Cloudflare explores blockchain throughput needs for non-human web traffic

Cloudflare analysis indicates that non-human traffic now accounts for the majority of web activity, challenging traditional ad-based business models. Will Papper, Cloudflare's Director of Product, discussed the revival of the HTTP 402 status code for stablecoin payments and the launch of the Monetization Gateway and Wallets products. The discussion highlights why Cloudflare requires a blockchain with massive horizontal scalability for use cases such as LLM inference, data licensing, and API building, rather than relying on centralized servers.