| Date | Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 7 PM |
| Venue | The LAB Miami (@thelabmiami) |
| Attendance | 350+ β standing room only |
| Signups | 600+ (per @jdanjohnson) |
| Format | Builder meetup β demos, open sharing, networking |
| Organizers | @OpenClawMiami Β· Purple Horizons: Gianni Dalerta, Ralph Quintero, Ja'dan Johnson, Dave Fano, Jeff Weisbein, Bellumio |
| Context | Official inaugural @OpenClawMiami event. A prior informal meetup happened Feb 16 at same venue. Community growing fast. |
| What's next | Ralph Quintero: "This was just the first one. π¦π₯" |
Multiple projects (ClawAPI, openclaw-x402-wallet, CreditClaw, LobsterCash) are converging on x402 as the payment standard for OpenClaw agents. This isn't coincidence β Anthropic's Feb 20 ban on Claude OAuth tokens in third-party tools is pushing everyone toward API key alternatives, and x402 fills that gap elegantly.
Payment standard for OpenClaw agents β Crossmint + Solana. SF developer meetup announced for March 4, hosted by Solana + Crossmint. The x402 payment rail is becoming infrastructure, not a project.
Dedicated VMs with pre-funded Solana wallets + agent identity + x402 payment flow wired in. Reduces agent setup from hours to minutes. Makes the "autonomous economic agent" pattern accessible to any developer.
Anthropic explicitly banned OAuth tokens from Claude Free/Pro/Max in third-party tools β including OpenClaw β on February 20, 2026. Google Antigravity followed 3 days later. This is actively reshaping the ecosystem, accelerating API key alternatives like x402. ClawAPI's timing was perfect.
Live builder challenge for OpenClaw agents organized by @jdanjohnson. 600+ people signed up for the meetup partly through awareness from this challenge. Community + builder incentives working together.