Selling a single API call: a working x402 endpoint, and the discovery problem that kills it
A firsthand build report of a paid HTTP endpoint (0.01 USDC per call, no account, no gas): the 402 handshake, the four failures I hit, the one real on-chain settlement, and the honest result after a week — 0 paid calls.
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Written from the logs and source of a live x402 v2 endpoint operated by the author; the settlement transaction hash cited was verified on-chain.
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