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# 200 OK: Payment settled, resource delivered


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 12:50–13:20 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 2
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100063-200-ok-payment-settled-resource-delivered)

## Description

AI agents are making machine-to-machine payments on the open web in the rapidly growing field of agentic commerce. We’ll explore next-generation payment protocols, open web standards, and blockchain solutions that enable digital payments in the burgeoning agentic economy. Learn about recent developments, technical challenges, and emerging standards that are shaping how agents exchange value at internet scale.

## Speaker

### [Brian Whippo](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@brian-whippo)

Senior Director at Algorand


## Related talks at this congress

- [HTTP 402: Teaching the Web to Let Agents Pay](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1264-http-402-teaching) — Ed Marquez
- [Build Agents That Can Pay with x402: From Your Laptop to a Live Network](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1289-build-agents-that) — Ed Marquez, Hendrik Ebbers, Peter Swierzy
- [Teaching agents to pay: what devs need to know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1374-teaching-agents-to) — Benjamin Smith
- [Building the Agentic Economy with x402 and Stablecoins](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1290-building-the-agentic) — Jorrin Bruns, Sara Jane Kenny