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 a specific account (ID 174) behind an x402 paywall. It is part of a broader platform offering data & analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3, and infrastructure utility APIs, all priced at $0.02 per request and settled in USDC on the Base network.
The endpoint accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is handled via the x402 protocol: callers must include an X-PAYMENT header with a valid payment proof. The x402 challenge specifies an exact-scheme payment of up to 20,000 base units of USDC (0x8335…2913 on Base), which equals $0.02 given USDC's 6 decimals. No API keys or rate limits are advertised; access is gated purely by per-request micropayment.
Documentation is extremely sparse — the docs, API, pricing, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no further content. There is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and no description of what the balance response payload looks like. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns 402 with a well-formed x402 challenge), but the actual functionality behind the paywall cannot be verified from available materials.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Querying account balance data behind a per-request micropayment wall
- —Demonstrating x402 protocol integration for pay-per-call APIs
- —Building agent workflows that pay for data access in USDC on Base
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 micropayment protocol
- —Agents needing low-cost, keyless API access on Base
- —Projects requiring pay-per-use balance lookups without subscriptions
Not for
- —Production use cases requiring documented request/response schemas
- —High-volume balance queries where per-call pricing adds up
- —Users who need traditional API-key authentication or OAuth
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/174/balance \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-proof>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live with a valid x402 challenge, but documentation is essentially nonexistent — all doc pages show only 'Connect wallet'. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, and no examples. The purpose of the specific '/accounts/174/balance' path is unclear and may be a demo or placeholder.
Warnings
- —Documentation pages (docs, API, pricing, README) all render only 'Connect wallet' with no usable content.
- —No OpenAPI or request/response schema available; payload structure is unknown.
- —The endpoint path references a hardcoded account ID (174), which may be a demo or placeholder rather than a general-purpose API.
- —Actual functionality behind the paywall cannot be verified without payment.
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 x402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/174/balance
- —All APIs on the platform are priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset address is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/174/balance