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>…the paywall fetches the content behind the scenes, and since our response is JSON rather than HTML it has nothing to render in place, so it navigates to an in-memory object URL created from the response. The protocol itself is pay per use, so every time you hit an API - you will be charged.
So it can't be used to 'unlock' a paid article forever? You can only read it once, and if you closed the tab, you need to pay again?
We are founding members of the x402 foundation and built the most popular x402 explorer, x402scan [0] Happy to answer any questions! [0] https://www.x402scan.com/
The all time overall stats says volume is ~52m, but the table of featured services adds up to < 11m, with one 'x402 Facilitator - Dexter ' being like 95% of that...
Quite apart from whether the concept can succeed after having failed a number of well-funded and well-publicised times— I open https://shtein.me/api/joke in a normal-enough browser (Firefox Nightly with Enhanced Tracking Protection and uBlock Origin). After loading its 2.3MB response (no useful HTML, just a huge inlined JS blob, and served without transfer compression), it asks me to select a wallet. There are two ch…
I guess it expects any 'WEB3' browser extension to be installed. Anything that supports Ethereum should work: Metamask, Enkrypt, Rainbow, …
We are founding members of the x402 foundation and built the most popular x402 explorer, x402scan [0] Happy to answer any questions! [0] https://www.x402scan.com/
What are 'Featured Services' on this site? The all time overall stats says volume is ~52m, but the table of featured services adds up to < 11m, with one 'x402 Facilitator - Dexter ' being like 95% of that...
Anyone can register services and APIs. Some people treat x402scan like a leaderboard, and they try and game it in all sorts of ways. We try and keep the "featured" list to resources we know are not boosting their numbers. It's a bit of a cat and mouse game though, and is by no means perfect. There will be false negatives/positives.
Quite apart from whether the concept can succeed after having failed a number of well-funded and well-publicised times— I open https://shtein.me/api/joke in a normal-enough browser (Firefox Nightly with Enhanced Tracking Protection and uBlock Origin). After loading its 2.3MB response (no useful HTML, just a huge inlined JS blob, and served without transfer compression), it asks me to select a wallet. There are two ch…
>Nothing discernible happens. No errors or network activity in the dev tools. I guess it expects any 'WEB3' browser extension to be installed. Anything that supports Ethereum should work: Metamask, Enkrypt, Rainbow, …
I did not get it how it could be used for a _static blog_. >…the paywall fetches the content behind the scenes, and since our response is JSON rather than HTML it has nothing to render in place, so it navigates to an in-memory object URL created from the response. The protocol itself is pay per use, so every time you hit an API - you will be charged. So it can't be used to 'unlock' a paid article forever? You can onl…
So do/can users get a preview of the content before being required to make payment? Or is the idea that users are likely already familiar with the site/content to which they will pay? Sorry I only skimmed the article.
Quite apart from whether the concept can succeed after having failed a number of well-funded and well-publicised times— I open https://shtein.me/api/joke in a normal-enough browser (Firefox Nightly with Enhanced Tracking Protection and uBlock Origin). After loading its 2.3MB response (no useful HTML, just a huge inlined JS blob, and served without transfer compression), it asks me to select a wallet. There are two ch…
> This literally can change how we use internet making advertisement economy internet runs on obsolete. Hmm, so I will pay to see websites that have ads. This may or may not be fine and solve some other problems (like paywalling AI agents), but lets not be naive. It won't replace ads, in most cases it will just be another stream.
I did not get it how it could be used for a _static blog_. >…the paywall fetches the content behind the scenes, and since our response is JSON rather than HTML it has nothing to render in place, so it navigates to an in-memory object URL created from the response. The protocol itself is pay per use, so every time you hit an API - you will be charged. So it can't be used to 'unlock' a paid article forever? You can onl…