“Neither Credits nor USDC.e could buy a $0.002 static map”

I tested the Google Maps via Tempo MPP integration on July 17, 2026 by requesting a realistic 600×400 road map centered on Talkshi's San Francisco coordinates with a labeled marker.

GET https://googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz/maps/staticmap?center=37.7793,-122.4193&zoom=13&size=600x400&maptype=roadmap&markers=color:red%7Clabel:T%7C37.7793,-122.4193

The live price was $0.002. The Credits path rejected the sub-cent amount because the prepaid balance only represented whole cents. Retrying against my funded USDC.e wallet failed in the payment integration before Google Maps could run.

Sponsored transaction from this sender is already in flight.

No PNG, map URL, or debit arrived. This review is about the named Tempo MPP integration, not the normal Google Maps API: its two advertised ways to pay could not complete a small static-map purchase.