> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pulsmarket.tech/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Nanopayments (x402)

> How Puls lets you pay fractions of a cent for insight — and get paid.

## The idea: paid per insight

On Puls, **a forecaster is a creator**. Good analysis is a product, and it should be paid for — not with a subscription, but per use: per read, per signal, per copied trade, per tip.

Those payments are tiny — fractions of a cent. Normal on-chain transfers can't do that economically. **x402 nanopayments** can.

## How x402 works

x402 is a payment flow built around the HTTP `402 Payment Required` status code:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Request">
    A buyer requests a paid resource — for example, a forecaster's analysis.
  </Step>

  <Step title="402 challenge">
    The server responds with `402 Payment Required` and the payment details.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign off-chain">
    The buyer signs a payment authorization **off-chain** (zero gas) and retries the request with the signature.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Serve">
    The server verifies the signature and immediately returns the resource.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Batch settle">
    Many authorizations are batched and settled on-chain in one transaction. The seller receives the net amount.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Because authorizations are signed off-chain and settled in batches, payments as small as **\$0.000001** become practical.

## Where nanopayments show up on Puls

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Alpha marketplace" icon="lightbulb" href="/creator-economy/alpha-marketplace">
    Pay per read to unlock a forecaster's analysis.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Copy-trade" icon="copy" href="/creator-economy/copy-trade">
    A micro-fee to the leader per copied trade.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Tipping" icon="hand-holding-dollar" href="/creator-economy/tipping">
    One-tap tips to the forecasters you rate.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  The x402 layer is rolling out on Puls. Trading is fully live today; paid analysis, copy-trade, and tipping are on the [roadmap](/roadmap).
</Note>