# Attention Is Currency Bid API

> Attention Is Currency Bid API is a paid API for AI agents from www.attentioniscurrency.com, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Submit a bid to purchase attention in the Attention Is Currency marketplace via the x402 micropayment protocol

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://www.attentioniscurrency.com/api/x402/bid
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/attention-is-currency-bid-api-7faeebf4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_50rR3Slronsco4YlcLS-O

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability attention-is-currency-bid-api-7faeebf4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Place a bid on Attention Is Currency for my campaign — submit it now using the x402 payment flow.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically participate in the Attention Is Currency marketplace to bid for attention slots, especially when integrating with x402 micropayment flows and seeking to automate attention acquisition in a pay-per-call model.

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient USDC balance to cover the $0.10 per-call micropayment fee
- Invalid or malformed bid body in the POST request
- x402 payment protocol handshake failure
- Bid rejected due to auction rules or constraints
- Rate limiting if too many bids are submitted in a short period
- Network timeout reaching the attention marketplace endpoint

## How this service works

bid on attention is currency

## Output

A JSON object confirming the bid submission result, likely including bid status, confirmation details, and any auction outcome data returned by the Attention Is Currency platform.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "type": {
     "enum": [
      "http"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "enum": [
      "json"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/attention-is-currency-bid-api-7faeebf4/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from www.attentioniscurrency.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/www.attentioniscurrency.com/llms.txt)