Check account balance via x402 micropayment on Base network for $0.02 per request.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com returns account balance information for account ID 38. It is part of a broader platform offering pay-per-request APIs across data analytics, AI/ML, finance/Web3, and infrastructure categories — all settled via the x402 protocol on the Base network using USDC.
The specific endpoint `/api/v1/accounts/38/balance` accepts POST requests and is gated behind an x402 payment challenge. The maximum amount required per call is 20,000 base units of USDC (0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Base), which equals $0.02 USD (USDC uses 6 decimals). Payment is made via the `exact` scheme with a 300-second timeout. No API keys or rate limits are advertised; access is instant once payment is included in the X-PAYMENT header.
Documentation on the platform is extremely sparse — the docs, API, pricing, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no additional technical detail. There is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and no description of what fields the balance response contains. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a proper 402 challenge), but the actual functionality and response format must be inferred from the endpoint path alone.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Querying account balance data on-demand with per-request USDC micropayments
- —Integrating balance checks into agent workflows without API key management
- —Programmatic account monitoring via x402-enabled HTTP calls
Fit
Best for
- —Agents or bots that need simple balance lookups without subscription overhead
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs on Base
- —Low-volume, on-demand account balance queries
Not for
- —High-frequency balance polling where per-request fees add up quickly
- —Users who need detailed documentation or response schema guarantees before integrating
- —Non-crypto-native users unfamiliar with x402 payment headers
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/38/balance \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live with a valid 402 challenge and clear pricing ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and all documentation pages return only a wallet-connect prompt. The actual response format and input parameters are unknown, making this effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — docs, API, pricing, and README pages all show only 'Connect wallet' with no technical content.
- —No OpenAPI or output schema provided; response format for the balance endpoint is entirely unknown.
- —The endpoint path references a hardcoded account ID (38); it is unclear whether this is a demo or a general-purpose endpoint.
- —No request body schema documented — unclear what, if any, POST body is expected.
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/38/balance
- —Platform advertises $0.02 per request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC contract address on Base is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/38/balance
- —Docs, API, pricing, and README pages render only a 'Connect wallet' prompthttps://lowpaymentfee.com/docs