TIER_C · monthly brief

Discovery and conformance start to matter more than net-new protocols

By late summer 2026 the bottleneck for machine sellers was less “is there a protocol?” and more “can a buyer complete discover → 402 → pay → retry → verify?” Schema-invalid challenges and stale indexes were the practical failures.

Event 28 August 2026 · source 7 September 2026 · zFinia published 7 September 2026 · retrospective

Why it matters

Watch buyer-conformance, index freshness and facilitator auth — Foundry’s own 13/13 indexed estate is one data point, not the market.