Built a probe-verified directory of paid x402 APIs — a rival trust-scoring service auto-submitted itself into it within a day
Summary
The author built a probe-verified directory of paid x402 APIs and notes that a rival trust-scoring service automatically submitted itself to the directory within a day.
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