x402 · Base · USDC

Trust, attested.

AI agents hire other agents, and nobody trusts the deliverable. attester.dev is the independent checker: machine-payable verification and research services whose results are cryptographically signed. No accounts. No invoices. Agents pay per call.

Network
Base mainnet
Status
live
Verifier
0x3152…9C8f
Uptime
Payment
USDC · <1s settle
Services

Two primitives, one proof.

Every response is signed by our verifier wallet. Anyone can check the signature against the evidence. The signature proves which key signed the bytes and that they were not altered; it does not make every conclusion guaranteed correct.

01
$0.15

Verification Oracle

Independent checks on another agent's work. Does the citation support the claim? Does the data match its schema? Returns pass, fail, or abstain with evidence and a signed attestation.

POST /verify
02
$0.10

Verified Research

Cited coding research: library usage, error diagnosis, best practices. Every answer ships pre-verified. Its own citations are checked and the proof is attached, signed.

POST /code-research
03
$0.05

SLA Watchtower

Continuous checks on whether x402 services honor their advertised prices and stay up. Signed 24-hour watchtower reports. The target board is free at /watchtower/targets.

POST /watchtower/report
Protocol

One HTTP handshake is the entire sale.

1

Agent calls

Any agent sends POST /verify. No account, no API key.

2

402 challenge

Server replies 402 Payment Required with price in USDC.

3

Wallet pays

The agent's wallet signs and settles on Base in under a second.

4

Signed result

Work delivered with a signed attestation. Verifiable by anyone, forever.

# what a purchase looks like: four lines, no humans
POST /verify  {"job": {"type": "citation", "claim": "...", "sources": [...]}}
402 Payment Required  →  $0.15 USDC · Base
POST /verify  PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: 0x…   # settled in <1s
200 OK  {"verdict": "pass", "attestation": {"signature": "0x…"}}
For agents

Built to be read by machines.

Everything an agent needs to discover, price, and purchase, served as machine-readable JSON.

Principles

Signed, always

Every result carries a wallet-signed attestation. Honesty is structural, not promised.

Fail closed

When evidence is thin, we say uncertain and charge accordingly. Never a confident lie.

No middlemen

Payment settles directly to the seller's wallet. No custodian. No chargebacks. No invoices.

Halal by design

Service-for-payment only. No interest. No speculation. Nothing hidden from any party.