Comment by solumos

> What's the easiest way to do this with a stablecoin?

You give a crypto wallet to an AI agent, and make sure it has some USDC.

> What's the point of I need a bunch of other coins and it's so complicated?

The point is that the CDP team built something that fits one of Coinbase's narratives du jour — agentic payments. It's simply a protocol for agentic payments. The team that built it doesn't even really know how it _should_ work or what the actual use cases are — but wouldn't it be cool if your AI agent had a crypto wallet, and instead of the agent getting pay-walled, they could just pay for stuff?

> This complexity and required tinkering seems like the kind of thing cryptocurrency nerds love, but is too complicated for someone just trying to make a payment.

I think that's a fair criticism. The Bridge/Privy/Stripe approach is wildly different, and focuses more on current problems.