# Lotus Network Patron Pledge — Advocate Tier

> Lotus Network Patron Pledge — Advocate Tier is a paid API for AI agents from lotusnetworkapi.com, paid per call via x402, $15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Registers a wallet address as a Lotus Network Advocate-tier patron, returning a time-stamped pledge record with tier label and expiry date.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://lotusnetworkapi.com/api/v1/patron/pledge/advocate
- Price: $15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/lotus-network-patron-pledge-advocate-tier-02f17417
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_tSGnSWnv5bvc_wg7YxLnW

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 lotus-network-patron-pledge-advocate-tier-02f17417 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Register my wallet 0xAbC123... as a Lotus Network Advocate patron — pay the $15 USDC pledge and confirm the tier and expiry date.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to register a specific wallet address as a Lotus Network Advocate patron and receive a verifiable, time-stamped pledge record. Prefer this over generic subscription flows when operating on Base L2 with USDC and x402 micropayments, and when no traditional account or API key is available or desired.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed walletAddress returns an error response
- Insufficient USDC balance on Base to cover the $15 x402 payment results in payment failure
- Duplicate pledge for an already-active wallet may return an error or no-op depending on server logic
- Network or RPC issues on Base L2 can cause transient failures
- Expired x402 payment authorization leads to rejected request

## How this service works

Seven pay-per-call services on Base, settled in USDC over x402: video and image generation, transcription, PDF-to-Markdown, and an auditable gas forecasting loop. No key, no account, no subscription.

## Output

Returns a JSON object confirming the pledge: tier identifier ('advocate'), human-readable tierLabel ('Lotus Advocate'), the registered wallet address, a success boolean, the timestamp when the pledge was made (pledgedAt), and the date the membership expires (expiresAt).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "walletAddress": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "tier": "advocate",
  "wallet": "0x...",
  "success": true,
  "expiresAt": "2026-09-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "pledgedAt": "2026-08-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "tierLabel": "Lotus Advocate"
 }
}
```

## More

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