PayCensus Trust — seller verification for machine payments

PayCensus Trust · v0.1.0 · deterministic seller verification for machine payments

The counterparty-trust layer of machine commerce

Machines buying from machines must answer four questions: who are you, may you do this, how do we settle — and should I be dealing with you at all. Identity (ERC-8004), authorization (KYA by Visa/Mastercard/Ant) and settlement (x402/MPP) have protocols. The fourth layer was empty. Trust fills it — with facts, not opinions.

What a verification states — and only this

"Domain control verified 2026-11-07 · attributed & active since 2026-10-31"

Every check is deterministic and reproducible. No human ever judges a case. Revocations are public and append-only. Verification is not a guarantee of honesty, solvency, or legality — read the terms.

Live counter

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verified entities · live count — the citation counter is itself the metric

Pricing

Tier	What you get	Price
Listed	Attribution in the public directory (default for indexed entities)	free
Verified	Automated domain verification + seal badge + embed code + "active since" record	$99/yr founding (first 100, locked) · list $199/yr
Verified+	+ contact-channel display + monthly report (offer consistency, buyer profile) + priority ranking	$49/mo
Trust API	Factor lookup at payment time: attribution, age, offer consistency, contactability	10 calls/day free · $49/mo 10k calls

Founding tier: billing starts with v0.2 — claiming now locks your price. Paid via Stripe with automatic invoicing.

How it works — three steps, fully automated

Claim your entity — find your address in the directory, start verification with your domain.
Add one DNS record — a one-time TXT token (expires in 48h, single-use nonce).
Instant check — we query 3 independent public resolvers; 2 of 3 must confirm. No human reviews anything. Re-verified every 72h; 3 consecutive failures → public revocation.

Start verification →

For payment processors & agent builders

One call before you settle: GET /api/status?addr=0x… → attribution, age, verification state, last check. Free tier: 10 calls/day. See the API docs. If a badge is missing from its source site, the live lookup shows not verified — copied badges defend themselves.

Public records

· Revocation list (append-only) · Terms · Integrity audit (Bitcoin-anchored) · Data layer

⛓ Bitcoin-anchored · protocol-agnostic · ERC-8004 attestation export available on request

Trust v0.1.0 · changelog: 2026-11-07 first public release · operator: PayCensus Labs