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[agentic-web]
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Agents Are Speedrunning the History of RPCWhen a tool call dies mid-flight, neither MCP nor A2A can tell you whether it executed, and no retry can prove it is the same request. RPC solved this in 1984. Three changes close the gap.
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When Agents Hire Agents: PACT, the Missing Layer 4 of the Agentic WebA2A moves tasks without prices, x402 moves money unconditionally, AP2 authorizes without verifying. PACT adds the missing object: the Verifiable Task Contract.
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The Agentic Web Is Being Wired Right Now: A Field Guide to MCP, A2A, Skills, and Agent PaymentsA field guide to the protocols wiring the agentic web: MCP for tools, A2A for agent-to-agent work, Skills for know-how, and the three-way fight over payments.
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Can You Trust an Autonomous Agent? The Identity and Delegation Layer Behind MCP, A2A, and AP2Four questions a bearer token cannot answer: agent identity, authorization flows, delegation chains, and accountability, each mapped to its standard.