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agent402.tools api captcha-generate

https://agent402.tools/api/captcha-generate

answers 402

Mint a stateless captcha challenge to gate your OWN endpoint: returns a human prompt plus a salted sha256 answer hash you keep and verify later (sha256(salt + normalized answer) === answerHash) - no server state, no shared secret. Types: math (arithmetic) or alnum (character code), difficulty 1–3. Deterministic tooling for running bot protection, not defeating it.

We sent a real POST request to this endpoint and it answered 402 with payment requirements we could parse.
Price
$0.001
Network
base
Pay to
0xaBF4FAbd7c416fB67202E5f9002389Fc75e2a9D0
Spec dialect
v2 (declares x402Version 2)
Transport
PAYMENT-REQUIRED header
HTTP method
POST
Response latency
106 ms
Payment options
13 usable of 13
Last checked
2026-09-06T01:16:35.234Z (20d ago)
Category
ai-inference

Re-check it yourself:
curl "https://api.the402.dev/validate?url=https%3A%2F%2Fagent402.tools%2Fapi%2Fcaptcha-generate"