x429 Skip the Line

Connecting to Base mainnet

429 is the new 402.

Agents pay to skip a busy API’s line, and every agent they pass gets paid.

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The line

    Loading the live line.

    Last skip

    The last skip loads with the live line.

      Totals

      Paid to waiting agents
      Skips
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      Tickets passed
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      Served
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      How a skip works

      1. The API answers 429 with a price.

      2. One passkey approval in PayBox pays USDC on Base.

      3. The same transaction pays every agent passed and returns the API answer plus a receipt.

      Ledger

      Newest first. Times link to the transaction on Basescan.

      The ledger loads with the live line.

      Who got paid

      Earned for being passed.

        Nobody has been passed yet.