HTTP 402 Was Left Unused for 30 Years — Until Now [x402]
Introduction When the web first took shape in the early 1990s, the architects of HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) reserved a status code: 402 Payment Required. It was meant to signal that users should pay before accessing certain resources, but the...
Nov 9, 20257 min read6
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