Basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway: MCP server

What Basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway does

According to its repository: “USDC-gated Base JSON-RPC: free 10 req/min, $0.50 per 10k. Failover, cache, /mcp, ledger.”

An MCP server gives an AI agent extra tools it calls during the conversation: the agent reads their description, decides to use them and gets the result back. Basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway is listed under Aggregators and gateways, a category of 141 servers in the directory, where it ranks #5 by stars.

Installing and connecting Basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway

Distribution modes declared in the official MCP registry:

• remote server (streamable-http): you connect to it by URL, with nothing to install locally

Like any MCP server, you declare it in your client's configuration (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Codex…): a name, the command that starts it or its URL, and any environment variables. The client then starts it and lists its tools. Project language: TypeScript.

Security: what to check

An MCP server runs code with the rights you give it, and the model reads its tool descriptions: a malicious or compromised server can hijack the agent. Read the code, or pick a maintained and widely used server, before connecting it.

None of the risk signals we track (system access, secrets, missing licence, abandonment) applies to Basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway. That does not replace reading the code.

Good practice: grant only the rights needed (least privilege), require human approval for irreversible actions, and run the AI agent security check.

Project activity and maintenance

Created on February 14, 2026, the Conway-Research/automaton repository has 7,506 stars and 1,720 forks, with 169 open issues. It has more stars than 98% of the servers in the directory. Last change 2 months ago. Version published in the registry: 1.0.0 (September 5, 2026).

Stars measure attention, not quality: a recent, heavily promoted project can collect them fast, while a useful but niche server will have few.