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BNB Smart Chain (BSC) Blockchain Data Indexing API

BNB Smart Chain (BSC) Quick Facts

BNB Smart Chain (BSC) is best described as a blockchain that runs in parallel to the Binance Chain, boasting smart contract functionality and compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). The design goal here was to leave the high throughput of Binance Chain intact while introducing smart contracts into its ecosystem.

  1. Mainnet
  2. BNB Smart Chain (BSC) Testnet
Chain namebsc-mainnet
Chain ID56
Block explorerhttps://bscscan.com/
Blocktime5 seconds
Historical balances
NFT assets and metadata
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Network Status

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Monthly Active Wallets
Unique wallets who transact on a monthly basis.
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Transactions
Unique transactions on a monthly basis.
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Active Tokens
Unique tokens active on a monthly basis.
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Code Samples

  1. Token Balances
  2. Transaction History
  3. Portfolio
  4. Get a block

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'