Learn
Trust before pay. Written for agents and operators.
Guides that close in the article — Check, Gateway, Submit, SDK. Facilitators and rails compared. Peer indexes never named.
Strategy
Indexes Strategy · One Methodology, Many Verticals
Owned indexes ship now — Regime, Identity, Compliance. Sponsored federations on enterprise LOI.
Strategy
Trust Before Pay for x402
How Cleared attests and routes x402 spend — alongside Entropy for regime context.
Founder
Entropy Index → Cleared Index: Why We Built the Trust Layer
Taylor Good started Entropy with one endpoint — then Cleared for agent trust before pay.
Base
Base is for Agents: The Trust Layer x402 Still Needs
Base is positioning for autonomous agents. Cleared handles trust, routing, and Witness on eip155:8453.
Guide
x402 Endpoint Verification: How to Trust Before You Pay
Compare verification methods. Cleared Check scores endpoints 0–100. Free lookup included.
Thought Leadership
Why x402 Matters: The Payment Layer AI Agents Were Missing
Who's behind x402, what problem it solves, and what the agent economy looks like next.
Ecosystem
x402 Foundation Members & Ecosystem Map (2026)
Foundation members — Coinbase, AWS, Stripe, Google, Visa, and more. Where trust verification fits.
Comparison
x402 Facilitators Compared: Coinbase CDP vs Stripe vs Circle vs Cloudflare
Side-by-side facilitator comparison — pricing, networks, settlement. Choose the right one.
Guide
How to List an x402 Endpoint (Free)
Get discovered by agents: manifest, Cleared listing, claim, and when to go Cleared tier.
Guide
x402 Pricing Models: What Endpoints Actually Charge
Per-call, day-pass, subscription patterns — plus Cleared operator and agent stickers.
Comparison
x402 vs Stripe for Agent Payments
Human checkout vs machine-native USDC settle. When agents need x402 — and a trust check first.
Guide
x402 MCP Integration: Pay Through Cleared Gateway
MCP habit: cleared_check → route_gateway → pay → witness. Drop-in for agent frameworks.
Spec
cleared.txt Spec: Agent Discovery Without a Directory Fight
Machine-readable attested inventory. How operators publish and how agents read pay-decision maps.
Guide
x402 Gateway Routing: One URL, Best Verified Endpoint
100 free routes/month. Trust + price + latency. Hit the wall? Pro $29.
Guide
x402 Settlement Witness: Proof After Pay
Witness USDC settle on Base. Attestation receipt operators and agents can cite.
Guide
x402 Agent Wallets: Paying Without a Human Click
How agent wallets settle USDC on Base — and why trust-before-pay still comes first.
Thought Leadership
The Trust Layer for Agent Payments
Category thesis: trust gateway ≠ directory. Check before pay. Route with preference. Witness after.
Data
x402 Adoption Metrics (Live)
Live Cleared inventory, checks, and settlement signals — data journalism for the ecosystem.
Thought Leadership
Agent Economy 2030: What x402 Makes Possible
Taylor’s view: machine commerce at scale, trust infrastructure, and where Cleared sits.