aid: bitcoin
name: Bitcoin
description: 'Bitcoin is the original decentralized peer-to-peer digital currency and open-source
  protocol, first described in the 2008 whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto. It is not a company or a
  hosted commercial API; the reference implementation, Bitcoin Core, exposes a local JSON-RPC
  interface for node operators and application developers to query the blockchain, manage wallets,
  build and broadcast transactions, and interact with the peer-to-peer network. bitcoin.org and the
  developer documentation site at developer.bitcoin.org publish developer guides, an extensive RPC
  API command reference, worked examples, and reference material for building Bitcoin applications.
  This profile was seeded as a Ribbit Capital portfolio-sector lead and enriched from Bitcoin''s
  public developer surface.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitcoin/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- ribbit-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://bitcoin.org/img/icons/opengraph.png
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Crypto
- Cryptocurrency
- Blockchain
- Bitcoin
- Digital Currency
- Payments
- Open Source
- JSON-RPC
- Protocol
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://bitcoin.org
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.bitcoin.org/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.bitcoin.org/devguide/
- type: Examples
  url: https://developer.bitcoin.org/examples/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/bitcoin
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bitcoin-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence