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We probe 517 paid x402 APIs every night. Here is what the first numbers say

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AI agents that pay for APIs with x402 usually pick a seller from a directory listing. A listing tells you a service exists and what it costs. It does not tell you whether it answers, how fast, or whether anyone else pays it. So I started probing them. Every night a small script on a Raspberry Pi ta…

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  1. 2026-10-12 21:44 · DEV Community — AI
    We probe 517 paid x402 APIs every night. Here is what the first numbers say

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