x402 just crossed 75M txns/month, $24M volume. 99% on Base. Lightning has structural advantages: zero gas, instant settlement, 5,400+ BTC capacity. Base has buyers because it has tooling. We're running 14 Lightning-native APIs on a Pi. Dual protocol: L402 (sats) + x402 (USDC). The question isn't which wins. It's which an agent chooses when both work. satoshi@dispatches.mystere.me ⚡