GET
/
coins
/
{coin_id}
CLI
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/btc-bitcoin'
{
  "id": "btc-bitcoin",
  "name": "Bitcoin",
  "symbol": "BTC",
  "parent": {
    "id": "eth-ethereum",
    "name": "Ethereum",
    "symbol": "ETH"
  },
  "rank": 1,
  "is_new": false,
  "is_active": true,
  "type": "coin",
  "logo": "https://static.coinpaprika.com/coin/bnb-binance-coin/logo.png",
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": "blockchain-service",
      "name": "Blockchain Service",
      "coin_counter": 160,
      "ico_counter": 80
    }
  ],
  "team": [
    {
      "id": "vitalik-buterin",
      "name": "Vitalik Buterin",
      "position": "Author"
    }
  ],
  "description": "Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and worldwide payment system. It is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or single administrator.",
  "message": "<string>",
  "open_source": true,
  "hardware_wallet": true,
  "started_at": "2009-01-03T00:00:00Z",
  "development_status": "Working product",
  "proof_type": "Proof of work",
  "org_structure": "Decentralized",
  "hash_algorithm": "SHA256",
  "contract": "<string>",
  "platform": "<string>",
  "contracts": [
    {
      "contract": "<string>",
      "platform": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "explorer": [
      "http://blockchain.com/explorer",
      "https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/blocks",
      "https://blockexplorer.com/",
      "https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/"
    ],
    "facebook": [
      "https://www.facebook.com/bitcoins/"
    ],
    "reddit": [
      "https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoin"
    ],
    "source_code": [
      "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin"
    ],
    "website": [
      "https://bitcoin.org/"
    ],
    "youtube": [
      "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo"
    ],
    "medium": null
  },
  "links_extended": [
    {
      "url": "http://blockchain.com/explorer",
      "type": "explorer"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoin",
      "type": "reddit",
      "stats": {
        "subscribers": 1009135
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin",
      "type": "source_code",
      "stats": {
        "contributors": 730,
        "stars": 36613
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bitcoin.org/",
      "type": "website"
    }
  ],
  "whitepaper": {
    "link": "https://static.coinpaprika.com/storage/cdn/whitepapers/215.pdf",
    "thumbnail": "https://static.coinpaprika.com/storage/cdn/whitepapers/217.jpg"
  },
  "first_data_at": "2018-10-03T11:48:19Z",
  "last_data_at": "2019-05-03T11:00:00"
}

Path Parameters

​
coin_id
string
required
Example:

"btc-bitcoin"

Response

successful operation

​
id
string

ID of coin on coinpaprika.com

Example:

"btc-bitcoin"

​
name
string

Name of the cryptocurrency

Example:

"Bitcoin"

​
symbol
string

Symbol of the cryptocurrency

Example:

"BTC"

​
parent
object

This field is deprecated. Use contracts field instead

​
rank
integer

Current coin ranking position on coinpaprika.com

Example:

1

​
is_new
boolean

Flag indicating if the currency was added within the last 5 days

Example:

false

​
is_active
boolean

Flag indicating if the currency is active, which means that we can calculate the current price and volume

Example:

true

​
type
string

Type of the cryptocurrency. Currently supported values are coin and token

Example:

"coin"

Logo image URL

Example:

"https://static.coinpaprika.com/coin/bnb-binance-coin/logo.png"

​
tags
object[]

The array of tags to which this coin was assigned on coinpaprika.com

​
team
object[]

The cryptocurrency founding and/or developing team

​
description
string | null

Text description of the cryptocurrency

Example:

"Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and worldwide payment system. It is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or single administrator."

​
message
string

An important message about current status of the cryptocurrency

​
open_source
boolean

Set to true if the cryptocurrency is Open Source project

Example:

true

​
hardware_wallet
boolean

Set to true if the cryptocurrency is supported by any hardware wallet

Example:

true

​
started_at
string | null

Launch date of the cryptocurrency

Example:

"2009-01-03T00:00:00Z"

​
development_status
string | null

Development status of the cryptocurrency - if it is a working project, beta version, just an idea, etc.

Example:

"Working product"

​
proof_type
string | null

Cryptocurrency proof type: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, etc.

Example:

"Proof of work"

​
org_structure
string | null

The cryptocurrency organization structure: centralized, decentralized, hierarchical, flat, etc.

Example:

"Decentralized"

​
hash_algorithm
string | null

Name of the hash algorithm used by the cryptocurrency

Example:

"SHA256"

​
contract
string | null

This field is deprecated. Use contracts field instead

​
platform
string | null

This field is deprecated. Use contracts field instead

​
contracts
object[]
​
links
object
​
links_extended
object[]

Contains all links of the {coin_id} coin together with statistics for some of them, e.g. number of twitter followers, reddit subscribers, telegram members or github repository stars and contributors

Example:
[
  {
    "url": "http://blockchain.com/explorer",
    "type": "explorer"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoin",
    "type": "reddit",
    "stats": { "subscribers": 1009135 }
  },
  {
    "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin",
    "type": "source_code",
    "stats": { "contributors": 730, "stars": 36613 }
  },
  {
    "url": "https://bitcoin.org/",
    "type": "website"
  }
]
​
whitepaper
object
​
first_data_at
string

Date of the first available ticker data for the coin. RFC3999 (ISO-8601) format

Example:

"2018-10-03T11:48:19Z"

​
last_data_at
string

Date of the last available ticker data for the coin. RFC3999 (ISO-8601) format

Example:

"2019-05-03T11:00:00"