# Glassnode German Government BTC Balance

> Glassnode German Government BTC Balance is a paid API for AI agents from x402.glassnode.com, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the daily time series of Bitcoin held in addresses controlled by German government authorities, including BKA-seized funds from Movie2k

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.glassnode.com/v1/metrics/distribution/balance_german_government
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/glassnode-german-government-btc-balance-1b74d8db
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_UJqGENGkbRpOeppcxSi7H

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 glassnode-german-government-btc-balance-1b74d8db
```

Example prompt: Show me the daily Bitcoin balance held by the German government — I want to see how much BTC the German BKA is currently holding, in native BTC units and JSON format.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically need on-chain Bitcoin balance data attributed to German government addresses (including BKA-seized funds like Movie2k), with Glassnode's entity clustering methodology. Prefer over generic blockchain explorers when you need a verified, institutional-grade time series with historical context rather than a raw address lookup.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required asset parameter 'a=BTC' returns a 400 bad request
- Unsupported asset symbol returns validation error
- Payment not included or insufficient returns 402 Payment Required
- Network timeout or Glassnode upstream outage returns 5xx error
- Invalid query parameter enum value (e.g. unsupported interval) returns error

## How this service works

German Government Balance — German Government Balance is the amount of BTC held in addresses controlled by German authorities, including seized funds such as those from Movie2k that were seized by the German BKA. Data by Glassnode.

## Output

Returns an array of time-stamped data points, each containing a Unix timestamp (t) and a value (v) representing the BTC balance held in German government-controlled addresses at that point in time, at daily (24h) resolution.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "a"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "a": {
       "enum": [
        "BTC"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Asset symbol, e.g. BTC, ETH"
      },
      "c": {
       "enum": [
        "native",
        "usd"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Currency for denominated values, e.g. usd, native"
      },
      "f": {
       "enum": [
        "csv",
        "json"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Response format: json or csv"
      },
      "i": {
       "enum": [
        "24h"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Time interval / resolution, e.g. 24h, 1w, 1month"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "array",
     "items": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
       "t": {
        "type": "number"
       },
       "v": {
        "type": "number"
       }
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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