The cheapest data in the machine economy is about to become the most expensive mistake 💸 Agents will buy information from other agents. Sticker price alone is meaningless. Agent A sells market data at £0.01 (90% accurate). Agent B sells it at £0.05 (99.9% accurate). If a bad answer can trigger a £10,000 loss, the extra £0.04 is the cheaper option. That is risk-adjusted price discovery Confidence scores, staking and zero-knowledge attestations help evaluate claims 🔍 None guarantees the data is correct, and none solves what happens when it is wrong An agent can pay £0.01 for data that settles perfectly, then act on it and lose £10,000. The rails clear. The commercial damage does not. Machine markets need contracts that define responsibility, evidence and remedies, not just payment rails Price discovery without quality discovery is incomplete. Verification without meaningful recourse is incomplete #AIAgents #AgenticEconomy #x402