# Scribed Glossary — Pax Decentralia

> Scribed Glossary — Pax Decentralia is a paid API for AI agents from pennypress.org, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-14).

Returns the machine-readable glossary definition of the term 'Pax Decentralia' from Scribed's curated essay repository, gated by a $0.01 USDC micropayment.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pennypress.org/glossary/pax-decentralia?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribed-glossary-pax-decentralia-8d3f70fd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_pHQ0QUXquHjm3pW4pDyzf

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 scribed-glossary-pax-decentralia-8d3f70fd
```

Example prompt: What does 'Pax Decentralia' mean? Look it up in Scribed's glossary — I'm happy to pay the penny to get the full definition.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically need the Scribed/PennyPress definition of 'Pax Decentralia' — a curated, editorial gloss from an essay-focused publication on freedom and decentralization. Prefer this over general web search when you want a canonical, citable, machine-readable definition from a known publication rather than a scraped or synthesized answer.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not accepted or insufficient — 402 response with no content delivered
- Term not found at this URL path — 404 response
- Network timeout before definition is returned
- Malformed response if the payment facilitator flow fails mid-transaction

## 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 ('Pax Decentralia'), its full glossary definition (delivered after payment), and the publication identifier ('Scribed').

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "term": "Pax Decentralia",
  "gloss": "(delivered after payment)",
  "publication": "Scribed"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribed-glossary-pax-decentralia-8d3f70fd/health.json
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