{
  "version": "1.0",
  "updated": "2026-04-09",
  "source": "agenticeconomy.dev",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "count": 17,
  "protocols": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "slug": "acp",
      "name": "ACP",
      "source": "Stripe/OpenAI",
      "category": "A",
      "latency": "seconds (Stripe processing)",
      "cost": "Stripe fees (2.9%+$0.30)",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": "Partially (agenticcommerce.dev)",
      "partners": "1M+ Shopify merchants eligible, 12 live",
      "api": "REST, Stripe SDK",
      "governance": "Stripe/OpenAI",
      "status": "Production (scaled back)",
      "differentiator": "First ChatGPT-native checkout"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "slug": "ucp",
      "name": "UCP",
      "source": "Google/Shopify/Walmart",
      "category": "A",
      "latency": "—",
      "cost": "Processor fees",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": "Spec public",
      "partners": "20+ (Adyen, Amex, Best Buy, Macy's, Visa, Zalando)",
      "api": "REST, native + embedded modes",
      "governance": "Google-led consortium",
      "status": "Rolling out",
      "differentiator": "Full commerce lifecycle state machine"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "slug": "ap2",
      "name": "AP2",
      "source": "Google/Mastercard/PayPal",
      "category": "A",
      "latency": "—",
      "cost": "Card network fees",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": false,
      "partners": "60+",
      "api": "OAuth-based",
      "governance": "Multi-company",
      "status": "Production",
      "differentiator": "OAuth delegation, agent never touches money"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "slug": "visa",
      "name": "Visa \"Agentic Ready\"",
      "source": "Visa",
      "category": "A",
      "latency": "Card network speed",
      "cost": "Interchange fees",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": false,
      "partners": "20+ European banks (Santander, HSBC, Revolut, Barclays)",
      "api": "Visa APIs + tokenization",
      "governance": "Visa",
      "status": "Pilot (Europe)",
      "differentiator": "Biometric verification ties agent to human"
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "slug": "mastercard",
      "name": "Mastercard \"Agent Pay\"",
      "source": "Mastercard",
      "category": "A",
      "latency": "Card network speed",
      "cost": "Interchange fees",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": false,
      "partners": "US all issuers, Europe pilot (Santander live), Australia (CBA, Westpac)",
      "api": "Tokenization + passkeys",
      "governance": "Mastercard",
      "status": "Production (multi-region)",
      "differentiator": "Agentic Tokens with spend limits via passkeys"
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "slug": "mpp",
      "name": "MPP",
      "source": "Stripe/Tempo",
      "category": "A",
      "latency": "—",
      "cost": "Stripe/Visa fees",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": "—",
      "partners": "—",
      "api": "—",
      "governance": "Stripe/Tempo",
      "status": "Announced",
      "differentiator": "Hybrid fiat+stablecoin on human rails"
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "slug": "x402",
      "name": "x402",
      "source": "Coinbase/Cloudflare",
      "category": "C_cr",
      "latency": "<500ms",
      "cost": "Zero protocol fee",
      "blockchain": true,
      "openSource": "Yes (x402.org, GitHub)",
      "partners": "x402 Foundation, 119M+ tx on Base, $600M annualized",
      "api": "HTTP 402, REST",
      "governance": "x402 Foundation (Coinbase+Cloudflare)",
      "status": "Production",
      "differentiator": "HTTP-native micropayments, zero fees"
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "slug": "circle",
      "name": "Circle Nanopayments",
      "source": "Circle",
      "category": "C_cr",
      "latency": "Near-instant (off-chain)",
      "cost": "Down to $0.000001",
      "blockchain": true,
      "openSource": "—",
      "partners": "12 chains supported",
      "api": "REST",
      "governance": "Circle",
      "status": "Testnet",
      "differentiator": "Gas-free nano-transfers, batched on-chain settlement"
