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DESCRIPTION:x402 markets have a critical bug.\nIt ranks merchants on volume
  and buyer-diversity. \nA new merchant has none of them. And it enters a c
 old-start problem: no volume without buyers\, no buyers without volume.\n\
 nThis talk is to share my research-findings on\n- why this bug exists ( wi
 th data from 1200 x402 merchants)\n- propose three fixes\n\nWhat you'll le
 arn:\n- for marketplaces - how to design this bug out\n- for merchants how
  to rank higher with agents\n- developers: open-source fixes for agent mar
 kets
DTSTAMP:20261101T132109Z
LOCATION:Lightning Stage
SUMMARY:There's a Critical Bug in x402 markets: 1200 merchants in an unfair
  market - Zaryab
URL:https://cfp.devcon.org/devcon8/talk/AYFF89/
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