Mempool Anomaly
by anomaly.forgemesh.io in Onchain & crypto
Returns a real-time mempool anomaly score with current gas price vs 20-block median, pending whale swaps, and contract deploy counts. Poll every 5s to monitor mempool for MEV or sandwich attacks and catch gas spikes or large pending swaps as they happen, before they land on-chain.
GET https://anomaly.forgemesh.io/api/mempool-anomaly
Last 30 days
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- Uptime
- 100%
- Response time
- 459 ms typical, 570 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- 2 h ago
- Next check
- any minute now
How to call it
GET https://anomaly.forgemesh.io/api/mempool-anomaly
Each call costs $0.01 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://anomaly.forgemesh.io/api/mempool-anomaly?chain=ethereumParameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
chain | string | No | Blockchain: ethereum or base (default: ethereum) |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 27 lines
{
"chain": "ethereum",
"domain": "mempool",
"gas": {
"base_fee_gwei": 12.1,
"current_gwei": 45.2,
"median_20block_gwei": 14.5,
"ratio_vs_median": 3.12
},
"novelty": "high",
"peak_window": [
"GAS_SPIKE",
"BIG_SWAP",
"WHALE_PENDING",
"MEV_SIGNAL",
"PENDING_NORMAL"
],
"pending_count": 247,
"pending_stats": {
"big_swaps": 3,
"contract_deploys": 2,
"total_value_eth": 1823.5,
"whale_pending": 1
},
"sequence_score": 72,
"story": "MEV Attack"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.01.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://anomaly.forgemesh.io/api/mempool-anomaly?chain=ethereum'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://anomaly.forgemesh.io/api/mempool-anomaly?chain=ethereum' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.01 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.01" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.01 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fanomaly.forgemesh.io%2Fapi%2Fmempool-anomaly
const res = await pay("https://anomaly.forgemesh.io/api/mempool-anomaly?chain=ethereum");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.01 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.01"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://anomaly.forgemesh.io/api/mempool-anomaly?chain=ethereum")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
- No findings. We scan names, descriptions and tool definitions for hidden instructions and other prompt-injection patterns.
Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 h ago | Passed | 402 | 565 ms | $0.01 |
| 6 h ago | Passed | 402 | 464 ms | $0.01 |
| 10 h ago | Passed | 402 | 586 ms | $0.01 |
| 14 h ago | Passed | 402 | 452 ms | $0.01 |
| 18 h ago | Passed | 402 | 474 ms | $0.01 |
| 22 h ago | Passed | 402 | 436 ms | $0.01 |
| 26 h ago | Passed | 402 | 429 ms | $0.01 |
| 30 h ago | Passed | 402 | 162 ms | $0.01 |
| 33 h ago | Passed | 402 | 461 ms | $0.01 |
| 37 h ago | Passed | 402 | 473 ms | $0.01 |
| 40 h ago | Passed | 402 | 448 ms | $0.01 |
| 44 h ago | Passed | 402 | 392 ms | $0.01 |
| 47 h ago | Passed | 402 | 451 ms | $0.01 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 474 ms | $0.01 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 459 ms | $0.01 |