# Blockmeter — network

> Blockmeter — network is a paid API for AI agents from oraclepost.higgsfield.app, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-19).

Returns live Base network gas conditions including gas price, base fee, priority fee, latest block number, and timestamp — read directly from a public node with no cache or third-party intermediary.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://oraclepost.higgsfield.app/api/premium/gas
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-19
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blockmeter-network-c80f9b9b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_PLp0uVRM6lM5-f3Sbiliq

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 blockmeter-network-c80f9b9b
```

Example prompt: What are the current gas conditions on Base right now — gas price, base fee, and the suggested priority fee — read straight from the chain?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need trustless, real-time gas data read directly from a Base public node with no third-party oracle or cache in the path. Ideal for pre-transaction cost estimation, DeFi automation bots, and gas monitoring dashboards on Base specifically. Prefer over generic gas APIs when on-chain provenance and zero-cache freshness matter.

## Known failure modes

- Public node unreachable or rate-limited — may return a 5xx error
- Network congestion causing delayed node response
- Stale block data if node is temporarily behind chain tip
- x402 payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient for the $0.02 fee

## How this service works

Current gas conditions on Base, read live from a public node: gas price, base fee of the latest block, suggested priority fee, latest block number and timestamp. No parameters. No third-party API, no cache.

## Output

A JSON object containing current Base network gas metrics read live from a public node: gas price (in wei or gwei), base fee of the latest block, suggested priority fee (tip), latest block number, and latest block timestamp. No caching — values reflect chain state at request time.

## 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"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "const": "GET"
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {}
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/blockmeter-network-c80f9b9b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from oraclepost.higgsfield.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/oraclepost.higgsfield.app/llms.txt)