Below is a list of the best APIs, commonly used by the developer community in the process of building Blockchain projects.
NOWNodes API
NOWNodes provides access to the most popular Blockchains through full node and Blockchain explorer, making the process simpler and faster than ever.
This is a great Blockchain solution, as a service (blockchain-as-a-service), providing high quality connection via API.
NOWNodes currently has more than 40 Blockchains on the list of connected infrastructures, which are considered extremely reliable and cost-effective.
Besides, NOWNodes also owns extremely outstanding features such as:
- No need to work with multiple services, as full node and Blockchain explorer are all centralized in one place.
- Quick access.
- Reliable connection at 1GB/s.
- Service quality is always guaranteed.
- Nodes is monitored continuously 24/7 by experts of NOWNodes.
Blockchain API
Blockchain API is a perfect solution for developers who are in need of building cryptocurrency payment functionality.
Blockchain API technology was formed early, up to now, it has owned a community of more than 25,000 developers.
They have APIs for wallets, market data, liquidity processing, Blockchain exploration, plain text queries...
All data about blocks and transactions is stored in an accessible JSON format, with short wait times and only works using a wallet.
Coinbase API
Coinbase is one of the most widely known “giant” in the field of cryptocurrency, has a long operating time and has successfully built an absolute level of credibility with all users.
Currently, Coinbase is providing API support for 04 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin - Bitcoin Cash - Litecoin - Ethereum.
Coinbase API technology is built on top of Node.js, which is appreciated by users as extremely flexible and secure.
Factor that makes the Coinbase API of choice to use a lot is because of its ability to integrate cryptocurrencies into existing applications.
Thereby, developers can add a crypto-related functionality to the launched application without having to rebuild the entire system from scratch.
Coinbase tools are free to use and capped at 10,000 requests per hour.
Besides, Coinbase also offers another advanced option, the pro plan for a fee, with a lot of interesting features including programmatic trading.
Bitcore API
Bitcore is a native interface of the Bitcoin network, built by the development team of Bitpay - the popular Bitcoin payment processor in the market.
Bitcore's API is written in JavaScript and is open source, completely free to use.
This is considered an essential toolkit for almost any Bitcoin-related application, including a node - wallet - Bitcoin chain explorer and countless other useful libraries...
Thanks to the module architecture, developers can easily extend the Bitcore API with additional services.
Besides, since Bitcore is a full node, the applications on its API will run on the P2P network with amazing performance (more than 500 transactions per second).
Bitcore's outstanding productivity factor has made it one of the best Blockchain APIs for projects that need to scale.
Factom API
Factom is a company that offers a lot of really innovative solutions with its Blockchain data storage service.
This is extremely useful for developers who have a need to record tamper-proof data for a long time.
Like Coinbase, Factom's API is also capable of simple and easy integration with launched software.
In addition, Factom Blockchain also runs smart contracts.
