# Base Mainnet Network Status

> Base Mainnet Network Status is a paid API for AI agents from fifty-million-agent-gateway.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-19).

Returns live Base mainnet block height, gas price, and chain ID for autonomous agents.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fifty-million-agent-gateway.onrender.com/v1/base/network-status?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-19
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/base-mainnet-network-status-bd41936f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7hGyuvPIbWDk073OrI_Kv

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 base-mainnet-network-status-bd41936f
```

Example prompt: What's the current block height and gas price on Base mainnet right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs real-time Base mainnet network parameters — especially block height and gas price — at very low cost ($0.005 USDC). Ideal for autonomous agents that need to poll frequently before submitting transactions, check network congestion, or verify chain identity without running their own node.

## Known failure modes

- Network outage or RPC node unavailability may return a 5xx error or stale data
- Rate limiting or payment failure (insufficient USDC) returns a 402 Payment Required
- Cold start on Render.com hosting may cause latency spikes or timeouts
- Invalid or malformed request returns a 400 error

## How this service works

Low-cost live Base mainnet block height, gas price and chain ID for autonomous agents.

## Output

Returns the current Base mainnet block height (latest block number), gas price (in wei or gwei), and chain ID — all fetched live from the network at time of request.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": true
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/base-mainnet-network-status-bd41936f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from fifty-million-agent-gateway.onrender.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/fifty-million-agent-gateway.onrender.com/llms.txt)