SRC-A · ECOSYSTEM
Public aggregates from x402scan.com (x402 settlements across Base + Solana), sampled at the timestamp above. x402scan retains ~30 days.
machine_pay_radar
FIG.01 — MACHINE-NATIVE PAYMENTS / OBSERVATION UNIT
How much do AI agents
actually spend?
Real onchain settlement data for the x402 machine-payment protocol. Not the $11.2T padded narrative — every number replayable to a block.
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24h Overview
BILL OF MATERIALS — LAST 24H · SOURCE: X402SCAN.COM · SAMPLED - UTC
NO.ITEMQTYUNIT
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Daily Settled Volume (USD)
FIG.02 — DAILY SETTLED VOLUME · X402 ECOSYSTEM ALL CHAINS · SOURCE: X402SCAN.COM · ~30D WINDOW
FIG.02
RIRI'S TAKE · PLACEHOLDER
[One line here, e.g. "$20-60K a day — less than OpenAI's hourly API revenue. The slope is the story."]
[One line here, e.g. "$20-60K a day — less than OpenAI's hourly API revenue. The slope is the story."]
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Daily Count & Avg Ticket
FIG.03 — DAILY COUNT & AVG TICKET · AVG = VOLUME / COUNT · SOURCE: X402SCAN.COM
FIG.03
⚠ NOTE: 1M+ tx/day before Sep 8, ~90K after — almost certainly a farming/airdrop campaign ending, not organic demand. Disclose when citing.
RIRI'S TAKE · PLACEHOLDER
[One line here: "machine payments are a cents-per-ticket business today"]
[One line here: "machine payments are a cents-per-ticket business today"]
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Base: Daily Settlements & Unique Payers
FIG.04 — SELF-INDEXED · BASE MAINNET USDC
0x8335…2913 · EIP-3009 AuthorizationUsed EVENTS · PUBLIC RPC REPLAY · 9/9–9/25FIG.04
RIRI'S TAKE · PLACEHOLDER
[One line here, e.g. "50-80K machine settlements a day on Base, spiked to 195K on Sep 23 — what happened?"]
[One line here, e.g. "50-80K machine settlements a day on Base, spiked to 195K on Sep 23 — what happened?"]
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These numbers vs BlackRock's $11.2T
FIG.05 — DENOMINATOR HONESTY
- BlackRock's $11.2T 2025 onchain stablecoin figure counts all USDC/USDT transfers — exchanges, DeFi, mint/redeem. x402 machine payments are a tiny slice of it.
- This radar counts only real x402 settlements: roughly - tx and - over 30 days, a few cents per ticket.
- The honest read: machine payments are in infancy — but they are the only payment loop an agent can close without a human.
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Method & Sources
APPENDIX — METHODOLOGY & PROVENANCE
SRC-B · BASE PANEL
Self-hosted indexer replaying AuthorizationUsed events on Base USDC (the EIP-3009 onchain fingerprint of x402 settlement), verified block-by-block over public RPC. Pre-9/9 excluded: distorted by farming activity.
EXCLUDED
Solana breakdown and top-paid-services ranking (no free data source yet — V2). Every figure is recomputable; indexer script to be open-sourced.