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<reference anchor="I-D.vauban-x402-stark-receipts" target="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-vauban-x402-stark-receipts-00">
   <front>
      <title>x402 STARK Receipt Format Extension</title>
      <author initials="V." surname="Research" fullname="Vauban Research">
         <organization>Vauban Research</organization>
      </author>
      <date month="May" day="22" year="2026" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   The x402 PAYMENT-RESPONSE carries a facilitator-issued settlement
   reference but does not provide a self-contained, offline-verifiable
   payment-condition proof.  A verifier must today contact the
   facilitator to confirm whether a specific amount, currency, and payer
   attestation were satisfied at the time of payment.  This gap prevents
   compliance with EU AI Act Art. 12 (transparency and documentation)
   and MiCA Art. 76 (settlement record-keeping) in automated payment
   pipelines.

   This document defines the receipt-format extension for x402 V2.  The
   extension introduces a negotiable receipt format selection mechanism
   that allows resource servers, facilitators, and clients to agree on
   which cryptographic receipt variant to produce and verify, without
   altering the core PAYMENT-RESPONSE wire structure.  Three variants
   are defined: a Stwo Circle STARK proof of payment conditions (post-
   quantum sound, offline verifiable), a hybrid ES256K + ML-DSA-65 dual-
   signature receipt (receipt integrity under quantum adversary), and a
   classical ES256K fallback.  A canonical preimage discipline using JCS
   ([RFC8785]) ensures cross-implementation digest consistency.

   This specification reflects three-implementation consensus
   established in [X402-2357].

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-vauban-x402-stark-receipts-00" />
   
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