{"standard":"PulseFeed Trust Score","version":"1.0","range":"0–100","bands":[{"band":"verified","label":"Verified","range":"85–100 + safe","meaning":"Live, valid x402, clean risk scan, and an on-chain-established receiver. Safe to pay."},{"band":"trusted","label":"Trusted","range":"70–84 + safe","meaning":"Live and valid with solid reputation. Safe to pay."},{"band":"caution","label":"Caution","range":"35–69","meaning":"Works, but has caveats (thin history, medium risk flag, or unproven receiver). Review before paying."},{"band":"avoid","label":"Avoid","range":"0–34 or high-risk","meaning":"Dead, invalid, or flagged high-risk (payTo hijack, bait-and-switch, honeypot). Do not pay."},{"band":"unknown","label":"Unknown","range":"not indexed","meaning":"Not in our index yet — no cached verdict. Use a live /trust check."}],"factors":[{"factor":"Live & valid x402 challenge","effect":"base 55","note":"The endpoint actually returns a correct x402 402 challenge in our independent probe."},{"factor":"Uptime / reputation","effect":"up to +30","note":"Share of healthy probes in our observation history (or an external 30-day uptime)."},{"factor":"Multi-source corroboration","effect":"+10","note":"Listed in two or more catalogs (Bazaar and 402index)."},{"factor":"Fast response","effect":"+5","note":"Responds in under 1.5 s."},{"factor":"On-chain established receiver","effect":"+5","note":"payTo actually holds or receives USDC on Base or Solana (not a fresh or empty address)."},{"factor":"Stable receiver over time","effect":"+5 / −5","note":"A payTo that stays the same over time adds; a volatile one subtracts."},{"factor":"Medium-risk anomaly flag","effect":"cap 55","note":"Creeping price increases, an unconfirmed receiver and similar signals cap the verdict at caution."},{"factor":"High-risk anomaly flag","effect":"cap 25","note":"payTo hijack, bait-and-switch, honeypot or a foreign asset: the verdict is avoid even if the endpoint is live."}],"verdicts":{"safe":"score ≥ 70, no high risk","caution":"35–69","avoid":"< 35 or high-risk"},"consume":{"free":"GET /verify?endpoint=<url> → { score, verdict, band }","live":"GET /trust?endpoint=<url> → full live score + band + security + on-chain","dataset":"GET /trust/dataset → band per service (bulk)","badge":"GET /badge.svg?endpoint=<url> → embeddable Trust Score badge"},"cite":"PulseFeed Trust Score v1.0 (https://pulsefeed.dev/trust-score)","note":"Transparent, versioned, independently computed. Bands are always consistent with the pay/avoid verdict.","ts":"2026-10-15T05:17:58.160Z"}