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encoding.openverbs.com v1 transcode

https://encoding.openverbs.com/v1/transcode

answers 402

Decode a base64 byte buffer from one character set and re-encode it into another (utf-8, utf-16le, utf-16be, latin1, ascii). Characters that the target set cannot represent, or bytes invalid for the source set, are clean 400s.

We sent a real POST request to this endpoint and it answered 402 with payment requirements we could parse.
Price
$0.002
Network
base
Pay to
0xb3f4de103F34b99f0Da19B4F16D6B53a14C2194A
Spec dialect
v2 (declares x402Version 2)
Transport
PAYMENT-REQUIRED header
HTTP method
POST
Response latency
42 ms
Payment options
1 usable of 1
Last checked
2026-09-06T01:20:07.964Z (21d ago)
Category
other

Re-check it yourself:
curl "https://api.the402.dev/validate?url=https%3A%2F%2Fencoding.openverbs.com%2Fv1%2Ftranscode"