# Tenjin: x402 Agent Marketplace Landscape Article (Aug 2026)

> Tenjin: x402 Agent Marketplace Landscape Article (Aug 2026) is a paid API for AI agents from tenjin.blog, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Retrieves a paid article mapping the x402 agent marketplace landscape as of August 2026, including venue comparisons, pricing benchmarks, and settlement options on Base.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://tenjin.blog/api/read/0x40289415b6b51572aac566baf4a524042621cc67/the-x402-agent-marketplace-landscape-aug-2026-where-to-list-price-and-settle-on
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/tenjin-x402-agent-marketplace-landscape-article-aug-2026-0015e915
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xIuwNG69Ks0zngu7f_SSs

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 tenjin-x402-agent-marketplace-landscape-article-aug-2026-0015e915
```

Example prompt: Pull the Tenjin article on the x402 agent marketplace landscape from August 2026 — I want to see the venue map with live price benchmarks and settlement options on Base.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, research-backed landscape overview of x402 agent marketplaces specifically on Base as of August 2026, including venue-by-venue price benchmarks gathered via primary-source HTTP fetches. It is the right choice when you want authoritative, timestamped market intelligence rather than real-time live data, and when you are making decisions about where to list, how to price, or how to settle payments for an x402-compatible agent service.

## Known failure modes

- Article not found or slug mismatch returns an error
- Payment of 0.1 USDC not completed via x402 results in 402 Payment Required response
- JS-rendered marketplace boards may have incomplete enumeration as noted in the article
- Wallet address or handle provided incorrectly causes resolution failure
- Network or HTTP errors during primary-source fetch may affect content freshness

## How this service works

The x402 agent marketplace landscape (Aug 2026): where to list, price and settle on Base — venue map with live price benchmarks. Date: 2026-08-18 · Method: primary-source fetches of official pages/APIs (HTTP status + byte sizes recorded per fetch); single-page samples; some JS-rendered boards could not be enumerated and are marked as such. No venue was paid into; no accounts created.

## Output

The full text of the Tenjin article covering the x402 agent marketplace landscape as of August 2026, including a venue map of places to list agent services, live price benchmark data collected via primary-source HTTP fetches, and guidance on pricing and settlement on the Base blockchain.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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   "properties": {
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     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "handle",
      "slug"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "slug": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The article's URL slug, unique per creator. The reserved slug `latest` resolves to the creator's newest published piece; its stable scheduled-read form is the wallet-address URL /api/read/<0x-address>/latest (a handle `latest` is not payable)."
      },
      "handle": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The creator's handle, or their wallet address. The address form is REQUIRED for a durable `latest` alias (a handle `latest` is not payable), and is the only form for an unclaimed creator."
      }
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    },
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     "properties": {},
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    "example": {
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}
```

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