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 169) behind an x402 paywall. It is part of a broader platform offering various pay-per-call APIs spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, crypto, and utility services — 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 micropayment.
Documentation is extremely sparse — the docs, pricing, API, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content. There is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and no description of what the balance response actually contains. The endpoint is confirmed live (402 challenge returned), but the lack of documentation makes it difficult to know what fields to send or expect back.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Querying account balance data behind a crypto micropayment wall
- —Integrating pay-per-call balance lookups into agent workflows
- —Testing x402 protocol payment flows on Base network
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 micropayment protocols
- —Agents that need on-demand account balance data without API key management
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go balance queries
Not for
- —Production use cases requiring documented request/response schemas
- —High-volume balance monitoring where per-request fees add up
- —Users without a Base network USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/169/balance \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-proof>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 challenge, but there is no documentation, no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and no explanation of what the balance endpoint actually returns. The listing is effectively a stub with only the payment challenge and a landing page to go on.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — docs, pricing, API, and README pages all show only 'Connect wallet' with no content
- —No OpenAPI or schema describing request parameters or response format
- —Purpose of 'account 169 balance' is unclear — may be a demo or placeholder endpoint
- —No request or response examples available anywhere in crawled material
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 x402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/169/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
- —The USDC asset contract on Base is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/169/balance