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- 1Linux Foundation Names Michael Hursta to Lead x402 Foundation●Linux Foundation Appoints Michael Hursta as Executive Director of the x402 Foundation
The Linux Foundation has appointed Michael Hursta as executive director of the x402 Foundation, the body stewarding the x402 open-source payments protocol for machine-to-machine and agentic web transactions. The announcement, carried by PR Newswire, formalises leadership of the project under the foundation's neutral open-source governance model.
- 2How to tie an AI agent's payment to an accepted offer●A supplier page can describe a product. It cannot approve a payment. Suppose an agent is asked to... # architecture # se
Engineers are debating how to design AI agents that handle payments safely. The core argument: a supplier's web page can only describe a product, never authorise a charge, so an agent asked to buy something must tie any payment strictly to an accepted, verified offer rather than trusting whatever a page claims. The discussion, tagged across security, fintech and software architecture circles, highlights the risks of giving autonomous agents spending power.