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Sharing a proposal for a secure authentication and data encryption protocol for AI agents, merchants and merchant vendors. It combines:

- JWT with digital signatures for request authentication (RSA or EC) - JSON Web Encryption (JWE) for sensitive data protection - JSON Web Key Sets (JWKS) for key distribution

Taking inspiration from ideas like Cloudflare’s essential Web Bot Auth, we've mapped out a comprehensive standard that captures the key use cases to enable safe, secure agentic commerce – from capturing intent, consent and user preferences, to handling cart items, payment details, and order statuses.


Thanks for the comments and your feedback. I'm Oren, the author of the book. I completely agree that there should be a better way for you to enjoy the entire experience.

Would you consider buying the book and "upgrade" to a better package (say the Videos package) afterwards?


I'd consider something like that, and probably wouldn't be scared away from the process of just buying the book.


great point, thanks.


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