{"ontology":"https://layer.re/machine/schema.json","epistemic_model":"evidence-backed-temporal-layer-graph","canonical":true,"type":"layer_history","layer":{"id":"layer-payments","slug":"payments","name":"Payments","description":"Value transfer and settlement systems.","machine_description":"Value transfer and settlement systems.","active":1},"snapshots":[{"id":"state-payments-2025q2","layer_id":"layer-payments","as_of":"2025-06-30 23:59:59.000","summary":"Payment networks announce agent commerce infrastructure, but this period does not establish broad completed agent transactions.","dependencies":[],"constraints":["An announced program does not establish widespread production agent payments."],"emerging_capabilities":["Visa introduces Intelligent Commerce"],"underdeveloped_components":["Independent measurement of deployment scope and outcomes"],"uncertainties":["No verified earlier state is available in the supplied historical chain; null does not assert the layer began in this period."],"confidence":0.9,"previous_snapshot_id":null,"mapping_mode":"retrospective","reconstructed_at":"2026-10-10T06:24:42.000Z","created_at":"2026-10-10T08:25:19.366Z","updated_at":"2026-10-10T08:25:19.366Z"},{"id":"state-payments-2025q3","layer_id":"layer-payments","as_of":"2025-09-30 23:59:59.000","summary":"Payment infrastructure moves from announced agent programs toward signed mandates and a bounded, user-confirmed production checkout.","dependencies":[],"constraints":["Protocol support does not confer bank permissions or prove broad live transaction adoption.","Merchant expansion is prospective and checkout still requires user confirmation using existing payment infrastructure."],"emerging_capabilities":["AP2 agent payment protocol is announced","Instant Checkout launches with an Agentic Commerce Protocol"],"underdeveloped_components":["Independent measurement of deployment scope and outcomes"],"uncertainties":["The referenced historical predecessor belongs to the reviewed chronology; the live history must be checked before ingestion."],"confidence":0.9,"previous_snapshot_id":"state-payments-2025q2","mapping_mode":"retrospective","reconstructed_at":"2026-10-10T06:24:42.000Z","created_at":"2026-10-10T08:31:22.794Z","updated_at":"2026-10-10T08:31:22.794Z"},{"id":"state-payments-2026q1","layer_id":"layer-payments","as_of":"2026-03-31 23:59:59.000","summary":"This period adds specific payments evidence through Universal Commerce Protocol is introduced. 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