Tempo Mainnet Live - Alchemy Payments & Recap
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Alchemy Builders announces Tempo Mainnet is live and introduces the Machine Payments Protocol. The update details Day 1 mainnet infrastructure, access to Core RPC, Prices, Portfolio & NFT APIs, and payment settlement via MPP with Stripe or stablecoins. Also includes community call recordings and a new monthly quiz contest.
Hey Alchemy Fam!
Happy Friday everyone!! This is the weekly recap! @Pingme
Tempo Mainnet Is Live! Introducing the Machine Payments Protocol on Alchemy
Tempo Mainnet is officially live, and with it, a new open standard for how AI agents pay for services across the internet.
Alchemy provides Day 1 mainnet infrastructure for Tempo. $4T+ in annual transactions. 99.99% uptime. Now with a native payment path for agents.
Agents can access our Core RPC, Prices, Portfolio, & NFT APIs, settle via MPP, and pay for compute via Stripe or stablecoins on Tempo.
🔗 Read more here: https://www.alchemy.com/blog/tempo-mainnet-alchemy
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Community Call: The Alchemy x402 gateway flow
Last week, we built our first app using Agentic Payments on the Alchemy platform.
Now it’s time to find out exactly what’s behind it all and how the components communicate with each other! 
Missed the live session?
Don't worry, we gotchu!
We’ve got all the recordings right here 👇 
🎙️ https://alchemotion.notion.site/AU-Session-Recordings-6b3e9213d9be4791bf6a1d21186a6a1c
Don't miss the next one! Every Wednesday 12 PM ET 🗓️
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A new Monthly Quiz Contest is running!
We are looking for the next Quiz Master, and this could be you! 🥇
Join us every Tuesday and Thursday at 12 PM ET in the #🧠│quiz-games channel to test your knowledge, learn something new, and have fun!
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** Fresh Article Alert!** 
x402 vs MPP: Comparing Agent Payment Protocols
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Have a great weekend ahead, keep learning and building, and spend quality time with family and friends!! 🙌
Happy weekend and happy building! 
Tempo Mainnet Is Live: Introducing the Machine Payments Protocol on...

Tempo Mainnet is live. Alchemy provides enterprise-grade infrastructure and full support for the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP)—enabling AI agents to pay for services with stablecoins on Tempo.
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x402 vs MPP: Comparing Agent Payment Protocols

x402 and MPP both let AI agents pay for API calls over HTTP, but they differ in payment rails, session support, and protocol-level primitives. Here's how they compare.