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Live 402 challenge

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Accepts

The payment requirements as published to the catalog. Read the live 402 before paying — a price here is a claim, not a quote.

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Provenance

Seen in the source catalog

2026-09-23 18:28Z

Last indexed by Roundhouse

2026-09-24 09:15Z

Last enriched (probe, favicon, geo)

2026-09-16 18:15Z

x402 version

2

Max timeout

300s

Liveness probe

HTTP 402