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An AI assistant told me to pay an x402 API blind. Here’s what checking it first looked like

x402 directory operator (unnamed Reddit poster)18h agox402 (AI assistant recommendation)6/10

A directory operator probed and bought from x402 endpoints with real USDC; about a third that asked for payment did not deliver a usable answer, so they now check before paying.

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