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Polygon agent payment channels hit 11 million updates per second across 25 hubs

  • —The 25-hub test with 16 vCPUs each exceeded 11 million payment updates per second
  • —Each payment update was confirmed by the payment engine in 20 microseconds
  • —The full x402 path processed roughly 40,000 payments per second, with 2.4 million payments at a 100% success rate
  • —Processing cost for one billion payment updates was estimated at approximately $0.15
Why it matters: Micropayment infrastructure for AI agents could become a new driver of demand for onchain settlement and stablecoins.
Source: crypto.news