Introduction of chain.so API

This section provides an introduction of Bitcoin chain.so API.

chain.so (SoChain) API is a public API that provides you the easiest, most cost-effective way to build applications on Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Zcash, and Dash. We also offer Test Networks for developers to get started in a sandbox environment.

Currently, chain.so API supports the following cryptocurrency blockchain networks:

Network        Network 
Name           Code  
----------     -------
Bitcoin        BTC  
Dash           DASH    
Zcash          ZEC     
Dogecoin       DOGE    
Litecoin       LTC     
Bitcoin Test   BTCTEST 
Dash Test      DASHTEST
Zcash Test     ZECTEST 
Dogecoin Test  DOGETEST
Litecoin Test  LTCTEST 

The API base URL is https://chain.so/api/v2, and it supports services like these:

For example, if you want to know the current price of Bitcoin in USD, you can run the following API:

GET https://chain.so/api/v2/get_price/BTC/USD

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "network": "BTC",
    "prices": [
      {
        "price": "47082.21",
        "price_base": "USD",
        "exchange": "bitpay",
        "time": 1639913903
      },
      {
        "price": "47086.86",
        "price_base": "USD",
        "exchange": "coinbase",
        "time": 1639913922
      },
      {
        "price": "47080.19",
        "price_base": "USD",
        "exchange": "bitstamp",
        "time": 1639913923
      },
      {
        "price": "47094.77",
        "price_base": "USD",
        "exchange": "gemini",
        "time": 1639913925
      },
      {
        "price": "47106.0",
        "price_base": "USD",
        "exchange": "bitfinex",
        "time": 1639913904
      }
    ]
  }
}

Visit https://chain.so/api/ to see more details.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of Bitcoin

 Bitcoin Blockchain

 Bitcoin Wallet

 Bitcoin Core

 Bitcoin Transaction

 Bitcoin-Qt - Bitcoin Core GUI

 Bitcoin Mining

 Bitcoin Consensus Rules

 Bitcoin Block Data Structure

 Bitcoin Transaction Data Structure

Bitcoin Blockchain APIs

Introduction of chain.so API

 chain.so API - Get Block Data

 chain.so API - Get Transaction Data

 chain.so API - Get Address Data

 Introduction of blockchain.com API

 Introduction of blockexplorer.com API

 Copay - Bitcoin Wallet

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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