x402 from zero

Conway

Self-paying ‘sovereign’ agents on Base with x402 credits; the project faded and its site now shows a different product.

Checked 11 October

Our view

Commits fell from 253 in February 2026 to 1 in August, and conway.tech now presents on-device models under another name. The research called it faded, which this site maps to likely abandoned.

Facts

Role
Buyer-style agents
How serious
Likely abandoned
Momentum
Stalled
Trend-hopping
Not scored
Funding
Not covered by the research
On Base
Base is its main network
How often we check
Not for now

What these ratings mean

In numbers

No commits to its public code in the 30 days to 14 October. Its last release, v0.2.1, came out on 27 February.

Code from Conway-Research/automaton on GitHub. As of 14 October 2026.

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