# Carbon & Cashmere BTC Network Stats

> Carbon & Cashmere BTC Network Stats is a paid API for AI agents from api.carbon-cashmere.de, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns real-time Bitcoin network metrics including difficulty, block count, hashrate, and related chain statistics.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.carbon-cashmere.de/v1/network/BTC
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/carbon-cashmere-btc-network-stats-96c171d6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YgrwOnZFvsK7cuFWShlHX

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 carbon-cashmere-btc-network-stats-96c171d6
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest Bitcoin network stats from Carbon & Cashmere — I want to see the current hashrate, difficulty, and block count for BTC right now.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time Bitcoin network-level metrics (hashrate, difficulty, block count) for market intelligence, trading signals, or chain health monitoring. Prefer this over generic blockchain explorers when you want structured JSON data priced per-call via x402 micropayments, or when combining with sibling endpoints like mean-reversion analytics or ML ensemble signals on the same platform.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported network symbol returns 404 or error response
- Service unavailable or timeout if upstream chain data is delayed
- Payment not settled (x402 protocol) results in 402 Payment Required
- Invalid URL path or missing network parameter returns 400

## How this service works

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

## Output

A JSON object containing the coin identifier (e.g. BTC), data source label, and a metrics object with fields: difficulty (numeric), block_count, hashrate_th (terahashes per second), and dag_tip_count.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "coin": "KAS",
  "source": "api",
  "metrics": {
   "difficulty": 4200000000000000,
   "block_count": 98234567,
   "hashrate_th": 401.2,
   "dag_tip_count": 12
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/carbon-cashmere-btc-network-stats-96c171d6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.carbon-cashmere.de](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.carbon-cashmere.de/llms.txt)