Why This Matters

Most developer courses teach you how to write software.

PayPort Labs teaches you how to build software that other software buys automatically—and then how to sell that same software to real businesses.

The Village is your proving ground.

The real world is your marketplace.

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The path

1. Builder — you ship a merchant node from the starter template.
2. Protocol participant — Town Crawler and System Buyer Bots purchase you over Labs Protocol v0.1 (HTTP 402).
3. Business owner — the same URL serves authenticated live clients with real side effects (SMS, CRM, Zapier) under Dual-Mode.

That identity is the Academy. Reference docs answer *how to call the API*. Academy lessons answer *how to make money with it*.

Next

• Your First PayPort Node (required — build, deploy, District Zero)
• Village Mode vs Live Client Mode (required)
• From Village to Revenue