# Vextorium Bitcoin Network Stats

> Vextorium Bitcoin Network Stats is a paid API for AI agents from api.vextorium.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Returns real-time Bitcoin network data including block height, mempool status, fee estimates, hashrate, difficulty, recent blocks, and next difficulty adjustment.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.vextorium.com/v1/bitcoin-network?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vextorium-bitcoin-network-stats-55ac2ba1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_hNP9bZt0RUZFsPZ0eXZiC

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 vextorium-bitcoin-network-stats-55ac2ba1 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What are the current Bitcoin network stats — fees, mempool size, hashrate, block height, and when is the next difficulty adjustment?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a comprehensive snapshot of the Bitcoin network in a single call — fees, mempool, hashrate, difficulty, and recent blocks all at once. Prefer this over blockchain explorer UIs or multi-call approaches when building automated agents that need real-time Bitcoin network awareness. Especially useful when fee estimation and difficulty adjustment timing are both needed together.

## Known failure modes

- Upstream Blockstream Esplora node unavailable — may return error or stale data
- DefiLlama price feed outage — btc_price_usd may be null
- Network timeout if Bitcoin node is slow to respond
- x402 payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient

## How this service works

558 pay-per-call data APIs for AI agents: Solana and EVM on-chain data, tokenized stocks, DeFi, Hyperliquid, economy and official statistics, FX, validation, web and developer tools. Pay in USDC via x402.

## Output

A JSON object containing: current block height, BTC/USD price, mempool stats (vbytes, transaction count, total fees in BTC), fee estimates in sat/vbyte for 1/3/6/24/144-block confirmation targets, details on the last block (hash, date, size, tx count), a list of recent blocks, estimated network hashrate in EH/s, current difficulty, and next difficulty adjustment details (estimated date, remaining blocks, expected change %).

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "required": [],
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": [
      "object",
      "null"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "height": {
       "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "mempool": {
       "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "vbytes": {
         "type": [
          "number",
          "null"
         ]
        },
        "transactions": {
         "type": [
          "number",
          "null"
         ]
        },
        "total_fees_btc": {
         "type": [
          "number",
          "null"
         ]
        }
       }
      },
      "difficulty": {
       "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "last_block": {
       "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "date": {
         "type": [
          "string",
          "null"
         ]
        },
        "hash": {
         "type": [
          "string",
          "null"
         ]
        },
        "height": {
         "type": [
          "number",
          "null"
         ]
        },
        "size_bytes": {
         "type": [
          "number",
          "null"
         ]
        },
        "minutes_ago": {
         "type": [
          "number",
          "null"
         ]
        },
        "transactions": {
         "type": [
          "number",
          "null"
         ]
        }
       }
      },
      "fees_sat_vb": {
       "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "1_blocks": {
         "type": [
          "number",
          "null"
         ]
        },
        "3_blocks": {
         "type":
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "height": 969638,
  "source": "Blockstream Esplora (public Bitcoin node); price: DefiLlama",
  "mempool": {
   "vbytes": 44123008,
   "transactions": 81071,
   "total_fees_btc": 0.106
  },
  "difficulty": 132757073449487.5,
  "last_block": {
   "date": "2026-10-02T21:53:12+00:00",
   "hash": "00000000000000000000376b260d9d4409fcb2e4cdadd31ab9f54fca47f5bf2d",
   "height": 969638,
   "size_bytes": 1591757,
   "minutes_ago": 9.8,
   "transactions": 3779
  },
  "fees_sat_vb": {
   "1_blocks": 4.84,
   "3_blocks": 4.84,
   "6_blocks": 2.11,
   "24_blocks": 1.19,
   "144_blocks": 0.25
  },
  "last_blocks": [
   {
    "date": "2026-10-02T21:53:12+00:00",
    "height": 969638,
    "transactions": 3779
   },
   {
    "date": "2026-10-02T21:40:19+00:00",
    "height": 969637,
    "transactions": 2672
   }
  ],
  "btc_price_usd": 84511.58149319161,
  "next_adjustment": {
   "estimated_date": "2026-10-03T07:33:54+00:00",
   "avg_block_time_s": 601,
   "remaining_blocks": 58,
   "adjustment_height": 969696,
   "estimated_change_pct": -0.12
  },
  "estimated_hashrate_ehs": 950.3
 }
}
```

## More

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