi-Chain Map
Chain-agnostic execution, LUX-settled. TRON, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum — all settling on LUX.
Post-Quantum
Dilithium, Falcon, SPHINCS+. Every payment carries an explicit signature_alg. PQ-ready by default.
Rails Comparison
x402, MPP, AP2, Circle Nano, AgentEscrow — side by side. Same wire, same identity.
Dev Tools
Simulator, canvas lab, conformance harness, agent identity schema, scene template.