Vitalik Buterin published an open letter on Friday in support of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, who was convicted in August of conspiracy to commit illicit currency transfers and faces up to five years in prison.

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When application costs approach zero, operating costs are fixed and controllable, and payment frictions disappear, a massive number of "long-tail super individual businesses" will inevitably emerge in the market.

The powerful combination of the x402 payment protocol and no-code applications will truly change Crypto. When application costs approach zero, operating costs are fixed and controllable, and payment friction disappears, a massive number of "long-tail super-individual businesses" will inevitably emerge in the market.

Could this "reactivation" of the underlying Internet protocol standards be the key to bridging the gap between "convenience" and "openness"?

x402, by activating the dormant HTTP standard and combining it with modern blockchain infrastructure, provides a potential foundation for a native internet payment system. While whether x402 will become the final standard remains uncertain, the core issues are clear and urgently need to be addressed.