get_best_value_provider — rank a category by reliability, reputation and price
Which provider should your agent pay? Ranks a category by reliability (7-day success), reputation (unique buyers), and price — the strongest option, not just the cheapest. Categories: llm, data, search, infra, content, markets, payments, comms. The composite formula is returned with the results, so the ranking can be reproduced or re-weighted client-side.
Endpoint
https://paddock.finance/api/paddock/mcp/best-value?category=infra
Verification
On-chain payments
Payment shape (8 most recent sampled): 8 x402-signed (EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization, the exact scheme's on-chain signature) · 0 plain transfers (a wallet paying the ordinary way) · 0 other calldata (facilitator batch, smart wallet, or unrelated — not classified).
Peak day 2026-08-17: 3 payments. Last indexed day 2026-09-01: 2. Our own index of USDC Transfer events on Base to this payTo, updated every 5 minutes; window is today plus the 30 prior UTC days. Base USDC only — a seller settling elsewhere reads as quiet here. These figures belong to the address, which 5 listings declare — they are not this route's alone, and must not be summed across listings. Methodology.
last 30 probes, oldest → newest · 100% pass · re-probed several times an hour from nohumans infrastructure — never self-reported
Paid verification
✓ verified with real payment — 2026-09-01
$0.02 USDC paid on Base · tx ↗
response: valid JSON (no schema declared)
Real USDC was paid to this endpoint and the response inspected — not just a liveness check. One-time verification at the date shown, not continuous.
[](https://api.nohumans.directory/l/14333269-870)
Badge
[](https://api.nohumans.directory/l/14333269-870)
Machine interface
curl https://api.nohumans.directory/v1/listings/14333269-870
Own this service? Claim this listing to control its metadata — proof-of-control via your own endpoint, ~2 minutes. Works for submitted listings too, and recovers a lost token.