by Jay
2025-08-02
10 min read
Content Monetization with HTTP Payments: Practical x402 for Publishers
Short description: HTTP 402 “Payment Required” finally works on the open web. This guide shows publishers exactly how to ship x402 pay-per-article, pay-per-crawl, and metered content with concrete headers, code patterns, and pricing tactics
by Jay
2025-07-30
11 min read
Creating API for Web3 Dapps: REST, GraphQL, and JSON-RPC Compared
Concise summary: For modern Web3 products, you’ll rarely pick a single API pattern. The winning architecture combines JSON-RPC for writes and low-level reads, GraphQL for rich query joins and time‑travel reads, and REST from indexers for cr
by Jay
2025-07-30
11 min read
Seamless Blockchain API Development: Design Patterns and Testing Strategies
Decision‑makers: this field guide shows how to ship reliable, scalable blockchain APIs your product can trust. We translate fast‑moving protocol changes (EIP‑4844 blobs, ERC‑4337, EIP‑7702; Solana priority fees and SWQoS) into concrete patt
by Jay
2025-07-30
11 min read
Streamlining API Development for Seamless Blockchain Integration
> Summary: The fastest way to de‑risk blockchain adoption is to treat chain connectivity as an API problem. This guide shows how decision‑makers can modernize their API stack for Ethereum, Solana, and cross‑chain systems in 2025—covering ne
by Jay
2025-07-28
12 min read
Blockchain API Tutorial for Product Teams: From cURL to Production SDKs
A practical, decision‑maker’s guide to moving from raw JSON‑RPC calls to reliable, observable, multi‑chain SDKs that ship. You’ll learn the exact requests to prototype with cURL, then how to harden them for production across Ethereum (incl.
by Jay
2025-07-28
12 min read
API in Blockchain Architectures: When to Use Gateways vs Direct Node Access
Decision-makers keep asking us the same question: should we call a hosted RPC gateway (Infura, Alchemy, QuickNode, Chainstack, Cloudflare, etc.) or run and expose our own nodes? This guide gives you a concrete, up-to-date decision framework
by Jay
2025-07-26
12 min read
x402 + Stablecoins: Operational Playbook for Refunds, Disputes, and Chargebacks (No, Really)
--- description: A concrete, operations-first playbook for handling refunds, disputes, and “chargebacks” when you accept x402 stablecoin payments—covering policy design, escrow patterns, facilitator choices, evidence collection, and org wor
by Jay
2025-07-26
11 min read
Building Agentic Commerce Rails: x402 Patterns for Machine-to-Machine Payments
Short summary: x402 turns the once-unused HTTP 402 status code into an internet‑native payment rail that AI agents and services can speak over plain HTTP. This guide distills concrete x402 patterns, code-level details, and emerging best pra
by Jay
2025-07-25
15 min read
Verifiable Data Vendor Selection Guide: How to Evaluate Services and SLAs
> Summary: Choosing a verifiable data vendor isn’t like buying a typical API. You’re buying cryptographic assurances, operational guarantees, and incident response. This guide gives decision‑makers a concrete evaluation framework (with chec
