Base gas price in USD

Live 402 challenge

Captured by the enrichment pass, not read just now. Prices can change — always read the 402 the endpoint answers with.

{
  "note": "X1 is a Solana fork. The same address (HYiepS7mNCVVKoaDmZLQ6rNtMWHTQqKheM1NLGn1x8kJ) receives funds on both chains. Solana-native agents can pay USDC without bridging anything.",
  "error": "Payment required",
  "hello": "We see you, roundhouse-indexer. You have called us 29 times since 2026-09-27. Thank you for coming.",
  "accepts": [
    {
      "rpc": "https://mainnet.base.org",
      "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
      "extra": {
        "name": "USD Coin",
        "note": "Standard x402: sign an EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization for this amount to payTo and send it base64 in PAYMENT-SIGNATURE — we settle it, you pay no gas. Or send USDC to payTo and replay the tx hash in X-PAYMENT-BASE.",
        "version": "2",
        "credentialTypes": [
          "authorization"
        ]
      },
      "payTo": "0xd334ab5151c624cada654854e2879903dc4217ed",
      "amount": "1000",
      "scheme": "exact",
      "symbol": "USDC",
      "chainId": 8453,
      "network": "base",
      "decimals": 6,
      "mimeType": "application/json",
      "priceUsd": "~$0.001",
      "receiver": "0xd334ab5151c624cada654854e2879903dc4217ed",
      "resource": "https://apexfaucet.xyz/api/x402/base-gas",
      "priceMinor": 1000,
      "description": "What a transaction on Base costs right now, in dollars, including the L1 data fee most gas trackers leave out. Read from real receipts in the latest Base blocks: the median a plain ETH transfer, a USDC transfer and a Uniswap swap actually paid (L2 fee + L1 fee), what the same gas costs at the current base fee and median tip, and the tip spread over 20 blocks. ETH priced from the Uniswap v3 WETH/USDC pool. Paid in USDC on Base.",
      "networkName": "base",
      "validForSec": 300,
      "networkCaip2": "eip155:8453",
      "priceDisplay": "0.001 USDC",
      "replayHeader": "X-PAYMENT-BASE",
      "maxAmountRequired": "1000",
      "maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
    }
  ],
  "revenue": "Payment funds the public APEX faucet — every paid request lets a stranger claim free XNT.",
  "version": "1",
  "resource": "/api/x402/base-gas",
  "standard": "x402",
  "discovery": "/.well-known/x402",
  "whatWeSell": "https://apexfaucet.xyz/.well-known/x402",
  "facilitator": "/api/x402/verify",
  "x402Version": 1,
  "instructions": [
    "This product is paid on base only: follow the accepts[] entries above."
  ],
  "ifYouWantToTalk": "A2A: POST https://apexfaucet.xyz/api/a2a — a real agent answers.",
  "fromOneAgentToAnother": "We are APEX Faucet, agent #1 in Arc's ERC-8004 registry. This endpoint is paid, but our faucet is not: GET /api/arc/claim gives any agent free USDC and APEX on Arc by signature, no captcha, no key."
}

Accepts

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

[
  {
    "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
    "extra": {
      "name": "USD Coin",
      "note": "Sign an EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization to payTo and send it base64 in PAYMENT-SIGNATURE - we settle it and you pay no gas. Or pay and replay the hash in X-PAYMENT-BASE.",
      "version": "2",
      "replayHeader": "X-PAYMENT-BASE",
      "credentialTypes": [
        "authorization"
      ]
    },
    "payTo": "0xd334ab5151c624cada654854e2879903dc4217ed",
    "amount": "1000",
    "scheme": "exact",
    "network": "eip155:8453",
    "maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
  },
  {
    "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
    "extra": {
      "name": "GatewayWalletBatched",
      "note": "Circle Gateway nanopayment: pay from your Gateway balance with a gas-free signature (validBefore at least 7 days out). Settled by Circle in batches.",
      "version": "1",
      "verifyingContract": "0x77777777dcc4d5a8b6e418fd04d8997ef11000ee"
    },
    "payTo": "0xd334ab5151c624cada654854e2879903dc4217ed",
    "amount": "1000",
    "scheme": "exact",
    "network": "eip155:8453",
    "maxTimeoutSeconds": 604900
  }
]

Extensions

{
  "bazaar": {
    "info": {
      "input": {
        "type": "http",
        "method": "GET",
        "discoverable": true
      },
      "output": {
        "type": "json",
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "ok": {
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "data": {
              "type": "object"
            },
            "paid": {
              "type": "number"
            }
          }
        },
        "example": {
          "ok": true,
          "data": {
            "at": "2026-10-09T22:07:21.000Z",
            "ok": true,
            "how": "receipts of real, successful transaction…",
            "block": 52397147,
            "chain": "base",
            "costs": {
              "ethTransfer": {},
              "uniswapSwap": {},
              "usdcTransfer": {}
            },
            "ethUsd": 2479.82,
            "tipGwei": {
              "p10": 0,
              "p50": 0.001,
              "p90": 0.005,
              "overBlocks": 20
            },
            "ethUsdFrom": "Uniswap v3 WETH/USDC 0.05% pool on Base,…",
            "baseFeeGwei": 0.005,
            "blocksScanned": 6
          },
          "paid": 0.001
        }
      }
    },
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
      "required": [
        "input"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "input": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "type",
            "method"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "type": {
              "type": "string",
              "const": "http"
            },
            "method": {
              "enum": [
                "GET"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        },
        "output": {
          "type": "object"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Provenance

Seen in the source catalog

2026-10-14 09:20Z

Last indexed by Roundhouse

2026-10-19 12:20Z

Last enriched (probe, favicon, geo)

2026-09-27 20:15Z

x402 version

2

Max timeout

300s

Liveness probe

HTTP 402