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Bitview

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Read-only Bitcoin blockchain, mempool, mining, market, and on-chain analytics; no API key.

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Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

Remote (streamable-http)
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --transport http bitview 'https://mcp.bitview.space/'
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "bitview": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.bitview.space/"
        }
    }
}

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. Bitview and the Bitcoin Research Kit
  2. Repository map
  3. Use Bitview
  4. Self-host Bitview
  5. Build with BRK
  6. Develop
  7. Documentation
  8. Support and community
  9. License

Bitview and the Bitcoin Research Kit

This monorepo contains two layers:

  • Bitcoin Research Kit (BRK): reusable Rust primitives for reading Bitcoin Core data, RPC, mempool tracking, storage, domain types, and the on-chain price oracle.
  • Bitview: the self-hostable application that composes BRK with a typed indexer and analytics plugin graph, query layer, REST server, website, and generated clients.

Together they turn a Bitcoin Core node into a local Bitcoin data platform for chain exploration, mempool data, and on-chain research. The official free hosted instance is bitview.space.

Bitcoin Core ──> BRK reader, RPC, and mempool ──> Bitview plugins
                                                      │
                                                      v
                                            Query + REST server
                                              │      │      │
                                              v      v      v
                                           Website Clients  MCP

See Architecture for the component and data-flow details.

Repository map

PathPurpose
crates/brk and crates/brk_*BRK umbrella crate and reusable Bitcoin primitives
crates/bitview_plugin_*Official indexing and analytics plugins
crates/bitview*Plugin contract, runtime, composition, query/server stack, daemon, code generation, and Rust clients
crates/{vecdb,rawdb,byteview,fjall,lsm-tree}Storage and data infrastructure
examples/custom_pluginRunnable external-plugin and custom-composition example
modules/bitview-clientJavaScript/TypeScript client
packages/bitview_clientPython client
website* and experimentsBrowser applications and research visualizations
docs, benches, docker, and scriptsProject documentation, measurements, packaging, and maintenance tooling

Each publishable crate or client owns its detailed usage documentation. The main README is only the map and common entrypoint.

Use Bitview

The hosted website, API, and MCP endpoint require no account or authentication:

curl https://bitview.space/api/mempool/price
curl https://bitview.space/api/series/count

The series catalog is discovered at runtime rather than documented as a hard-coded count. Use /api/series/search?q=<concept> to find identifiers.

Self-host Bitview

rustup update && RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=native" cargo install --locked bitviewd
bitviewd

The default composition requires Linux or macOS, a Bitcoin Core node with RPC and readable blk*.dat files, about 290 GiB for Bitview plus Bitcoin Core storage and growth headroom, and 16 GB of RAM recommended for a full sync. The website and API listen on localhost:3110.

Bitview uses sparse files, so logical size is much larger than allocated disk space. Use du -sh ~/.bitview to measure actual usage.

See the bitviewd guide for installation, configuration, initial sync, storage, and custom compositions.

Build with BRK

Use the umbrella crate for BRK primitives without the full Bitview application:

[dependencies]
brk = { version = "0.11", features = ["reader", "rpc", "types"] }

See the brk crate guide for its feature map. For a new Bitview metric or composition, start with the custom plugin example and the bitview_plugin contract.

Develop

The repository pins its Rust toolchain in rust-toolchain.toml.

cargo check --workspace
cargo test --workspace

Documentation

Support and community

BRK is supported by OpenSats from December 2024 through June 2027.

Discord · X · Issues · Support

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License

MIT

Frequently asked questions

What is Bitview?

Read-only Bitcoin blockchain, mempool, mining, market, and on-chain analytics; no API key.

How do I install Bitview?

It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http bitview 'https://mcp.bitview.space/'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does Bitview need an API key?

Its registry entry lists no required key or secret. Some features may still need an account with the service it connects to.

Is Bitview open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

Who maintains Bitview?

It is published by bitcoinresearchkit. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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