x402-gated account balance endpoint on Base, pay-per-call with USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides a "Premium API Access" resource at the path `/api/v1/accounts/35/balance`. It is part of a broader platform that offers dozens of pay-per-request API endpoints spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3 data, and infrastructure utilities — all gated via the x402 payment protocol on the Base network.
The specific endpoint probed returns an x402 challenge requesting up to 20,000 base units of USDC (0x8335…2913 on Base, 6 decimals), which translates to $0.02 per request. Payment is made inline via the `X-PAYMENT` header using the x402 "exact" scheme; no API keys, accounts, or rate limits are required. The payment recipient is `0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3`, and the endpoint accepts POST requests returning `application/json`.
Documentation on the site is extremely thin — the /docs, /pricing, /api, and /README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no further content. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, and no explanation of what the `/accounts/35/balance` resource actually returns. The landing page lists many other endpoints at $0.02 each but provides no detail on inputs or outputs for any of them. Treat this listing as a stub until richer documentation becomes available.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Querying account balance data behind a per-request USDC paywall
- —Demonstrating x402 payment protocol integration on Base
- —Agent-driven balance lookups without API key provisioning
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 pay-per-call patterns
- —Agents that can settle USDC payments on Base in real time
- —Use cases needing keyless, zero-commitment API access
Not for
- —Production workloads requiring documented request/response schemas
- —Users who need fiat-only payment options
- —High-volume batch queries where per-call pricing is inefficient
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/35/balance \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live (402 challenge captured) and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base), but there is no documentation, no request/response schema, and no explanation of what the balance resource actually returns. Effectively a stub.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI spec or request/response schema available
- —All documentation pages (docs, pricing, api, README) render only a 'Connect wallet' prompt with no content
- —The purpose and output of /api/v1/accounts/35/balance is undocumented — unclear what 'account 35' refers to
- —Cannot verify what data is actually returned upon successful payment
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge requesting up to 20,000 base units of USDC on Base (asset 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913)https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/35/balance
- —The platform advertises $0.02 per request, no API keys, no rate limits, instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —The site lists endpoints across Data & Analytics, AI & ML, Finance & Web3, and Infrastructure categorieshttps://lowpaymentfee.com