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FAQ
An agent requests a protected API, receives HTTP 402 Payment Required with an L402 challenge, pays the Lightning invoice, then retries with proof of payment; SatGate returns a paid-call receipt and records the decision for the Evidence Pack.
L402 can carry payment proof at request time, but SatGate keeps the buyer-safe control layer around it: delegated authority, max budgets, scoped access, and receipts before protected APIs unlock.
Yes. SatGate can combine L402 payment with capability tokens, scoped authorization, budget policy, receipt fields, Evidence Pack export, and revocation so payment does not become unrestricted access.