Stripe and Paradigm-backed blockchain startup Tempo launch the Machine Payments Protocol, which uses Tempo's new blockchain to handle AI agents' transactions
Fortune Ben Weiss
Related Coverage
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- The internet was built for humans to browse. Payments infrastructure was built for humans to checkout. Neither works when the buyer is a machine. … Mohamed Adly
- 🚀 Introducing the Machine Payments Protocol — Agents are becoming a new kind of customer on the internet. … Kevin Miller
- 🤖 Introducing the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP). — Agents are increasingly becoming economic actors, and they need a better way to pay. … Peter Bückle
Discussion
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@tempo
@tempo
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Tempo Mainnet is live
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@tempo
@tempo
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Tempo Mainnet is live! Starting today, anyone can build on Tempo through our public RPC endpoints. Alongside mainnet, we're introducing the Machine Payments Protocol, an open standard for machine payments. [video]
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@jackforestell
Jack Forestell
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Enter @Visa's new card spec for Machine Payments Protocol (MPP)—an open standard from @tempo and @stripe—bringing card-based payments into autonomous, machine-to-machine flows. Combined with enablers like @BasisTheory and @getVGS, developers can securely tokenize and orchestrate
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@stripe
@stripe
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Introducing the Machine Payments Protocol
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@levie
Aaron Levie
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Agents will outnumber human users on the web by orders of magnitude. Just like people, they will need a way to pay for services they use. They may run into propriety health or finance data they need to pay for when doing a deep research task, or make a tool call to a bespoke
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@dwr
Dan Romero
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MPP is payment method agnostic and extensible. Excited that Visa has extended the protocol to support card-based payments.
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@matthuang
Matt Huang
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A few things I like about MPP (machine payments protocol) Payment-method agnostic (supports stablecoins on Tempo, Stripe, cards, Bitcoin lightning, etc) Open and extensible (without our permission) Streaming payments (via state channels) Minimal and efficient
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@jackforestell
Jack Forestell
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The infrastructure for agentic commerce is being built right now. The decisions we make about credentials, reach and standards will define how agents transact for years to come. 🧵
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@dwr
Dan Romero
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MPP differs from other machine payment protocols in that it is payment-rail agnostic and extensible from day one. Tempo developed the initial stablecoin payment method. Stripe added support for its range of payment methods. Visa extended the protocol to enable broader card [image…
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@jeff_weinstein
Jeff Weinstein
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Introducing the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP). https://mpp.dev/: an open protocol for machine-to-machine payments, co-authored by @tempo and @stripe. Watch it in agentic action ⤵️
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@stablecoin
@stablecoin
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Tempo Mainnet is live today! All developers can now use Tempo across Bridge's full suite of products including onramps, offramps, wallets, virtual accounts, issuance, and cards. Tempo is built from the ground up for payments. Instant settlement, predictable low fees, and high
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@patrickc
Patrick Collison
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Tempo is live!
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@dwr
Dan Romero
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Tempo mainnet is live! We're also launching MPP — a new open standard for machine payments co-authored with Stripe. It's payment rail agnostic — works with stablecoins on any chain but also cards, Lightning network, etc.
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@cuysheffield
@cuysheffield
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Let's go!
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@matthuang
Matt Huang
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Tempo Mainnet is live. Alongside it, we're introducing the Machine Payments Protocol (@mpp) alongside Stripe (with extensions by Visa for cards and Lightspark for Bitcoin). Proud of the team for getting mainnet live so quickly, and excited to see what you build!
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@tempo
@tempo
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@mpp @stripe Beyond agent payments, Tempo can be used for global payouts, remittances, embedded finance, tokenized deposits, and more use cases. We'll be adding more features for enterprises in the coming months. We can't wait to see what you build! More in our blog: https://x.co…
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@dankrad
Dankrad Feist
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Tempo mainnet is live. Agentic payments are already running. Start building on Tempo!
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@tempo
@tempo
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Agent payments will soon overtake human payments on the internet. The Machine Payments Protocol (@mpp) is a new open standard co-authored by @stripe and @tempo. It's designed to be extensible and payment-method agnostic, already supporting stablecoins, cards, and more. [video]