BitClout (DeSo)

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.

BitClout (DeSo) publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Crypto, Blockchain, Decentralized Social, and Web3.

BitClout (DeSo)’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, authentication, changelog, sandbox, and 15 more developer resources.

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26.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only library Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-30 · rubric v0.17.2

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Company Crypto Blockchain Decentralized Social Web3 Social-Media NFT Creator Economy

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-30 · rubric v0.17.2

Composite quality — 26.7/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 13.8 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.1 / 13

Contract Governance 2.2 / 12

Discoverability 7.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

DeSo Backend API

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...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

GraphQL

GraphQL

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Conformance

Lifecycle

Components

DataModel

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Roadmap

Roadmap

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

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
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  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'
tags:
- Company
- Crypto
- Blockchain
- Decentralized Social
- Web3
- Social-Media
- NFT
- Creator Economy
tags_raw:
- Company
- Crypto
- Blockchain
- Decentralized Social
- Web3
- Social Media
- NFT
- Creator Economy
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
  - 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

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