402MARKET402 index

State of the 402 economy - 2026-09

53,362 observations across 19,065 unique endpoints this month. Spec-compliant 402 rate: 61.9% (+5.5 pts MoM). Latency p50 (compliant): 262ms (+38.0 MoM). No self-reported metrics - every number below comes from real probes.

53,362observations
19,065endpoints
61.9%spec compliant
262mslatency p50
17probe 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).

45.3-92.6
roundcompliantendpoints probed
2026-09-0192.6%2,526
2026-09-0748.7%15,847
2026-09-1445.3%15,782

What moved this month

Operator-level changes from 2026-W36 (end of previous month) to 2026-W38: 1657 -> 1932 operators, 200 new, 0 no longer listed, 77 moved >= 5 points. Weekly diffs: /changes.json

New operators (200+)

operatorscore
toolrail.dev100.0
jobherder.com100.0
ccpcrate.ca100.0
problocks.io100.0
arakelproof.space100.0
zensched.com100.0
linklens-sand.vercel.app100.0
trango-compute.com100.0
pixelcove.co100.0
hubvibe-io.com100.0

Biggest score moves

operatorfromtodelta
ts.net0.0100.0100.0
rqmtechnologies.com0.079.079.0
zfinia.com0.067.667.6
21millionpixels.art0.066.766.7
agentstools.dev40.0100.060.0
supplier-risk-api-production.up.railway.app40.0100.060.0
payperbyte.io40.0100.060.0
ukintel.uk40.0100.060.0
compliancecheck-x402.fly.dev40.0100.060.0
trabotpro.it40.0100.060.0

Badge changes

operatorfromto
agentstools.devnoneverified
barker.moneyverified-plusverified
agentexchange.workverifiednone
shizu.meverified-plusverified
ottoai.servicesnoneverified
brazilayer.comnoneverified
com.trnoneverified
2s.ioverified-plusverified
lonestaroracle.xyzverified-plusverified
printmoneylab.comverified-plusverified

Observed on-chain volume (upper bound)

$45,691volume
12,409settlements
257active addresses
753unique 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 61.9% of listed x402 endpoints returned a spec-compliant 402 challenge in 2026-09 (Market402, 53,362 observations).
Median latency of spec-compliant x402 endpoints was 262ms in 2026-09 (Market402).
5.9% of probed x402 endpoints were unreachable in 2026-09 (Market402).
The x402 economy counted 1,932 operators at 2026-W38, including 200 new entrants during 2026-09 (Market402).
73.9% of spec-compliant x402 endpoints declared protocol version 2 in 2026-09 (Market402).
Observed x402 economy volume in 2026-09: $45,690.82 across 12,409 settlements to 257 payment addresses (gross inbound upper bound; Market402).
Cite as: Market402, "State of the 402 economy 2026-09",
https://market402.com/reports/202609. Data license: CC BY 4.0.

All metrics

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

metricvalue
month202609
probe_rounds17
observations53362
unique_resources19065
compliant_402_rate0.619
unreachable_rate0.059
no_paywall_rate0.009
latency_p50_ms_compliant262
price_match_rate0.945
x402_v2_declared_rate0.739
v1_network_name_ok_rate0.989
eip712_extra_ok_rate0.993

Machine-readable: /reports/202609.json | weekly diffs: /changes.json | all months: /reports | data license: CC BY 4.0 (attribution rules)