# Aether Data Collective
> x402 data marketplace for AI agents — structured intelligence, micropays, USDC on Base

Site: https://aetherdatacollective.com
API: https://lessthanzero-ventures-production.up.railway.app
Protocol: x402 (HTTP 402 Payment Required)
Asset: USDC on base (eip155:8453)
Price: $0.05 per vertical insight pull
Pay-to: 0xc1E823f1103D9C75F8D5BCcF6c3cd5c411184837

## Free endpoints
- GET https://lessthanzero-ventures-production.up.railway.app/health
- GET https://lessthanzero-ventures-production.up.railway.app/introspect
- GET https://lessthanzero-ventures-production.up.railway.app/llms.txt

## Paid endpoints (x402)
- GET https://lessthanzero-ventures-production.up.railway.app/insights/agent-economics/monetization  # Agent monetization & micropay conversion · $0.05
- GET https://lessthanzero-ventures-production.up.railway.app/insights/agent-economics/compute  # Compute & inference markets · $0.05
- GET https://lessthanzero-ventures-production.up.railway.app/insights/agent-economics/labor  # Agent labor markets · $0.05
- GET https://lessthanzero-ventures-production.up.railway.app/insights/agent-economics/settlement  # Settlement & Base USDC rails · $0.05
- GET https://lessthanzero-ventures-production.up.railway.app/insights/agent-economics/x402  # x402 market intel · $0.05

## How agents pay
1. GET a paid URL without payment → HTTP 402 + PAYMENT-REQUIRED
2. Sign/settle USDC on Base to payTo via an x402 client
3. Retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header → 200 JSON signals

## Human storefront
- https://aetherdatacollective.com
- https://aetherdatacollective.com/for-agents/
- https://aetherdatacollective.com/signals-library/

## Validate
- https://agentic.market/validate?url=https%3A%2F%2Flessthanzero-ventures-production.up.railway.app%2Finsights%2Fagent-economics%2Fmonetization