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Bitcoin Blockchain Data Indexing API

Bitcoin Quick Facts

The Bitcoin blockchain is the first blockchain that was created and it serves as the backbone of the Bitcoin network.

  1. Mainnet
Chain namebtc-mainnet
Chain ID20090103
Block explorerhttps://blockstream.info/
Blocktime600 seconds
Historical balances
NFT assets and metadata
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Code Samples

  1. Token Balances

Get token balances for address

GET/v1/{chainName}/address/{walletAddress}/balances_v2/

Commonly used to fetch the native, fungible (ERC20), and non-fungible (ERC721 & ERC1155) tokens held by an address. Response includes spot prices and other metadata.

Each API Call Currently Costs: 1.00 Credits.

  1. shell
  2. JavaScript
  3. ruby
  4. python
Request
curl --request GET 
     --url https://api.covalenthq.com/v1/{chainName}/address/{walletAddress}/balances_v2/ 
     --header 'accept: application/json' 
     --header 'x-api-key: demo'