402MARKET402 index

State of the 402 economy - 2026-07

32,088 observations across 14,843 unique endpoints this month. Spec-compliant 402 rate: 50.1%. Latency p50 (compliant): 250ms. No self-reported metrics - every number below comes from real probes.

32,088observations
14,843endpoints
50.1%spec compliant
250mslatency p50
10probe rounds

Weekly spec compliance (full census rounds)

Share of probed endpoints returning a spec-compliant 402 challenge, per weekly full-census round (daily top-500 probes are excluded here: a biased sample would flatter the rate).

44.8-45.1
roundcompliantendpoints probed
2026-07-2545.1%14,281
2026-07-2744.8%14,249

Observed on-chain volume (upper bound)

$98,114volume
106,371settlements
969active addresses
4,087unique payers
$0.01median

Gross inbound USDC to payTo addresses declared in 402 responses (Base). An upper bound, not verified revenue; never a scoring input. See /methodology 'Traction observation'.

Citable findings

Ready-to-quote, sourced one-liners from this month's measured data. Reuse freely under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Only 50.1% of listed x402 endpoints returned a spec-compliant 402 challenge in 2026-07 (Market402, 32,088 observations).
Median latency of spec-compliant x402 endpoints was 250ms in 2026-07 (Market402).
0.3% of probed x402 endpoints were unreachable in 2026-07 (Market402).
Observed x402 economy volume in 2026-07: $98,114.30 across 106,371 settlements to 969 payment addresses (gross inbound upper bound; Market402).
Cite as: Market402, "State of the 402 economy 2026-07",
https://market402.com/reports/202607. Data license: CC BY 4.0.

All metrics

Unpaid weekly probes (no payment attached), UA-identified. Rates are per observation. See /methodology.

metricvalue
month202607
probe_rounds10
observations32088
unique_resources14843
compliant_402_rate0.501
unreachable_rate0.003
no_paywall_rate0.001
latency_p50_ms_compliant250
price_match_rate0.966
x402_v2_declared_rateNone
v1_network_name_ok_rate0.439
eip712_extra_ok_rate0.993

Machine-readable: /reports/202607.json | weekly diffs: /changes.json | all months: /reports | data license: CC BY 4.0 (attribution rules)