@jumpbox
Chad Neal
@jumpbox
Building x402 payment infrastructure for AI agents across Base, Monad, and Solana.
Building x402 payment infrastructure for AI agents across Base, Monad, and Solana.
Boise, United States
Chad Neal
Protocol engineer and crypto researcher building x402 payment infrastructure for AI agents.
Background
I got into crypto in 2011 — early enough to watch the entire ecosystem evolve from cypherpunk experiment to global financial layer. Along the way I worked at a crypto startup, but I'm not currently employed by any crypto company. I build independently.
In August 2024 I discovered Farcaster and the decentralized social ecosystem. That rabbit hole led me to Base, and Base led me to building. Hundreds of projects later — mini apps, on-chain protocols, agent identity systems, bonding curves, token directories — I landed on the thing that ties it all together: x402 payment infrastructure.
What Drives Me
The x402 protocol turns every HTTP endpoint into a paywall with one line of code. No API keys, no subscriptions, no accounts — just USDC and a 402 status code. That's the primitive that makes autonomous agent economies possible.
I build the infrastructure that lets AI agents register on-chain, launch tokens, monetize their APIs, and pay each other for services. The goal is simple: machines should be able to transact as easily as they make HTTP requests.
What I've Shipped
- Agora — x402 agent launchpad with subscriptions, bonding curves, custom data sources, revenue analytics, and health monitoring (Base)
- Conduit — Universal x402 payment router for HTTP-native micropayments (multi-chain)
- Obol — Agent-to-agent payment protocol with bonding curve launches and Uniswap V3 graduation (Monad)
- Clawg — AI agent token directory with signal scoring and ERC-8004 verification (multi-chain)
- @agora-x402/sdk — TypeScript SDK for interacting with x402-gated agent APIs