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Scribed – Fractional Reserve Banking Glossary Entry
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Scribed – Fractional Reserve Banking Glossary Entry is a paid API for AI agents from www.pennypress.org, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).
Returns the machine-readable glossary definition of 'fractional reserve banking' from the Penny Press essay repository, gated behind a $0.01 USDC micropayment.
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
A repository of essays on freedom, truth, and the structures around us, in machine-readable form. Free for humans. Pennies for machines.
Output
A JSON object containing the term name ('Fractional reserve banking'), its glossary definition (delivered after successful $0.01 USDC payment), and the publication name ('Scribed'/'Penny Press').
Example use cases
Economics research on banking definitions
“I'm researching alternative perspectives on banking — can you fetch the Scribed glossary definition of fractional reserve banking from Penny Press for me?”
AI agent financial literacy enrichment
“My agent needs a concise, citable definition of fractional reserve banking from an editorial source — grab it from the Penny Press glossary, I'm fine paying the micropayment.”
Fact-checking banking terminology claims
“Someone cited Penny Press's definition of fractional reserve banking in an essay — can you retrieve the actual glossary entry from Scribed so I can check what they said?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://www.pennypress.org/glossary/fractional-reserve-banking?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a specific, editorially curated definition of 'fractional reserve banking' from a libertarian/alternative economics perspective, and can handle micropayment via x402. Prefer it over Wikipedia or mainstream financial glossaries when seeking an alternative or ideologically distinct framing of the term.
Side effects
- Payment not received or insufficient funds: 402 response returned with no content
- Invalid or malformed request path: may return 404 if term slug is not recognized
- Network timeout or server unavailability: no response or 5xx error
- Payment processor failure: x402 payment rail unavailable
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"term": "Fractional reserve banking",
"gloss": "(delivered after payment)",
"publication": "Scribed"
}
}Tags
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