# Bitcoin Mempool Live Intelligence API

> Bitcoin Mempool Live Intelligence API is a paid API for AI agents from api.carbon-cashmere.de, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns real-time Bitcoin mempool status including 6-tier fee estimates, fee distribution, RBF stats, whale transactions (>1 BTC), recent blocks, BTC alerts, and 2-hour trend analysis

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.carbon-cashmere.de/v1/mempool/live
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-carbon-cashmere-de-b1cb8944
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_PE6ktcHzfUUedOLvqriah

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-carbon-cashmere-de-b1cb8944
```

Example prompt: What are the current Bitcoin mempool conditions — specifically what fee tiers should I use right now, any big whale transactions happening, and is the network congested?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need comprehensive, real-time Bitcoin mempool intelligence in a single call — especially when you need fee optimization with USD cost context, whale transaction monitoring, RBF awareness, and trend analysis together. Prefer over generic blockchain explorers when you need AI-agent-friendly structured data with multi-tier fee recommendations directly from a local Bitcoin Core node rather than third-party aggregators.

## Known failure modes

- Bitcoin Core node temporarily unavailable — returns 5xx error
- Rate limit exceeded at $0.03/call — returns 402 or 429
- Mempool data momentarily stale if node is syncing
- Empty whale_txs array if no transactions exceed 1 BTC threshold recently
- Network connectivity issues to local node returning partial data

## How this service works

Professional crypto market intelligence. Real-time prices, signals, and market scoring.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing: mempool status object, array of 6-tier fee estimates with USD costs, fee distribution buckets, RBF statistics, array of real-time whale transactions over 1 BTC, whale summary, recent block list, BTC event alerts array, 2-hour trend analysis object, and current BTC price in USD — all sourced from a live local Bitcoin Core node.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "source": "local_node",
  "mempool": {
   "fees": 1.23,
   "trend": "rising",
   "size_mb": 78.3,
   "pressure": "medium",
   "tx_count": 45230
  },
  "whale_txs": [
   {
    "usd": 12679830,
    "txid": "abc123...",
    "fee_rate": 28.5,
    "confirmed": false,
    "total_output_btc": 150
   }
  ],
  "btc_price_usd": 84532.1,
  "fee_estimates": [
   {
    "sat_vb": 25.3,
    "target": "next_block",
    "usd_avg_tx": 2.98
   }
  ],
  "whale_summary": {
   "largest": 450,
   "avg_size": 156.3,
   "count_24h": 8,
   "total_btc": 1250.5
  },
  "fee_distribution": {
   "buckets": [
    {
     "range": "0-1 sat/vB",
     "tx_count": 5432
    }
   ],
   "rbf_pct": 15.2,
   "rbf_count": 2345,
   "cpfp_candidates": 890
  }
 }
}
```

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