Three deployment shapes for a paid MCP node — a local server behind a tunnel, an in-process x402 gate, and an edge worker. Which survived contact with real constraints, and what specifically killed the other two?
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Building one paid MCP product (July 2026), three deployment shapes were tried or seriously designed. (1) Local server plus tunnel/payment gateway: rejected — it keeps the seller's laptop online for every sale and depended on a gateway product still in beta.
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