BitClout (DeSo)

aid: bitclout-deso
name: BitClout (DeSo)
description: DeSo (Decentralized Social, formerly BitClout) is an open-source layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for storage-heavy
  applications such as social media, NFTs, creator coins, and on-chain financial primitives. It exposes a permissionless HTTP
  JSON API served by any DeSo node (the public node runs at node.deso.org/api/v0), a GraphQL endpoint, the DeSo Identity service
  for derived-key authentication and transaction signing, a client-side TypeScript SDK (deso-protocol), a Python SDK, a Rosetta
  API implementation for exchange integrations, and an official MCP server for AI-assisted development. Originally launched
  as the BitClout prototype and backed by Pantera Capital, the project rebranded to DeSo and now powers a broad ecosystem
  of decentralized social apps.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitclout-deso/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: library
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Library · distributed through package registries, no callable service
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-02'
  method: derived
image: https://node.deso.org/assets/deso/camelcase_logo_og.jpg
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- pantera-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
x-docs-platform: gitbook
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-20
tags:
- Company
- Cryptocurrency
- Blockchain
- Decentralized Social
- Web3
- Social Media
- NFT
- Creator Economy
tags_raw:
- Company
- Crypto
- Blockchain
- Decentralized Social
- Web3
- Social Media
- NFT
- Creator Economy
- Social-Media
apis:
- name: DeSo Backend API
  description: The HTTP JSON API served by every DeSo node — data endpoints (profiles, posts, users, NFTs, creator/DAO coins,
    messages) plus transaction-construction endpoints. The public node is node.deso.org; transactions are signed via the DeSo
    Identity service and submitted back to the node.
  humanURL: https://docs.deso.org/deso-backend/api
  baseURL: https://node.deso.org/api/v0
  tags:
  - Blockchain
  - Social
  - NFT
  - Cryptocurrency
  tags_raw:
  - Blockchain
  - Social
  - NFT
  - Crypto
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.deso.org/deso-backend/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.deso.org/deso-backend/construct-transactions
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.deso.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.deso.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.deso.org/deso-backend/api
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.deso.org/deso-backend/construct-transactions
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.deso.org/deso-tutorial-build-apps
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/deso-protocol
- type: Roadmap
  url: https://docs.deso.org/deso-roadmap
- type: Support
  url: https://discord.gg/HFxzBkW5BJ
- type: GraphQL
  url: https://graphql-prod.deso.com/graphql
- type: Packages
  url: packages/bitclout-deso-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/bitclout-deso-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/bitclout-deso-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/bitclout-deso-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bitclout-deso-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/bitclout-deso-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bitclout-deso-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/bitclout-deso-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/bitclout-deso-changelog.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/bitclout-deso-sandbox.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/bitclout-deso-components.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/bitclout-deso-data-model.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bitclout-deso-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence