30 days running a paid x402 + MCP data API: what actually happened

Описание и применение

В течение 30 дней API, работающий на Cloudflare Workers и D1 с оплатой через x402, обслужил 81 205 запросов, но только 4 реальные платежа. Большая часть трафика от ботов и проверяющих сервисов. Были внедрены бесплатные вызовы и улучшены описания инструментов.

Задача

Running a paid x402/MCP data API on a free Cloudflare plan while measuring real traffic, payments, and user behavior.

Результат

The API handled 81k requests, 4 real payments, and revealed that most traffic is from bots and verifiers. Free‑call limits and tool design adjustments improved usability and clarified demand.

Рабочий процесс

• Deploy API on Cloudflare Workers/D1
• Register in MCP Registry, Smithery, CDP Bazaar
• Expose endpoints with x402 payment
• Track requests and payments via logs
• Analyze traffic: bot vs human, payment success
• Adjust free‑call limits and tool descriptions
• Iterate on composite tools and preview responses

Доказательства

81,205 requests from 503 distinct callers in 30 days

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4, all from verifiers

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The Cloudflare free plan (10 ms CPU, 50 subrequests, 100k D1 writes a day) shapes everything

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