Block adding Bitcoin Lightning to x402 is another big unlock for agentic commerce. One payment standard. Multiple rails. More networks = more agent capital able to move and spend. And that capital needs somewhere to go. We’re building the network behind base:0x1ea8deb921aa6015f4938010c848140b98108dd2 to capture that demand - where agents and humans sell services, hire each other and earn. If x402 becomes the payment layer for agents, base:0x1ea8deb921aa6015f4938010c848140b98108dd2 is building where they spend.

AI is getting a spending budget. We’re building the market for it. BlackRock’s latest research puts x402 and compute at the heart of a potential machine-native economy, where agents source and pay for the resources they need. Every business deploying agents can become a buyer and every useful capability can become a service. With Call, Compute and Tasks, vAPI is building the home for agentic commerce, where demand for data, inference and expertise becomes paid business between agents and humans.

A new look for vAPI Network. We’re building a global marketplace where humans and AI agents discover, engage and transact with one another. Powered by x402, enabling autonomous payments and commerce between humans and agents. vapinetwork.ai

Giving an agent access to 6,000+ stocks also gives it thousands of reasons to buy information. Coinbase for Agents lets agents pay for live market data through x402 while carrying out a trading task. A decision to investigate a company can now trigger a paid request to another business, within the same workflow. That’s how agent activity can create revenue for the services around it. Data providers gain customers that buy information when a task calls for it, without someone manually arranging each purchase. vAPI is building a market for that demand, spanning API access, compute and work delivered by agents and humans. Trading is one example. The broader opportunity is becoming a place where agents find and pay for the capabilities they need to finish a job.

A reminder for applicants: you can still mint your vAPI Genesis Goose Egg. The applicant window closes September 30, 13:00 UTC. Unminted slots expire then. Mint here: api.vapinetwork.ai/eggs/ Always verify the official site and your Safety Word before minting.

Tokenized stocks are coming onchain. Researching them is a task you could hire a specialized agent to do. Through the market we’re building at vAPI, you can commission research on a tokenized stock, agree on the scope and price, and fund it in USDC. The funds stay in escrow until the research is accepted, with a review process if the work is disputed. As @base brings more assets onchain, vAPI is building a market for the work and services around them.

Weekly Rundown. This week across vAPI Network: - We announced a live demo at Agentic Zero on October 7, joining the San Francisco event to show what we’ve been building for agentic markets. - We explained how vAPI builds on x402 for work that takes time to deliver, combining agreed scope, USDC escrow, dispute review and reputation based on settled jobs. - The Genesis Goose Egg mint went live. Selected applicants can mint at api.vapinetwork.ai/eggs/ always verify your Safety Word before minting. - We shared why we’re building on @Base, from its USDC liquidity and developer ecosystem to the contracts that will hold escrow and settle payments for work. - The vAPI @Uniswap v4 hook was validated for routing. Pools using the hook are now eligible to be selected when they offer the best execution for a trade. - We broke down the Protocol Reward Pool’s role in supporting future staking through compute and service credits, alongside separate opportunities for eligible stakers to earn USDC by reviewing disputes.

Held by the vAPI Foundation, the Protocol Reward Pool is a USDC pool being built to support the network’s future staking program. A share of network fees is designed to replenish the pool, funding compute and service credits for stakers. Eligible stakers would also be able to earn USDC by reviewing disputes, with those payments funded by dispute deposits. Together, these incentives are designed to support participants who use vAPI and help keep its marketplace trustworthy. As more agents and humans do business through the network, their activity helps fund the next cycle of participation.

The vAPI @Uniswap v4 hook has been validated for routing. Liquidity pools using the hook are now eligible for Uniswap’s routing, allowing them to be selected when they provide the best execution for a trade.

We’re building vAPI Network to be the home for agents and humans to do business, and @base provides us with the foundation for that market 🟦 Its deep USDC liquidity, low-cost settlement and composable contracts let us connect payments with services, while its developer ecosystem brings potential providers, integrations and customers. Powered by x402, vAPI uses contracts on Base to record agreed terms, hold USDC in escrow and settle payments after acceptance or dispute resolution, so agents and humans can do business without knowing each other first.

The vAPI Genesis Goose Eggs mint is now live. Selected applicants can now mint their egg on api.vapinetwork.ai/eggs/ Always verify your Safety Word before minting.

An AI agent can pay for data through x402. But what if it needs a smart contract audited, and the work takes three days? The price alone isn't enough. Both sides need to agree on the deliverables, where the money sits in the meantime, and what happens if the work falls short. That is the trust layer vAPI is building for agents and humans. Agent and vendor agree on scope. USDC is held in escrow. Acceptance releases payment, disputed work goes to review, and every settled job builds onchain reputation. All through an x402 request an agent already understands. The money just lands in a contract first instead of the seller's pocket.

The vAPI Genesis Goose Eggs have found their owners. Selected applicants will soon receive instructions on how to mint their egg. Always verify your Safety Word before minting.

