Cardano API / AI / LLM
Access Cardano blockchain data via REST API, or let AI agents query it directly through the built-in MCP server. From raw data access to AI-generated reports.
- Access the BCA Cardano API via REST endpoints
- Interface AI/LLM via MCP server to the API
- Templates for report generation by AI
- Feature levels: Developer · Team · Enterprise
Feature Matrix
| Feature | Developer | Team | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Access | |||
| Block access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transaction access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search by address | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Staking info & rewards | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native assets & policies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stake pool info | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scripts & datums | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Epoch info | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Metadata search | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Capacity & Limits | |||
| Number of concurrent tokens | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Rate limit (requests/sec) | 10 | 30 | 100 |
| Page size of results | 20 | 200 | 2,000 |
| Operations & Support | |||
| Query statistics view | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| API monitoring view | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email support | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Priority support 24×7 | — | — | ✓ |
| SLA | — | — | ✓ |
| SLI monitoring view | — | — | ✓ |
| SLI monitoring integration | — | — | ✓ |
Plans
Get started
For individual developers who need programmatic access to Cardano on-chain data.
- Full data access (all 9 domains)
- 1 concurrent API token
- 10 req/s · 20 results/page
- REST + MCP server access
Scale up
For teams that need higher throughput, larger result pages, and operational visibility.
- Everything in Developer
- 3 concurrent API tokens
- 30 req/s · 200 results/page
- Query stats & monitoring views
- Email support
Full scale
Maximum capacity, priority support, SLA guarantees, and SLI monitoring integration.
- Everything in Team
- 10 concurrent API tokens
- 100 req/s · 2,000 results/page
- 24×7 priority support & SLA
- SLI monitoring + integration
Rate Limiting
Rate limiting is enforced per API token using a token bucket, shared across all API instances.
| Tier | Rate limit | Burst capacity | Retry-After |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developer | 10 req/s | 50 tokens | 100 ms |
| Team | 30 req/s | 150 tokens | 34 ms |
| Enterprise | 100 req/s | 500 tokens | 10 ms |
Example Request
# List staking rewards for a stake address curl "https://www.blockchain-applied.com/api_ada/v1/list_staking_rewards/stake1uy...knqj9?pagesize=10&after=2025-11-10"
{
"data": [
{
"blocktime": "2025-11-12 13:02:01",
"epoch_no": 594,
"reward": 0.0,
"withdrawal": 0.479301
},
{
"blocktime": "2025-11-15 21:44:54",
"epoch_no": 595,
"reward": 0.045546,
"withdrawal": 0.0
},
{
"blocktime": "2025-12-05 21:44:52",
"epoch_no": 599,
"reward": 0.013232,
"withdrawal": 0.0
}
// ... 7 more entries
],
"page": 1,
"page_size": 10,
"total_count": 31,
"total_pages": 4,
"has_next": true
}
Built For
AI Agents & LLMs
Connect Claude, GPT, or custom agents via MCP server for autonomous Cardano data retrieval
Report Generation
Use AI templates to generate staking reports, address summaries, and pool analytics automatically
DApp Backends
Power wallet UIs, explorers, and portfolio trackers with paginated REST endpoints
Staking & Tax
Query reward history, delegation events, and withdrawals for reconciliation and tax filing
Data Pipelines
Ingest Cardano data into your own systems via scheduled API calls with pagination
Research & Analytics
Explore address flows, token movements, metadata, and governance actions programmatically
Related BCA Products
| Product | Description |
|---|---|
| Cardano on BigQuery | Full Cardano db-sync dataset in Google BigQuery — hourly updates, epoch back-validation |
| Bitcoin REST API | AI-ready HTTP endpoints for Bitcoin blockchain data (coming soon) |