# Payment Channels: 1 Million Payments Per Second

DevFeed: [Payment Channels: 1 Million Payments Per Second](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/payment-channels-1-million-payments-per-second-17245.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://solana.com/news/payment-channels-1-million-payments-per-second>)

Author: Solana Foundation

Published: 2026-09-03T16:26:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Solana News Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/solana-news-feed.md>)

Topics: [Solana](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/solana.md>), [Transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transactions.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

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## AI overview

This article explains how Solana payment channels support agentic payments by authorizing a spending limit once, metering usage through signed off-chain messages, and settling the consumed amount in a single on-chain transaction.

## Source excerpt

Payment channels support 1 million payments per second by authorizing agent spending once.