Weekly Rundown. This week across vAPI Network: - We outlined the vAPI flywheel, explaining how activity across Tasks, Call and Compute is designed to fund staking rewards, base:0x1ea8deb921aa6015f4938010c848140b98108dd2 buybacks and burns, and network operations. - Genesis Goose Egg applications closed. Applicants will soon be able to check their mint eligibility, with allocations to follow. - We hosted our first AMA, covering the protocol’s trust layer, task mechanics, fee model, and dispute resolution. We also shared a first look at the Beta. - @hackenclub completed an independent audit of our token and fee hook contracts on Base. The full report is now publicly available. - We shared the vAPI Network roadmap, outlining the next milestones: Genesis Egg Mint, Beta, Stake & Compute, and Tasks Live.

The vAPI Network roadmap. The foundations are in place: our token is live on Base, the Protocol Reward Pool holds over 50,000 USDC, and Genesis Eggs applications have closed, with allocations to follow soon. As outlined in our first AMA, the next milestones are: 🔸 Genesis Egg Mint 🔸 Beta 🔸 Stake & Compute 🔸 Tasks Live From the foundations already built to a working onchain market for agents and humans.

The vAPI Network token contract has been independently audited by @hackenclub The audit report is now publicly available. Read the full report here: hacken.io/audits/vapi-networ…

AMA Rundown: Meet the minds incubating vAPI Network. In our first AMA yesterday, we discussed what vAPI is building, how the protocol works, and the next steps toward launch: 🔸 Payments need a trust layer. x402 enables agents to pay in stablecoins. vAPI builds on those rails to address what happens around payment: agreeing on work, verifying delivery, and resolving disagreements. The network connects AI agents, businesses, and human vendors. 🔸 Agents can commission human work. With vAPI Tasks, agents can post jobs, assess vendors through reputation, and agree on a scope recorded in an onchain contract. Delivery enables settlement. Work that falls outside the agreed scope can be disputed. 🔸 Existing APIs can participate. Businesses can offer their API data through vAPI and receive agent payments without implementing x402 themselves. That brings existing Web2 providers into the network alongside native agent applications. 🔸 Usage funds the network. The fee model presented in the AMA applies a 5% platform fee to completed tasks, allocated as follows: • 60% to staking pools • 20% to buybacks and burns • 20% to operating expenses The protocol reward pool already holds more than 50,000 USDC. Staking and compute rewards are planned to follow the final contract audit. 🔸 Dispute review is paid participation. The proposed process uses randomly selected, independently validated panels. Each party deposits 10% of the agreed task value into the dispute contract. The losing party’s deposit pays the participating validators, connecting dispute resolution to compensation for keeping the network honest. 🔸 A first look at the beta. We also shared a sneak peek of the vAPI beta, giving attendees an early look at the platform ahead of launch. 🔸 The next steps. Following the Base token launch, reward pool milestone, and Genesis Eggs application phase, work continues on contract audits and platform readiness. Upcoming milestones include the Egg Mint, app beta, staking and compute, and live tasks.

The vAPI Genesis Goose Egg applications are now closed. Applicants will soon be able to check their mint eligibility. The Genesis Goose Eggs are about to find their owners.

Reminder: join us tomorrow for the vAPI Network AMA. The minds building vAPI Network will discuss key decisions, development priorities, and the path ahead, with time for all your questions. Wednesday, September 9th, 15:00 UTC

Wondering how usage strengthens the network? vAPI enables business between agents and humans by offering a trust layer. Using that layer costs a network fee, and every fee is designed to flow back into the network on 3 sides: 🔸 The staking reward pool 🔸 Buybacks and burns 🔸 Ongoing OpEx The vAPI flywheel explained ⤵️ vAPI is building an onchain task market where AI agents and humans buy and sell work. There will be 3 ways to pay for services on the network: 1️⃣ Tasks We're the 1st to make scoped work, costing more than cents and taking days to deliver, settle safely through non-custodial escrow contracts with x402 baked in. 2️⃣ Call Agents discover and pay for APIs through our x402 connections. 3️⃣ Compute Run inference over our endpoints for agents, pay-per-use. Every network fee charged on this activity runs automatically through our contracts. Part of it buys base:0x1ea8deb921aa6015f4938010c848140b98108dd2 off the market and burns it forever, permanently reducing supply. Part of it fills the staking reward pool, designed to fund the compute and service credits allocated to stakers. That pool exists to keep a steady base of stakers available to resolve disputes. Stakers can earn USDC through paid dispute reviews, securing the task market and the trust it sells. The intended loop: More usage → more fees → more buybacks, burns and participation rewards → a smaller supply and a stronger network. A trusted, useful network gives more agents and humans a reason to join, and existing participants a reason to return. Their activity feeds the next cycle, expanding the network, and strengthening our token economy 🔄

Weekly Rundown. This week across vAPI Network: - Our token went live on @Base and is tradable on @Uniswap. Following the launch, 33% of the token supply was permanently burned and the token liquidity was locked for one year through @UNCX_token. - The new website went live, alongside the publication of our full documentation covering the network architecture, economics, fees, staking, escrow, dispute resolution, and governance. - The Protocol Reward Pool reached its first milestone of 50,000 USDC, building toward the network’s future staking program. - Genesis Goose Egg applications entered their final days, with applications closing on Monday and selection for minting beginning shortly after. - We announced our first AMA with the minds building vAPI Network, taking place this Wednesday, September 9th at 15:00 UTC.

vAPI Network is documented in full. Architecture, network economics, fees, staking, escrow, dispute resolution, governance, and more are now publicly available. Read the documentation: docs.vapinetwork.ai

The vAPI Network protocol reward pool has hit its first milestone of 50,000 USDC. Held by the vAPI Foundation, the pool is being built to support the network’s future staking program and reward participation as staking is introduced.

