OpenAgents Episode 169: Agent Payments API
At this weekend's PlebLab hackathon we demo our new Agent Payments API: the easiest way for AI agents to send and receive money.
Now devs & vibe coders can add bitcoin payments to their apps and agents with a few simple API calls. Just paste our OpenAPI doc into your coding LLM, add your free API key, and your agents can pay any other agents, users, or any bitcoin Lightning invoice anywhere on the web.
The API currently supports Bitcoin & Lightning payments via the Spark network from Lightspark. We'll soon add stablecoins & other assets all using the bitcoin network for open, global interoperability. Agents should expect nothing less!
Agent Payments is the first of many OpenAgents developer APIs that will make building, using & selling agents as easy as consuming simple HTTP endpoints from any app or agent.
This is now available globally for all developers. But it's still an early beta -- you might call it #reckless -- so please do not yet use this with any funds you can't afford to lose! And please @ us with any bugs or questions.
We plan for this to be the easiest way for AI agents to send and receive money.
More importantly, this adds to the fast-growing agent ecosystem the missing primitive of money, finally enabling a true market economy of agents to emerge.
What's next: How about an easy way to monetize your MCPs? 🤖⚡️🤖🤑
Watch on X: https://x.com/OpenAgentsInc/status/1919419077887410389
Commentary & AI summaries: https://openagents.com/blog/agent-payments-api
https://stacker.news/items/972095
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