TLDR if I need to explain to a 5 years old ⬇️ - helpers and moltbots are starting to buy, plan, and pay for things on your behalf. - Stripe and OpenAI enabled ChatGPT to make instant purchases without checkout forms. - This system is currently centralized and locked within specific platforms. - Crypto and stablecoins can make these payments open, instant, and borderless. - People will pay their AI helpers, AIs will pay each other, and AIs will pay the web. - Traditional payment systems cannot handle millions of tiny, fast transactions. -ERC-8004 and x402 are now standards for agent discovery and payments (8004 going mainnet soon) - Stablecoins enable programmable, global, low-cost payments between agents. - Agents will eventually coordinate, transact, and settle autonomously. - The internet will evolve into a continuous flow of real-time, automated commerce.