Zilliqa API

Launched in 2017, Zilliqa is a next-gen blockchain designed for security and scalability. The public blockchain enables innovative startups and global enterprises to create user-friendly dApps more easily.

Networks Mainnet
Released 2017
Consensus practical Byzantine fault tolerance (pBFT)
Smart contracts Yes
Block time 45 seconds
Smart contract language(s) supported Scilla
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Ethereum Classic
Bitcoin Cash
Dash
Litecoin
Dogecoin
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The Zilliqa API — build without running a node

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

Blockchain data

Read Zilliqa 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.

View the API docs Start building free

Building a full wallet? Explore Wallet as a Service.

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

A state-of-the-art blockchain platform

Zilliqa is one of the fastest-growing blockchain systems. The high-throughput is enabled by its “sharding” architecture, a design feature that makes Zilliqa the world's first sharding-based blockchain.