War-Tracker blog

Updates from the team — release notes, technical deep-dives on the x402 payment gate and conflict-event classification pipeline, and roadmap posts.

• War-Tracker Public API — Open JSON API for Global Conflict Tracking2026-05-18

  Developer guide for the War-Tracker public API. Free read-only JSON endpoints for events, regions, and countries. Paid endpoints for AIS vessel tracking, sanctioned-hull data, and Strait of Hormuz transit data via x402 micropayments. LLM-onboarding via skill.md and remote MCP server.

• Dexter joins the facilitator mix — first x402 settlement via Uniswap Permit22026-05-17

  War-Tracker now accepts x402 payments through Dexter, the fourth facilitator on the gate. Unlike xpay / CDP / PayAI, Dexter uses Uniswap Permit2 instead of EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization. Here is what that means, what changed on the wire, and what buyers need to install.

• Maritime API — 9 paid vessel + Hormuz endpoints, one free facets surface2026-05-16

  War-Tracker now exposes a paid maritime API for AI agents — vessel identity, AIS position + track, sanctions, sanctioned-fleet bulk, in-area lookups, and Strait of Hormuz transit feeds.

• Multi-facilitator, multi-chain x402 — Base, Polygon, Avalanche2026-05-15

  War-Tracker now accepts USDC micropayments through three independent x402 facilitators (xpay, Coinbase CDP, PayAI) across Base, Polygon, and Avalanche. Here is what changed, why, and how to integrate.