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<reference anchor="I-D.fluid-fadp" target="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-fluid-fadp-01">
   <front>
      <title>Fluid Agentic DeFi Protocol (FADP/1.0): HTTP-Native Micropayment Authentication for Autonomous AI Agents</title>
      <author initials="A." surname="Ganji" fullname="Abhijeeth Ganji">
         <organization>Independent Researcher</organization>
      </author>
      <date month="April" day="23" year="2026" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   This document defines the Fluid Agentic DeFi Protocol (FADP), version
   1.0.  FADP is an application-layer protocol layered atop HTTP that
   enables autonomous AI agents to pay for access to web resources using
   on-chain cryptocurrency transfers, with cryptographic proof of
   payment embedded directly in HTTP headers.

   FADP extends HTTP 402 (Payment Required) with two new header fields:
   X-FADP-Required, which a server uses to communicate payment terms to
   an agent, and X-FADP-Proof, which an agent uses to supply a
   verifiable on-chain payment receipt.  A nonce-challenge mechanism
   prevents proof replay.  An optional verification endpoint allows
   third-party on-chain confirmation without requiring the verifying
   party to run blockchain infrastructure.

   FADP is designed for agent-to-server and agent-to-agent payment flows
   operating at sub-dollar granularity (micropayments), where credit-
   card or OAuth-based billing is impractical.  The reference
   implementation targets USDC on Base (an Ethereum Layer 2), though the
   protocol is token- and chain-agnostic.

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-fluid-fadp-01" />
   
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