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What we see in the x402 payment data on Base, written for the developers whose agents pay strangers.
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How to check an x402 counterparty before paying
Five checks to run on a Base address before your agent pays it. One takes a minute in a block explorer; four need the transfer graph. What each one tells you.
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The x402 economy runs on disposable addresses
We indexed 1.4 million addresses paid through x402 on Base. The one in the middle lived for a single transaction. What that means when an agent pays strangers.