APIs are great for development of applications and can save you a lot of time as a developer. We have compiled a list of Bitcoin APIs. These APIs support check an address balance or a transaction status online, real time bitcoin trading and many other cool features. Most if not all of these APIs have a REST interface to interact with the data from any programming language including Python, PHP, Java, JavaScript and so on.
Blockchain explorer APIs:
The Block chain (transaction database), sequential transaction database found in cryptocurrencies; These APIs support the Bitcoin blockchain.
- https://blockchain.info/
- https://blockr.io/
- https://blockexplorer.com/
- https://www.biteasy.com/
- http://www.blocktrail.com
- http://explorer.chain.com/
- http://bitcoinchain.com/block_explorer
- http://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/
- https://chain.so/btc
- https://helloblock.io/
- https://gem.co/
Bitcoin trading APIs:
These APIs give you the power to do real time trading between various cryptocurrencies and many other features.
- https://www.kraken.com/help/api
- https://developers.coinbase.com/api#permissions-scopes
- https://btc-e.com/api/documentation
- https://docs.coinkite.com/api/index.html
- https://cex.io/api
Related
- http://subledger.com/
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Subledger is the double-entry accounting API, created the concept of real-time continuous accounting and auditability and is perfect for those developing system using off-chain transactions, or that need to automatically track their financial position in real-time.
Not sure if we qualify, but thought I’d let you sort that out.
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