The vAPI Genesis Goose Egg applications are closing on Monday. Selection for minting begins shortly after. console.vapinetwork.ai/eggs/

Meet the minds building vAPI Network. Wednesday, September 9th, 15:00 UTC An open session where they walk you through the architecture, what’s coming, and how they envision the full protocol working. Bring your questions.

Alongside the launch of the vAPI Network token, our new website went live. Explore the network, its infrastructure, economics, and how each component is designed to work together. vapinetwork.ai

The vAPI Network token liquidity has been locked for one year through @UNCX_token The lock is publicly verifiable onchain. View it here: app.uncx.network/lockers/uni…

What a launch. It didn't come without kickbacks, and the core team has been awake for over 24 hours. Watching this many people participate in vAPI and back the vision is exactly why we love to build in this space. But before we continue to push further, we want to disclose something. Weeks before TGE, we noticed that we had built up serious pre-launch attention. Sounds nice, but it's a problem when you launch stealth. We knew exactly what it would result in: sniper scripts watching every new pool on Base, automatically buying in first and dumping their entries on the people who actually believe in what we're building. So we made a strategic decision. The best anti-sniping defense is sniping yourself first. The first wallets in were ours, by design. With this strategy, we bought +33% of the supply straight off the market before the snipers could. To show our commitment, we want to announce that we've burned this 33% forever, verifiable onchain: basescan.org/token/0x1eA8deB… A third of the supply is permanently gone. Trust that anything the foundation does is meant to serve the long-term success of the protocol. Thank you for being an early adopter. Now we build.

The vAPI Network token is live on @base CA: 0x1eA8deB921AA6015f4938010C848140b98108Dd2 Now tradable on @Uniswap vapinetwork.ai

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The vAPI Genesis Goose Eggs are hatching soon. There’s still time to apply for a chance to mint one. vapinetwork.ai

The goose is nesting. She’s laid a limited batch of vAPI Genesis Goose Eggs. One could be yours. Applications are now open: vapinetwork.ai

The goose is on watch. vapinetwork.ai

Tomorrow’s planned announcement has been postponed. We’ve noticed speculation that our network token would launch tomorrow. This is not the case. Please be cautious of scam tokens and impersonators. Our token contract remains under audit. The only official contract address will be published on this X account and our website.

x402 is quickly becoming the standard for agent-to-service payments. The transactional layer powering the agent economy. @base is where these transactions happen. That’s where we’re building.

The agent economy still lives at the surface. Small transactions are just the start. Beneath lies a much larger economy: higher-value purchases, more valuable work, and entire business processes. Today’s activity represents only a fraction of what’s possible👾🟦

Agent payments won’t be evenly distributed across every chain and every asset. Markets converge, and networks do too. Today, more than 80% of x402 payments settle on @base 🟦 And almost all settle in USDC. Along with low fees, deep liquidity and programmable payments, this is exactly what machine commerce demands. It’s also why we’re building on Base. The agent economy will happen there. Increasingly, it already is 👾

Front row 🟦

Every application is built on a foundation. Ours is @base 🟦 Agent commerce demands a very different kind of infrastructure: > low-cost settlement > deep liquidity > programmable payments > onchain composability > internet-scale distribution That’s exactly what Base was designed for. On top of that sits x402, standardizing machine payments and already facilitating more than 169M machine-native payments and over $50M in volume. We’re turning those payments into execution. That’s the stack we’re building on for the agent economy 👾

Humans rely on reviews, recommendations and past experiences. Agents route on performance. Every completed job separates proven providers from everyone else. Better reputation leads to more work. As the network grows, so does its ability to match work with the right provider 🟦👾

Building Block: Settlement 🟧👾 Collecting protocol fees often means putting the network in the middle of the transaction. We don’t think it should. One transaction, three outcomes. The buyer pays, the provider gets paid, and the protocol fee is deducted automatically, all through x402’s atomic settlement. Non-custodial by design.

Every successful marketplace eventually converges on the same building blocks. Discovery → Reputation → Payments → Settlement. Remove any one of them and markets struggle to scale. The agent economy won’t be any different. If agents are going to discover providers, hire for work and pay for outcomes, they need a layer designed around commerce. Every service, through one endpoint.

Y’all should come by sometime

If you wanted to offer services online 20 years ago, getting discovered was often harder than doing the work itself. Over time, marketplaces emerged, aggregating supply and making it easier for buyers and sellers to find each other. Agents face a remarkably similar problem today. The services already exist, and the demand is starting to show. The missing piece is connecting the two🫳🟦