HTTPayer Teams Up with SKALE to Usher in the Future of x402-Powered Infrastructure

Turning Payments into Permissions with Privacy Focused Blockchain Technology

In the rapidly evolving world of decentralized automation and AI, the x402 payment standard has emerged as one of the most exciting innovations. The standard offers a new way for systems, agents, and developers to interact with infrastructure through seamless, per-request payments. As demand for real-time, usage-based access to compute, APIs, and storage surges, the need for an infrastructure layer that enables this shift has never been more urgent. That's where HTTPayer steps in: a project purpose-built for agent-driven ecosystems and automation workflows that require frictionless, deterministic execution across chains and services. Today, HTTPayer takes a major leap forward by partnering with SKALE, the blockchain optimized for the internet of agents.

HTTPayer is redefining the infrastructure layer of Web3 by turning payments into permissions. Developers and autonomous agents can now trigger jobs, run workloads, and access APIs without accounts, subscriptions, or the overhead of managing credentials. Instead, each request carries a cryptographically verifiable payment, using the x402 protocol, to unlock access to off-chain services. The result is a much more flexible and scalable way to consume infrastructure. This is ideal for builders working on agent-based systems, Web3-native applications, and AI-driven automations.

With its integration on SKALE, HTTPayer gains access to a gasless blockchain execution environment that aligns perfectly with its mission. SKALE’s focus on privacy, zero gas fees, fast finality, and high throughput ensure that AI agents can move as they need in order to be successful. It also enables developers to build seamless, cost-effective, and highly scalable workflows without the burden of traditional blockchain bottlenecks. This collaboration empowers HTTPayer to focus on delivering a developer-first experience while abstracting away unnecessary complexity.

“HTTPayer is about turning payments into permissions. By combining x402-based payments with SKALE’s gasless execution environment, we’re able to offer developers and autonomous agents a frictionless way to access real-world infrastructure on a per-request basis. SKALE makes it possible for us to focus on execution and usability without exposing users to unnecessary complexity.”
— Carlos Josue Sánchez, Co-Founder & CEO of HTTPayer 

HTTPayer has already seen strong traction in hackathon and builder environments through exploring agent-based automations and pay-per-use infrastructure. It is one of the first implementations to support x402 payments over WebSocket, enabling persistent real-time execution flows, and has demonstrated cross-chain pay-per-call API access. This includes the first known cross-chain x402 execution via its HTTPayer Relay, where users can pay on one chain and access services on another. These innovations are paving the way for decentralized systems to interact with the off-chain world in programmable and deterministic ways.

The SKALE partnership will accelerate HTTPayer’s vision by providing the scalability and speed required for real-world adoption. Developers can now build applications that consume infrastructure on-demand, using stablecoin payments tied to a single request, all without needing to pre-fund accounts or navigate complex billing systems. With support for multi-network payments, agent-to-agent automation, and transparent pricing, HTTPayer is proving that the future of infrastructure access lies in usage-based, programmable interactions and not static credentials or dashboards.

This partnership is a step toward a more open, efficient, and agent-friendly web. As SKALE continues to onboard cutting-edge projects across AI, gaming, and infrastructure, HTTPayer joins a growing ecosystem of innovators reimagining what’s possible in Web3.

To learn more about HTTPayer and how it’s transforming infrastructure access for agents and developers, visit httpayer.com, follow the team on Twitter/X, or join the Telegram community. Developers can also explore the code on GitHub.

The future of permissionless infrastructure is here and it’s powered by HTTPayer and SKALE.