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 162) behind an x402 paywall. It is part of a broader platform offering dozens of pay-per-call APIs spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3 data, 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. The payment is directed to address 0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3 with a 300-second timeout.
The platform advertises no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access. Documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /README) appear to require wallet connection and contain no substantive content in the crawl. As a result, the actual response schema, request parameters, and detailed behavior of this specific balance endpoint are unknown. The endpoint is live and returning a proper 402 challenge.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Querying account balance data programmatically with per-call USDC micropayments
- —Integrating balance lookups into agent workflows without API key management
- —Demonstrating x402 protocol payment flows on Base network
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 micropayment protocols
- —Agents needing on-demand account balance data without subscription commitments
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go API consumers on Base
Not for
- —High-volume balance queries where per-call pricing adds up quickly
- —Users who need detailed documentation or guaranteed SLAs
- —Anyone without a Base-network USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/162/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 OpenAPI schema, no documentation content (all doc pages require wallet connection), no example request/response, and the purpose of this specific account balance endpoint is vague. The listing is essentially a stub with pricing and protocol details only.
Warnings
- —Documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /README) return no useful content — they all require wallet connection
- —No request or response schema available; actual behavior of the balance endpoint is unknown
- —The specific account ID 162 is hardcoded in the URL — unclear if this is a demo or a real account
- —The broader platform lists many endpoints but none have documented schemas in the crawl
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/162/balance
- —USDC asset contract on Base is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/162/balance
- —Platform pricing is $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Payment timeout is 300 seconds and payTo address is 0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/162/balance