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Monetization Gateway

Cloudflare’s payment gate for AI agents and web traffic.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-07-01

Last seen:2026-07-01

Sightings:1

Source:blog.cloudflare.com

What it is

Cloudflare’s payment gate for AI agents and web traffic.

Why developers recommend it

The thread quickly centered on x402, spam economics, and centralization risk.

Hacker News evidence

2026-07-01

Commenters debated whether this becomes a web payment layer or a new bottleneck for bots, privacy, and publishers.

Monetization Gateway