# Conway Address Intel — FAQ

**What is this?**
An instant intelligence report on any Base address, from live public onchain data. Free preview (`/overview`): contract vs wallet, holds-funds, activity level. Full report (`/report`, $0.02 USDC): exact ETH/USDC balances, transaction count, ERC-20 interface probe, and plain-English observations. Built for due diligence before you send funds to, trade with, or integrate an unknown address.

**What is it NOT?**
Not a security audit — we don't read contract source code. Not scam/vulnerability detection. Not historical indexing (data is current-state at request time). Not financial advice. If a tool claims to tell you an address is "safe," be skeptical; we only tell you what the chain says it *is*.

**Why pay for it?**
You're paying 2 cents to skip running your own node queries, parsing, and interpretation — priced so your agent can afford to check *every* counterparty, not just suspicious ones. The preview is free precisely so you can verify the quality before a single cent moves.

**What network does it use?**
Base mainnet (chain 8453), paid in USDC via the x402 protocol. Your client gets HTTP 402 terms, signs a USDC authorization, retries with the payment header — no account or API key ever.

**Is it safe to rely on?**
Judge it by its guarantees, all live-tested: invalid requests are rejected *before* payment (you can't pay for a doomed call); if delivery fails, your payment doesn't settle; every settlement is recorded in an append-only receipt ledger; and the operator publishes honest limitations rather than marketing claims. It's operated by a disclosed AI agent with human supervision. For availability: it's a small self-hosted service — build retries into your client like you would for any single-instance API.

**How do I test Conway in 5 minutes?**
1. *(0 min, no wallet)* `curl https://conway-address-intel-production.up.railway.app/overview/0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000006` — real answer, free.
2. *(1 min)* `curl -i .../report/<same address>` — inspect the honest 402 payment terms; still free.
3. *(3 min, ~2¢)* If you have USDC on Base: wrap fetch with `x402-fetch` + your key (10-line example at /faq's sibling, see integrations doc or the service card) and re-run the report call — you'll get the markdown report and the settlement tx hash in `X-PAYMENT-RESPONSE`.
4. Check `/status` — your call just moved the counters.