Just paid for a live weather API with $0.001 USDC on Base no account, no API key, no subscription.
This is x402, the HTTP payment standard that lets AI agents pay for data on the fly using crypto.
Here's how it worked with
@PayBox:
• Found a weather API in the x402 catalog
• Got a quote: $0.001 USDC on Base
• Confirmed → PayBox signed the payment
• Received live Lagos conditions + 7-day forecast instantly
No sign-ups. No rate limit tiers. No billing dashboards.
Just pay → get data.
The internet was always supposed to work like this.
We're finally building it. 🧵⚡