Hands-On Blockchain for AI Agents
AI agents are beginning to transact on their own, but autonomous payments introduce serious security and control challenges.
This workshop shows you how agent payments actually work, how to build one using x402, and how to harden it against real-world risks such as replay attacks, wallet abuse, and unauthorized actions.
What You’ll Get
Hands-on experience building an end-to-end agent payment flow
A practical understanding of HTTP 402 and x402
Experience exposing payment functionality through MCP
Real attack scenarios and failure modes
Security patterns for spend limits, allowlists, audit trails, and kill switches
Runnable reference code you can extend after the workshop
Key Takeaway
You’ll leave with a working mental model of agent payments, runnable reference code, and the security patterns needed to distinguish a compelling demo from something that could realistically be shipped into production.
Meet Your Instructor
Karthikeyan NG
Engineer | Author | Speaker
Karthikeyan is a technology leader with close to 2 decades of experience building and scaling web, mobile, ML, and blockchain products. A former CTO of Pi42, he helped build India’s first native crypto-derivatives exchange, and has also led engineering at TaxNodes, nference, and Chumbak. He now works with founders to launch crypto and AI products, bringing deep experience in fintech, healthcare, and digital platforms. Karthikeyan is also an 18-time hackathon winner, TEDx and conference speaker, and author of two machine learning books.
You’ll also receive
Full workshop recording
Certificate of completion
Live Q&A
Who Should Attend?
This workshop is ideal for:
Software Engineers and Backend Developers
AI Engineers and Agentic AI Developers
Web Developers
Blockchain Developers
Solutions Architects
Engineering Leads exploring autonomous commerce
Developers building AI agents that interact with paid services or financial infrastructure
The workshop is aimed at an intermediate to advanced technical audience.
No blockchain background, crypto wallet, or tokens are required. All attendee exercises run locally, with the live on-chain payment demonstrated separately by the instructor.
Attendees should be familiar with:
JavaScript / Node.js
Basic web development
APIs