Observed arrival · 2026-09-02

Botfee: a tollbooth for machine visitors

botfee.com Observed source

Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A live x402 test site that invoices automated visitors $0.001 per request while letting humans browse free.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-02 issue.

Field notes

The project uses HTTP 402 as both a gate and an invoice, with a stated price of $0.001 per request and settlement in USDC on Base. Developers can try a Base Sepolia version with faucet funds or submit an X-PAYMENT header to /echo for field-by-field diagnosis; /api/stats exposes the live ledger. At extraction time, the homepage showed no robot visits, invoices, or collections.

Observed signals

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

○OpenPublic substance visible

$PaidCommerce or pricing visible

✦PrettyNotable craft visible

●ProPolished or operationally mature

◎NicheUnusually specific use

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