# Verdix Address Risk

> Verdix Address Risk is a paid API for AI agents from api.verdixapi.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Screens an EVM wallet address on Base for sanctions, scam flags, and on-chain risk before sending funds, returning a safe/caution/danger verdict with reasons.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.verdixapi.com/risk/address?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/verdix-address-risk-182f86e4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_caNCmpT5vYIm4yimFj8zX

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 verdix-address-risk-182f86e4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Before sending the payout, do a standard risk screen on Base address 0xAbC123... — I need to know if it's safe, flagged for sanctions, or blacklisted.

## When to prefer this

Use Verdix Address Risk when an autonomous agent needs to vet a Base wallet address before executing a fund transfer, particularly when compliance (OFAC/sanctions), fraud prevention, and blacklist screening are required in a single low-latency call. Choose the quick tier for high-throughput pipelines, standard for typical payouts, and deep for high-value or high-risk counterparties. Prefer this over generic blockchain explorers when you need a structured pass/fail verdict with reasons rather than raw on-chain data.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid address format (not a valid 0x EVM address) — returns validation error
- Unsupported chain specified (only Base is currently supported) — returns error
- Price paid does not match the requested tier — request rejected or downgraded
- Address has no on-chain history — may produce inconclusive signals on age/activity
- API unavailability or timeout — no verdict returned, agent should retry or halt transfer

## How this service works

Verdix: call before an agent sends funds to an EVM address on Base. Returns safe/caution/danger with reasons from OFAC sanctions, scam/phishing lists, address-poisoning lookalikes, burn-address and contract/deployer checks; quick adds address age, standard/deep on-chain behaviour. "safe" is not a guarantee. Legacy route that sells 3 tiers (a default client buys quick); new integrations should call /risk/address/quick, /standard or /deep.

## Output

Returns a risk verdict (safe, caution, or danger) along with structured reasons explaining the verdict, such as OFAC sanctions hits, known scam database matches, blacklist flags, and on-chain age and activity signals for the screened Base address.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "tier": {
   "enum": [
    "quick",
    "standard",
    "deep"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "default": "standard",
   "description": "Analysis depth/price tier - pay the matching price to select it"
  },
  "chain": {
   "enum": [
    "base"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "default": "base",
   "description": "Chain the address lives on - currently only Base is supported"
  },
  "address": {
   "type": "string",
   "pattern": "^0x[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$",
   "examples": [
    "0x71b749F58f63008672eEd55396151DC0C7493A78"
   ],
   "description": "EVM wallet address to screen, e.g. before sending it funds"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/verdix-address-risk-182f86e4/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.verdixapi.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.verdixapi.com/llms.txt)