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zkx402

zkx402 is an extension of the x402 payment protocol that adds proof-aware pricing and access control.

In practice: your API can require payment via x402 and optionally apply discounts (or reject access) based on canonical proof claims (starting with chain-only “human”).

What’s in this repo

• packages/x402-zkx402/: the reusable middleware package (production code lives here)
• apps/demo/: a demo application showing how to use the middleware
  • apps/demo/server/: Express server using x402-zkx402
  • apps/demo/local-chain/: local Anvil + MockUSDC + E2E runner
  • apps/demo/contracts/: Foundry contracts (MockUSDC, bridge receiver/sender, etc.)

Quick start (local E2E)

This is the fastest way to validate changes end-to-end:

cd apps/demo/local-chain
node run-e2e-test.js

It runs:

• packages/x402-zkx402 unit tests
• starts Anvil and deploys test contracts
• starts the demo server
• executes a full 402 → pay → settle flow (including the proofPolicy/router discount path)

Run the demo app (dev servers)

From repo root:

corepack enable
pnpm install --ignore-scripts

Then:

pnpm run dev:server

In another terminal:

pnpm run dev:client

Using x402-zkx402 in your own server

The middleware is exported from packages/x402-zkx402.

See:

• packages/x402-zkx402/README.md
• packages/x402-zkx402/examples/basic-usage.js

Proof policy and JSON formats

See:

• docs/specs/JSON_SPECS.md (policy JSON envelope + integrity hashing)
• docs/specs/PROOF_VERIFICATION_PLAN.md (design/roadmap)
• docs/proof-concepts.md (claims vs policy vs proofs vs contentMetadata)
• docs/guides/VIBE_CODE_SETUP.md (setup guide for Cursor/Claude/v0/Lovable)

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Links

• Demo movie: https://youtu.be/kEA0Jhq6qjM
• Demo site: https://zkx402.io