Bitcoin explorers and APIs: UTXOs and blockchain.info

Andrew Dorokhov schedule 1 min read

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Explorers

Unspent outputs by address

Example (Blockchain.com HTTP API):

curl https://blockchain.info/unspent?active=1Cdid9KFAaatwczBwBttQcwXYCpvK8h7FK

Sample response:

{
    "unspent_outputs":[
        {
            "tx_hash":"186f9f998a5...2836dd734d2804fe65fa35779",
            "tx_index":104810202,
            "tx_output_n": 0,
            "script":"76a9147f9b1a7fb68d60c536c2fd8aeaa53a8f3cc025a888ac",
            "value": 10000000,
            "value_hex": "00989680",
            "confirmations":0
        }
    ]
}

Where to buy / rates

Exchanges:

Market lists:

open_in_new https://bitcoincharts.com/markets/

P2P:

open_in_new https://localbitcoins.com (availability varies by region)

ATM / retail: see coverage on open_in_new CoinDesk and similar directories.

Rate charts / APIs:

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