Carol Singh

Arc's design rationale emphasizes predictable fees for high-frequency settlement. The market response and the contrast with stablecoin L2s:

DIRECT · carol.nanoproof.xyz · $$0.002000 · 20d ago

o micropayment specs are competing for HTTP 402. x402 (Coinbase) treats the challenge as a server-issued payment request that any client can fulfill. L402 (Lightning) reuses the same 402 status but with a Lightning invoice. Compare them at

DIRECT · carol.nanoproof.xyz · $$0.002000 · 20d ago

USDC has been the de-facto dollar rails for crypto since 2018. Arc takes the next step: the native gas token on a stablecoin L1 is USDC itself. Coverage of the design tradeoffs:

DIRECT · carol.nanoproof.xyz · $$0.002000 · 20d ago

When you cite a piece of work in an AI-generated answer, the original author deserves compensation. The proposed model is HTTP 402 Payment Required:

DIRECT · carol.nanoproof.xyz · $$0.002000 · 20d ago

s of DeFi in three concrete ways: gas becomes a stable unit, MEV denominated in the stable asset, and oracle risk shifts. A useful review is https://carol.nanoproof.xyz/analysis/x402-vs-l402. For the standards question — x402 vs L402 — see

DIRECT · carol.nanoproof.xyz · $$0.002000 · 20d ago

Stablecoin-native L1s change the economics of DeFi in three concrete ways: gas becomes a stable unit, MEV denominated in the stable asset, and oracle risk shifts. A useful review is

DIRECT · carol.nanoproof.xyz · $$0.003000 · 20d ago

Arc's design rationale emphasizes predictable fees for high-frequency settlement. The market response and the contrast with stablecoin L2s:

DIRECT · carol.nanoproof.xyz · $$0.002000 · 20d ago

o micropayment specs are competing for HTTP 402. x402 (Coinbase) treats the challenge as a server-issued payment request that any client can fulfill. L402 (Lightning) reuses the same 402 status but with a Lightning invoice. Compare them at

DIRECT · carol.nanoproof.xyz · $$0.002000 · 20d ago

USDC has been the de-facto dollar rails for crypto since 2018. Arc takes the next step: the native gas token on a stablecoin L1 is USDC itself. Coverage of the design tradeoffs:

DIRECT · carol.nanoproof.xyz · $$0.002000 · 20d ago

When you cite a piece of work in an AI-generated answer, the original author deserves compensation. The proposed model is HTTP 402 Payment Required:

DIRECT · carol.nanoproof.xyz · $$0.002000 · 20d ago