x402 from zero

x402 Foundation

The Linux Foundation body that has held the x402 standard, its repository and its trademarks since 2026.

Checked 11 October

Our view

Neutral on paper, with Apache-2.0 code, a 75% supermajority for core changes and 19 Premier members, while in practice Coinbase holds the first of three steering-committee seats and is the heaviest code contributor. No board members or official X account had been published by 11 October. (The research did not score stewards; these labels are the site’s reading.)

Facts

Role
Standards body; maintains the protocol and reference SDKs
How serious
Serious builder
Momentum
Steady
Trend-hopping
Not scored
Funding
Member dues: Premier $200,000 a year; General $25,000 to $75,000 by headcount; Associate free
On Base
Base is one of several networks it uses
How often we check
Every week

What these ratings mean

In numbers

81

commits to its public code in the 30 days to 14 October. Its last release, pypi-x402@v2.25.0, came out on 29 September.

Code from x402-foundation/x402 on GitHub. As of 14 October 2026.

People

  • Michael Hursta

    Executive director, appointed 1 October

  • Erik Reppel

    Steering committee representative for Coinbase

    On X: @programmer

  • Rohin Lohe

    Steering committee representative for Cloudflare

  • Steve Kaliski

    Steering committee representative for Stripe

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