Solana推出Payment Channels并与阿里云上线AI推理API支付端点

Solana ( SOL-USD ) has launched Payment Channels, allowing AI agents to authorize a spending limit once and make multiple payments without requiring approval for every transaction. The feature lets AI agents pay for things like data, computing po wer, and AI-generated answers several times without asking for permission each time. The agent gets one overall spending limit, with individual payments recorded separately and the total amount settled in a single transaction on the Solana blockchain. Payment Channels keep the agent’s funds in a secure escrow account, allow it to spend up to a set limit, and return any unused funds after settlement. Solana said Payment Channels processed more than 1M payments per second in testing involving 100,000 wallets. Alibaba ( BABA ) Cloud is also launching API endpoints using Payment Channels, allowing AI agents to access its inference services after authorizing a spending limit once, rather than approving each API call, Solana said . The launch comes as the payments industry explores ways to enable autonomous AI agents to make transactions within predefined limits. For Solana ( SOL-USD ), the move expands its payment use cases beyond traditional crypto transfers toward machine-to-machine payments.