# Scribed — The Game of Money Essay

> Scribed — The Game of Money Essay is a paid API for AI agents from pennypress.org, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).

Retrieves the full machine-readable markdown text of the essay 'The Game of Money' from the Scribed publication on pennypress.org

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pennypress.org/essays/the-game-of-money?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scribed-the-game-of-money-essay-e1e446a7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__CPiB-2EDCg47qo7-9RhJ

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-the-game-of-money-essay-e1e446a7
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch me the full text of the 'The Game of Money' essay from Scribed on pennypress.org? I want to read it in markdown format.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need the full text of the 'The Game of Money' essay from Scribed in machine-readable markdown format, and are prepared to pay a $0.02 USDC micropayment via x402. Prefer this over general web scraping when you want structured, clean essay metadata alongside the content.

## Known failure modes

- 402 Payment Required if micropayment is not completed
- Essay not found if slug is incorrect or removed
- Malformed response if server is unavailable
- Empty or partial content if the essay has been unpublished

## 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

Returns a JSON object containing the essay slug ('the-game-of-money'), type ('ensemble'), price ('$0.02'), title, format ('markdown'), the full markdown essay content, a short description, and the publication name ('Scribed').

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "slug": "the-game-of-money",
  "type": "ensemble",
  "price": "$0.02",
  "title": "The Game of Money",
  "format": "markdown",
  "content": "The game of money is an extreme sport with inherent risks and unpredictable outcomes. Winners and losers are separated not only by skill, but by the tenacity to endure. The rules…",
  "description": "An ensemble about money and self-interest.",
  "publication": "Scribed"
 }
}
```

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