Get the current ZEC (Zcash) price via a pay-per-call x402 endpoint on Base network.
What it does
This endpoint returns the current price of ZEC (Zcash) as a JSON response, accessible via the x402 payment protocol on the Base network. Each request costs $0.02 in USDC, paid inline with no API keys, subscriptions, or rate limits required.
The endpoint is part of a broader suite of APIs offered at lowpaymentfee.com covering data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3 market data, and utility services—all priced at $0.02 per request. The specific endpoint `/api/v1/tokens/ZEC/price` falls under the Finance & Web3 category, providing real-time token pricing data.
Payment is settled on the Base L2 network using USDC (contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913). The x402 challenge specifies a maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units (i.e., $0.02 given USDC's 6 decimals). No authentication or API key is needed—callers simply attach the X-PAYMENT header with a valid x402 payment proof.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Fetching real-time ZEC price for portfolio tracking applications
- —Integrating Zcash price data into trading bots or DeFi dashboards
- —Agent-driven price lookups without managing API keys or subscriptions
- —On-demand crypto price checks in automated workflows
Fit
Best for
- —AI agents needing on-demand ZEC price data without credential management
- —Developers wanting simple pay-per-call crypto pricing without subscriptions
- —Low-volume or sporadic price lookups where flat-rate plans are wasteful
Not for
- —High-frequency trading requiring sub-second latency and bulk pricing
- —Historical price data or OHLCV candle charts
- —Users without a Base-network USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/ZEC/price \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_proof>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live (402 challenge captured) and pricing is clear ($0.02/request in USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no documented request/response format, no example payloads, and the crawled docs pages are empty ('Connect wallet' only). The actual response shape for ZEC price data must be inferred.
Warnings
- —No response schema or example response documented—actual output format is unknown.
- —Documentation pages (/docs, /api, /pricing, /README) returned no useful content beyond 'Connect wallet'.
- —The specific /api/v1/tokens/ZEC/price path is not listed on the homepage; it may be an undocumented or legacy route.
Citations
- —Endpoint returns 402 with x402 challenge requiring 20000 base units of USDC on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/ZEC/price
- —All APIs priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/ZEC/price