Overview
How the web’s unused payment code became a way for software to pay, and what it has earned so far: HTTP 402’s history, one paid request step by step, who governs x402, its rivals, the market measurements, security and US law.
Protocol
x402
Price
$9.00
Payment Asset
USD Coin
Payment Network
Base
Category
data
Provider
561 Group
Source
self-registered
Indexed
2026-10-03 11:20:13
Health
Status
healthy
Latency (p50)
1556ms
Uptime (30d)
100.0%
Reliability Score
85/100
Last Checked
2026-10-19 22:23:42
Last Healthy
2026-10-19 22:23:42
Consecutive Failures
0
x402 Payment Validation
Payment Requirements
Valid
Asset Verified
Known USDC
Facilitator
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Recent Health Checks
| Time | Status | HTTP | Latency | Error |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 22:23:42 | healthy | 402 | 1243ms | |
| 2026-10-19 05:38:24 | healthy | 402 | 740ms | |
| 2026-10-18 04:39:34 | healthy | 402 | 1556ms | |
| 2026-10-17 21:58:17 | healthy | 402 | 1730ms | |
| 2026-10-17 12:47:27 | healthy | 402 | 1840ms |