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "slug": "kite",
      "name": "Kite",
      "source": "Kite",
      "category": "C_cr",
      "latency": "Sub-second (L1)",
      "cost": "Zero gas",
      "blockchain": true,
      "openSource": "—",
      "partners": "100K+ testnet wallets",
      "api": "EVM + x402 native",
      "governance": "Kite team",
      "status": "Testnet → Mainnet Q1 2026",
      "differentiator": "Purpose-built L1 for agent payments + KYA identity"
    },
    {
      "id": 10,
      "slug": "olas",
      "name": "Olas",
      "source": "Valory",
      "category": "C_cr",
      "latency": "Gnosis chain speed",
      "cost": "Minimal gas",
      "blockchain": true,
      "openSource": "Yes (GitHub)",
      "partners": "700K+ monthly tx, $13.8M Series A",
      "api": "Python SDK",
      "governance": "DAO",
      "status": "Production",
      "differentiator": "DAO-governed agent-to-agent service marketplace"
    },
    {
      "id": 11,
      "slug": "fetch",
      "name": "Fetch.ai/ASI",
      "source": "Fetch.ai",
      "category": "C_cr",
      "latency": "Chain speed",
      "cost": "FET token fees",
      "blockchain": true,
      "openSource": "Yes (GitHub)",
      "partners": "NVIDIA advisor, ASI Alliance",
      "api": "Python SDK, Almanac",
      "governance": "ASI Alliance",
      "status": "DevNet (mainnet late 2026)",
      "differentiator": "Earliest mover (2021), NVIDIA partnership"
    },
    {
      "id": 12,
      "slug": "botnode",
      "name": "BotNode/VMP-1.0",
      "source": "BotNode",
      "category": "C_s",
      "latency": "<100ms",
      "cost": "TCK-denominated (no fiat fees)",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": "—",
      "partners": "—",
      "api": "REST + MCP + A2A",
      "governance": "BotNode",
      "status": "Development",
      "differentiator": "Only non-crypto C entry. Settlement neutrality, CRI reputation, deterministic validators"
    },
    {
      "id": 13,
      "slug": "a2a",
      "name": "A2A",
      "source": "Google",
      "category": "E",
      "latency": "N/A (discovery)",
      "cost": "Free",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": "Yes (GitHub, Apache 2.0)",
      "partners": "150+ orgs",
      "api": "JSON-RPC over HTTPS",
      "governance": "Linux Foundation",
      "status": "Production (v0.3)",
      "differentiator": "Agent discovery standard, Agent Cards at /.well-known/agent.json"
    },
    {
      "id": 14,
      "slug": "mcp",
      "name": "MCP",
      "source": "Anthropic",
      "category": "E",
      "latency": "N/A (tools)",
      "cost": "Free",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": "Yes (GitHub)",
      "partners": "Massive ecosystem",
      "api": "JSON-RPC, stdio/SSE",
      "governance": "Anthropic",
      "status": "Production",
      "differentiator": "Universal tool interoperability for LLMs"
    },
    {
      "id": 15,
      "slug": "ieee7012",
      "name": "IEEE 7012",
      "source": "IEEE",
      "category": "E",
      "latency": "N/A",
      "cost": "N/A",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": "Standard (IEEE)",
      "partners": "IEEE members",
      "api": "N/A (legal standard)",
      "governance": "IEEE SA",
      "status": "Draft",
      "differentiator": "First formal standard for agent-to-agent agreements"
    },
    {
      "id": 16,
      "slug": "vcap",
      "name": "IETF VCAP",
      "source": "IETF",
      "category": "E",
      "latency": "N/A",
      "cost": "N/A",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": "Internet-Draft",
      "partners": "IETF community",
      "api": "Protocol spec",
      "governance": "IETF",
      "status": "Draft",
      "differentiator": "Cryptographic proof of work delivery"
    },
    {
      "id": 17,
      "slug": "kya",
      "name": "KYA",
      "source": "Trulioo/Worldpay/Skyfire",
      "category": "E",
      "latency": "N/A (identity)",
      "cost": "Per-verification",
      "blockchain": false,
      "openSource": false,
      "partners": "Trulioo, Worldpay, Skyfire",
      "api": "REST",
      "governance": "Multi-company",
      "status": "Development",
      "differentiator": "\"Digital Agent Passport\" — KYC for machines"
    }
  ]
}