How facilitators work is clearly documented and it took me only a few minutes to find what it did.
There is no explanation I can find, except for not even slightly checking what is published or malice.
If anything, X402 is better for the average implementor.
The facilitator does not hold your funds and there is no hot wallet to operate, while in L402 your LN custody provider does.
semisol
npub122…cgrkj
2026-03-08 20:54:33 CET
in reply to nevent1q…swsc
Author Public Key
npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkjPublished at
2026-03-08 20:54:33 CETEvent JSON
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