CryptoSlate x402 Pay-Per-Article Is Live

The first production deployment of x402 pay-per-article is here. AI agents can now legally access and pay for CryptoSlate content through Proofivy infrastructure.

How it works

When an AI agent requests a CryptoSlate article, the request is routed through our x402 payment endpoint. The agent pays a small amount in Base USDC and receives verified article content in return. Every transaction is automatic, borderless, and instant.

This launch demonstrates how x402 unlocks real onchain revenue for publishers. Every AI lookup generates a stablecoin payment directly to the publisher.

A better alternative to blocking bots

Publishers today face an impossible choice: block AI bots and lose reach, or let them scrape freely and lose revenue. x402 offers a third way.

Instead of blocking AI agents, charge them. With Proofivy's x402 infrastructure, publishers keep access free for humans and approved bots while monetizing AI traffic. No paywalls for readers, no lost revenue from AI usage.

Why this matters

AIs are reading publisher content every day. Until now, value has flowed one way, from content into AI systems. This integration flips that dynamic. Publishers earn every time an AI agent accesses their work, with payments settled onchain in seconds. Bots deemed important for reach by the publisher (for example Google, OpenAI) can still read freely.

CryptoSlate is the first publisher to go live with this model. We're excited to expand x402 to more publishers and platforms.

Get started

Want to enable x402 on your site? We provide simple tools to get started, including a WordPress plugin which gets you started in minutes and custom integrations. Contact us to set it up.

Instruct your bots

Add this to your AI agent's configuration to start accessing CryptoSlate content.

x402 enabled endpoints for CryptoSlate content
List of articles 0.02 USDC: GET https://library.proofivy.com/cryptoslate_list
Fetch article 0.09 USDC: POST https://library.proofivy.com/cryptoslate {'content_url': <slug or URL to fetch>}