AEP2 Whitepaper - LaTeX Version

This directory contains the LaTeX version of the AEP2 (Agent Embedded Payment Protocol) whitepaper.

Files

• aep2_whitepaper.tex - Main LaTeX document (two-column format)
• aep2_whitepaper.pdf - Compiled PDF output
• AEP2 Whitepaper 2936d7f3c4488070b3baecd558f74efa.md - Original Markdown source
• AEP2 Whitepaper 2936d7f3c4488070b3baecd558f74efa/ - Directory containing images

Compilation

Prerequisites

You need a LaTeX distribution installed on your system:

• macOS: Install MacTeX
• Linux: Install TeXLive (sudo apt-get install texlive-full on Ubuntu/Debian)
• Windows: Install MiKTeX

Compile the PDF

# Basic compilation
pdflatex aep2_whitepaper.tex

# For complete compilation with table of contents
pdflatex aep2_whitepaper.tex
pdflatex aep2_whitepaper.tex

The second run is necessary to properly generate the table of contents and references.

Using latexmk (recommended)

latexmk -pdf aep2_whitepaper.tex

This will automatically run pdflatex the correct number of times.

Features

The LaTeX version includes:

• Two-column layout for professional academic paper appearance
• Professional typesetting with proper margins and spacing
• Proper section numbering and cross-references
• Code listing formatting with syntax highlighting
• Clickable hyperlinks (both internal and external)
• All three figures properly integrated (including Chinese filename support)
• Clean, academic paper layout optimized for readability

Image Integration

All images are properly integrated and will display automatically:

• image.png - Embedded Payment Workflow diagram
• 截屏2025-10-21_15.54.23.png - Payment Mandate Architecture (Chinese filename supported)
• image 1.png - FluxA AgentSpend Architecture (filename with space supported)

The document uses figure* environment to span both columns for better visibility of diagrams. The grffile package is used to handle filenames with spaces and special characters.

Customization

You can customize various aspects of the document by modifying the preamble:

• Page margins: Adjust the geometry package settings
• Fonts: Add font packages (e.g., \usepackage{times})
• Colors: Modify the xcolor package usage
• Code style: Edit the lstdefinestyle settings

Clean Up

To remove auxiliary files generated during compilation:

latexmk -c

To remove all generated files including the PDF:

latexmk -C

Output

The compiled PDF will be named aep2_whitepaper.pdf and will be created in the same directory.