Where is the future of crypto payments in the real-world heading? Join the Whitepaper Reading Club @ Ethereum NYC 2025 event.
Crypto Payments & x402 Protocol
FreePay is an open-source NFC tap-to-pay terminal that lets merchants accept crypto directly from MetaMask or Coinbase Wallet—bypassing card networks and their typical ~1–2% fees (blockchain network fees still apply).
x402 is Coinbase’s chain-agnostic payment protocol built on HTTP 402 “Payment Required,” enabling instant, pay-per-use stablecoin payments (e.g., USDC) within APIs and agent workflows.
Links:
- FreePay: https://github.com/FreePayPOS
- x402 Paper: https://www.x402.org/x402-whitepaper.pdf
- Twitter Post: https://x.com/timjrobinson/status/1940331404627411261
Format
- Round table discussions with the Authors (No Panels)
- Summaries: We create summaries to help everyone understand.
- LightFood + Drinks
🗓 Wednesday, August 13, 2025
🕔 Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
📍 New York, NY
✨ The Whitepaper Reading Club is a community of 600 passionate engineers, founders, core-devs, students, researchers, in Singapore, Malaysia and Bangkok and New York who come together every month to read and discuss blockchain papers.
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