Sam Altman-backed web3 identity solution World is launching a developer toolkit for the x402 protocol, the agentic payments protocol developed by Coinbase for AI bots.
Dubbed AgentKit, the tool will enable World-verified individuals to delegate their World IDs to AI agents, according to an announcement on Tuesday. World ID is a previously developed mechanism that allows users to prove their unique human identities cryptographically.
With AgentKit, users’ autonomous agents will be able to signal to websites and platforms that they are “backed by a real person while maintaining privacy,” the announcement reads.
The move comes as more and more people and enterprises experiment with agentic AI bots for everything from monitoring email to making purchases. Around the time x402 released its V2, the protocol claimed to have processed over 100 million payments.
“Payments are the ‘how’ of agentic commerce, but identity is the ‘who.’ By integrating World ID with the x402 protocol, developers now have a complete trust stack: a way for agents to pay for what they need and a way for platforms to verify there is a real human behind the wallet,” said Erik Reppel, head of engineering at Coinbase Developer Platform and founder of x402. “This is a massive step toward a web where agents aren’t just seen as automated traffic, but as legitimate economic participants.”
The toolkit was released in beta, with a more advanced version planned for release alongside an updated World protocol. World, which sometimes draws criticism due to the “Orb” device used to scan biometric data, claims to have verified nearly 18 million verified humans across more than 160 countries.
Coinbase Developer Platform has been rolling out additional features for the x402 protocol, including a wallet feature that enables autonomous agents to control their own funds. Companies including Stripe have also integrated x402 to enable developers and businesses to directly bill autonomous agents using USDC on Base.
In September, Cloudflare and Coinbase co-launched the x402 Foundation to promote the adoption of the x402 protocol.
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