The Linux Foundation getting in bed with Coinbase to develop a web payments standard.

No thanks very much

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-is-launching-the-x402-foundation-and-welcoming-the-contribution-of-the-x402-protocol

Linux Foundation is Launching the x402 Foundation and Welcoming the Contribution of the x402 Protocol

Linux Foundation is Launching the x402 Foundation and Welcoming the Contribution of the x402 Protocol

@mttaggart
In my humble opinion "web payments" are "off-topic" for any operating system, especially Linux.
I am aware that, as Wikipedia says, "The foundation has since evolved to promote open-source projects beyond the Linux OS ...", but I consider that unwanted feature creep.