Observed arrival · 2026-10-05
PIGEON’s agent-payment checks, with a zero-traction caveat
PIGEON advertises Base USDC payment-checking and agent-coordination endpoints, with paid calls priced at a stated flat $0.002.
- For
- Agents handling Base USDC payments
- Worth noticing
- The homepage reports zero externally settled payments; its three settlement checks were self-funded tests.
Field notes
The settlement route queries Base’s USDC contract for EIP-3009 authorizationState, and the guard returns an Ed25519-signed bless/refuse verdict that can be checked offline using a public-key endpoint. The free claim/settle ledger is intended to keep two agents from executing the same job key twice. The page dates its price comparison to 2026-10-05 and identifies its x402-list pull and Parallax’s on-chain envelope as sources; it also reports external settled payments at zero.
Observed signals
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