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Nano

Nano is a feeless, instant digital currency using a block-lattice architecture. It provides a JSON-RPC HTTP API for querying accounts, retrieving block information, managing wallets, processing transactions, and interacting with the Nano network. Each account maintains its own blockchain, enabling fast and lightweight consensus without mining.

Nano publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Accounts API, Blocks API, Keys API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Cryptocurrency, Payments, Blockchain, Feeless, and Instant Payments.

The Nano catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Nano’s developer surface includes documentation, release notes, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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33.9/100 thin ▼ -5.2 Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
8 APIs
CryptocurrencyPaymentsBlockchainFeelessInstant PaymentsDigital Currency

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 33.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality 12.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 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
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APIs 8

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

Nano Accounts API

Account balance, history, representative, and frontier queries

Nano Blocks API

Block creation, processing, signing, and querying operations

Nano Keys API

Cryptographic key generation and derivation

Nano Ledger API

Ledger-level queries for supply, frontiers, and account data

Nano Node API

Node diagnostics, bootstrapping, peers, and confirmation management

Nano Unit Conversion API

Conversion between Nano and raw unit denominations

Nano Wallets API

Local wallet management for development and testing

Nano Work API

Proof-of-work generation, validation, and caching

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Nano Context

0 classes · 25 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Nano API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Nano State Block

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Nano RPC Request

18 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Account Balance

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Block Info

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Send Transaction

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Unit Conversion

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Nano Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Nano Agentic Access

97 operations · 97 acting

97 operations · 97 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 IntegrationGuides
IntegrationGuides

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

DeveloperTools
DeveloperTools
 GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ReleaseNotes
ReleaseNotes
 Contact
Contact

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

WhitePaper
WhitePaper

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Nano
description: Nano is a feeless, instant digital currency using a block-lattice architecture. It provides a JSON-RPC HTTP API
  for querying accounts, retrieving block information, managing wallets, processing transactions, and interacting with the
  Nano network. Each account maintains its own blockchain, enabling fast and lightweight consensus without mining.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://nano.org/favicon.ico
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nano/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-14'
modified: '2026-06-14'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Cryptocurrency
- Payments
- Blockchain
- Feeless
- Instant Payments
- Digital Currency
apis:
- aid: nano:nano-accounts-api
  name: Nano Accounts API
  description: Account balance, history, representative, and frontier queries
  humanURL: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
  baseURL: http://localhost:7076
  tags:
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nano-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
- aid: nano:nano-blocks-api
  name: Nano Blocks API
  description: Block creation, processing, signing, and querying operations
  humanURL: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
  baseURL: http://localhost:7076
  tags:
  - Blocks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nano-blocks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
- aid: nano:nano-keys-api
  name: Nano Keys API
  description: Cryptographic key generation and derivation
  humanURL: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
  baseURL: http://localhost:7076
  tags:
  - Keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nano-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
- aid: nano:nano-ledger-api
  name: Nano Ledger API
  description: Ledger-level queries for supply, frontiers, and account data
  humanURL: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
  baseURL: http://localhost:7076
  tags:
  - Ledger
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nano-ledger-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
- aid: nano:nano-node-api
  name: Nano Node API
  description: Node diagnostics, bootstrapping, peers, and confirmation management
  humanURL: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
  baseURL: http://localhost:7076
  tags:
  - Node
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nano-node-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
- aid: nano:nano-unit-conversion-api
  name: Nano Unit Conversion API
  description: Conversion between Nano and raw unit denominations
  humanURL: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
  baseURL: http://localhost:7076
  tags:
  - Unit Conversion
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nano-unit-conversion-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
- aid: nano:nano-wallets-api
  name: Nano Wallets API
  description: Local wallet management for development and testing
  humanURL: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
  baseURL: http://localhost:7076
  tags:
  - Wallets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nano-wallets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
- aid: nano:nano-work-api
  name: Nano Work API
  description: Proof-of-work generation, validation, and caching
  humanURL: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
  baseURL: http://localhost:7076
  tags:
  - Work
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nano-work-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.nano.org/commands/rpc-protocol/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/nano-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nano-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://nano.org
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.nano.org
- type: IntegrationGuides
  url: https://docs.nano.org/integration-guides/
- type: WhitePaper
  url: https://docs.nano.org/living-whitepaper/
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://docs.nano.org/releases/current-release-notes/
- type: DeveloperTools
  url: https://hub.nano.org/developer-tools
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/nanocurrency
- type: Contact
  url: mailto:integrations@nano.org
- type: Blog
  url: https://nano.org/en/blog/rss/
maintainers:
- FN: API Evangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
  email: info@apievangelist.com