Algorand team hosts community AMA with 1,000+ developers joining x402 Challenge
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The Algorand team held an Ask Me Anything session on the r/AlgorandOfficial subreddit on August 26. Five team members participated: Marc Vanlerberghe, John Jannotti, Joseph Cecala, William Beaumont, and Fred Estante. The session covered recent developments on the network and the state of the project.
In the recap posted August 29, the Foundation highlighted two points from the discussion. Agentic commerce continues to grow, and more than 1,000 developers have joined the Global x402 Challenge.
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