Get the current ETC (Ethereum Classic) price via a pay-per-call x402 endpoint on Base.
What it does
This endpoint returns the current price of Ethereum Classic (ETC) as a JSON response, accessible through the x402 payment protocol. Each request costs $0.02 in USDC on the Base network — no API keys, no rate limits, and no subscriptions required. The caller simply includes an X-PAYMENT header with a valid x402 payment proof and receives the token price data in return.
The endpoint is part of a broader suite of APIs offered at lowpaymentfee.com, which spans data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3 market data, and utility services. All endpoints on the platform follow the same $0.02-per-request pricing model settled in USDC on Base. The specific endpoint at `/api/v1/tokens/ETC/price` falls under the Finance & Web3 category, providing real-time cryptocurrency price information.
The x402 challenge confirms the endpoint is live, accepting POST requests, and settling payments to address `0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3` using USDC (`0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913`) on the Base network. The maximum payment required is 20,000 base units of USDC (6 decimals), which equals $0.02. No OpenAPI schema or detailed documentation was found beyond the landing page listing.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Fetching the current ETC price for a trading bot or portfolio tracker
- —Displaying live Ethereum Classic pricing in a dApp or dashboard
- —Agents that need on-demand crypto price data without managing API keys
- —Comparing ETC price across multiple data sources
Fit
Best for
- —AI agents needing pay-per-call crypto price data with no signup
- —Developers who want keyless, low-friction access to ETC pricing
- —Applications settling micropayments in USDC on Base
Not for
- —High-frequency trading requiring sub-millisecond latency and bulk pricing
- —Historical ETC price data or OHLCV candle charts
- —Users who cannot transact in USDC on the Base network
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/ETC/price \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_proof>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The x402 challenge is live and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no response examples, and the docs/pricing/README pages all render only a wallet-connect prompt with no useful content. The actual response format for the ETC price endpoint is unknown.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or JSON schema describing the response format is available.
- —Documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /README) return no meaningful content — only a 'Connect wallet' prompt.
- —The exact response structure (fields, units, timestamp format) is not documented and must be discovered empirically.
- —The endpoint path suggests a single-token price endpoint; breadth of token coverage is unknown.
Citations
- —The endpoint returns HTTP 402 with an x402 challenge requiring 20,000 base units of USDC on Base ($0.02).https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/ETC/price
- —All APIs on the platform cost $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on the Base network.https://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset address is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Base.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/ETC/price