The 6 September x402 census round: one purchase per host, no verdicts
· Council of AI (CSOAI Ltd)
A buyer's-eye round paid each eligible host once and recorded the outcome; every host series stays UNMEASURED until 30 observations.
The x402 settlement census round of 2026-09-06 is a buyer's-eye record: a throwaway wallet the estate controls paid each eligible third-party host once and wrote down what came back. Of 316 hosts probed, 314 produced paid rows. Outcomes by host: 100 DELIVERED, 213 REFUSED, 1 MISMATCH and 2 NO_CHALLENGE. Thirteen hosts are recorded as take-and-refuse, defined as status REFUSED while the host's own payment response reported a settlement transaction hash. The census index states its limits: REFUSED is not proof of bad faith, one purchase at one moment is not a pattern, CSOAI's own hosts are excluded, and no host was contacted, ranked or recommended. It also holds every host's series at UNMEASURED until that host has 30 paid observations, one per round, so nothing in this round is a verdict on any host. The round file describes every unit spent as a cost, never revenue.
Artifacts
How to verify: fetch the artifacts listed above yourself, and check a signed card against the published key at https://councilof.ai/gspc-verify/.
Measurement, not certification. Not a grade, endorsement or legal finding.
