BackPoW Coins API

The Coins API from BackPoW — 1 operation(s) for coins.

Operations 1

GET /v1/coins Browse and filter tracked PoW coins #

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OpenAPI Specification

backpow-com-coins-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: BackPow PoW Oracle Coins API
  description: 'The Proof of Work Oracle: live solo mining Poisson odds, cost of production (CoP), network hashrate and difficulty for 126+ PoW networks, mining hardware benchmarks for 770+ models, and curated PoW news.'
  version: 1.0.1
  contact:
    name: BackPow Support
    url: https://backpow.com
servers:
- url: https://mcp.backpow.com
  description: Production BackPow Oracle API
tags:
- name: Coins
paths:
  /v1/coins:
    get:
      operationId: listPowCoins
      summary: Browse and filter tracked PoW coins
      description: Paginated index of the 126+ Proof of Work networks BackPow tracks, with algorithm, network rate, and profitability status.
      parameters:
      - name: algorithm
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Case-insensitive filter by algorithm, e.g. "SHA-256", "Scrypt", "RandomX"
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: profitable_only
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Restrict to coins whose spot price currently exceeds Cost of Production
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: sort_by
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Sort ordering: "name", "network_rate", or "suffering"'
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - name
          - network_rate
          - suffering
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Rows to return (1-100, default 25)
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: offset
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Rows to skip for pagination (default 0)
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of PoW coins and distinct algorithms
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
      tags:
      - Coins