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name: Hegic API Plans
description: >
  Hegic is a decentralized protocol; there are no centralized subscription
  plans for the protocol itself. Data access is available through free public
  APIs (DefiLlama, The Graph) with their own tier structures, and directly
  via open blockchain RPC endpoints.
plans:
  - name: Free On-Chain Access
    description: >
      Direct interaction with Hegic smart contracts on Arbitrum via any
      standard JSON-RPC provider (Alchemy, Infura, public Arbitrum RPC).
      No registration or API key required for read operations.
    url: https://arb1.arbitrum.io/rpc
    type: free
    rate_limit: Varies by RPC provider
  - name: DefiLlama Free API
    description: >
      DefiLlama provides free REST API access to Hegic TVL, fees, revenue,
      and options volume data with no API key required. Rate limits apply.
    url: https://defillama.com/docs/api
    type: free
    rate_limit: Generous public limits; no authentication required
  - name: The Graph Free Tier
    description: >
      The Graph Protocol provides 100,000 free queries per month via
      Subgraph Studio. GraphQL queries against Hegic subgraphs can be
      made for options positions and protocol event history.
    url: https://thegraph.com/studio/
    type: free
    queries_per_month: 100000
  - name: Arbiscan API Free Tier
    description: >
      Arbiscan provides a free API tier for querying HEGIC token data on
      Arbitrum including token transfers, holder counts, and contract events.
      Requires a free API key registration.
    url: https://arbiscan.io/apis
    type: free
    rate_limit: 5 calls/second, up to 100,000 calls/day
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  - name: DefiLlama Free API
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  - name: The Graph Free Tier
    access: free
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  - name: Arbiscan API Free Tier
    access: free
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