Bitcoin API

The most famous cryptocurrency and blockchain in the world, Bitcoin is open-sourced, with no master, and anyone can take part in its development and management. Its success inspired the creation of the wealth of cryptocurrencies.

Networks Mainnet, Testnet
Released 2009
Consensus Proof of Work (PoW)
Smart contracts No
Block time 10 minutes
Smart contract language(s) supported No
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Bitcoin
Ethereum
XRP Ledger
Ethereum Classic
Bitcoin Cash
Dash
Litecoin
Dogecoin
Zilliqa
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The Bitcoin API — build without running a node

Access Bitcoin blockchain data through one unified REST API: transaction and address data, balances, block data, and real-time webhooks for on-chain events — with no Bitcoin node to run and maintain. Start free and scale as you grow.

Blockchain data

Read Bitcoin transactions, addresses, balances, UTXOs, and block data through one REST API.

Real-time webhooks

Subscribe to on-chain events — incoming and outgoing transactions, confirmations, and mined blocks.

No node to run

Skip the infrastructure — managed, always-synced access with no node to operate or maintain.

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Building a full wallet? Explore Wallet as a Service.

Need prices too? See the crypto price API, or run your own Bitcoin RPC nodes.

The backbone of blockchain

Bitcoin paved the way for the evolution of blockchain technology. It represents a new and innovative way for monetary transfers and transactions to occur under the digital governance of a decentralized network providing anonymity, privacy and security.