# Explorer Gateway API – Mining Pool Distribution Charts

> Explorer Gateway API – Mining Pool Distribution Charts is a paid API for AI agents from api.blockchain.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-01).

Returns the distribution of Bitcoin blocks mined by pool (e.g. F2Pool, AntPool, Foundry USA) over a specified timespan

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.blockchain.com/explorer-gateway-kt/x402/charts/pools?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/explorer-gateway-api-mining-pool-distribution-charts-98b76776
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ILwxp8w3ktDKn1U2xIwpC

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 explorer-gateway-api-mining-pool-distribution-charts-98b76776 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the Bitcoin mining pool distribution chart from blockchain.com's explorer for the past week — I want to see how many blocks each pool like Foundry USA, AntPool, and ViaBTC mined?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, structured Bitcoin mining pool distribution data from blockchain.com's own explorer infrastructure, particularly when you want block-count breakdowns by named pool over configurable timespans. Prefer this over scraping block explorer websites or using third-party aggregators when you need reliable, programmatic access to pool share data.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported timespan value returns a validation error
- Service unavailable or timeout if blockchain.com explorer backend is down
- Empty or zero-count results if no blocks were mined by tracked pools in the given period
- Payment failure (402) if USDC balance is insufficient for the $0.001 per-call fee

## How this service works

Blockchain explorer gateway — Solana, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum

## Output

A JSON object mapping mining pool names (e.g. 'Foundry USA', 'AntPool', 'F2Pool', 'ViaBTC', 'Binance Pool') to the number of Bitcoin blocks they mined over the requested timespan.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "timespan": {
   "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PoolTimespan"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "format": "application/json",
 "example": {
  "F2Pool": 1823,
  "ViaBTC": 892,
  "AntPool": 2156,
  "Foundry USA": 3420,
  "Binance Pool": 1245
 }
}
```

## More

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