Alipay processed 120 million AI-assisted payments in a single week in February — real production volume, no human confirming at checkout. The West's missing piece was never discovery; it was letting an agent pay without handing over control of the money. PayBox splits the key across secure enclaves so the agent can prepare a transaction but structurally cannot execute one alone.

We cover the custody paradox, the two operating modes and what they say about liability, and why the Western architecture looks nothing like Alipay's.

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