# @madeby.shun on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ-dYsXCarD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67459797-madebyshun-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/65e62c6981.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-24T16:49:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shun (@madeby.shun) — https://gondola.cc/madeby.shun

## Caption

The internet has had a "pay" button since 1999. Almost nobody ever used it.

It's HTTP 402 — Payment Required. Sat dormant for decades because there was no standard to make it work.

x402 (built by coinbase, base_ ) finally turns it on: agents and apps pay in USDC straight over HTTP. No accounts, no cards, ~200ms settlement on Base.

→ 169M+ payments in year one
→ Stripe, Cloudflare, AWS already building on it
→ one line of code to add a paywall

Swipe for the full breakdown 👉
Save this if you're building agents.

#x402 #Base #BuildOnBase #onchain #AIagents #USDC #buildinpublic #web3 #stablecoins #coinbase #cryptobuilders

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## Tags

buildinpublic, web3, base, aiagents, cryptobuilders, coinbase, x402, buildonbase, stablecoins, onchain, usdc

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