{address}: Get address balance

API: blockchain.info:blockchain-api
Endpoint: /q/addressbalance/{address}
Response format: text/plain
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 183ms

Description

Returns the total confirmed balance for a Bitcoin address in satoshis (1 BTC = 100,000,000 satoshis). Use this endpoint to quickly check how much BTC an address currently holds without fetching full transaction details.

From spec: Returns the confirmed balance of a Bitcoin address in satoshis

Usage Tips

- Returns plain text response (integer in satoshis), not JSON - Unconfirmed transactions are not included - 1 BTC = 100,000,000 satoshis (divide by 10^8 to get BTC value)

Parameters (1)

address (string, path, required)

Bitcoin address

Examples (1)

Get balance for Bitcoin genesis address probe-gate

Demonstrates fetching the confirmed balance of a specific Bitcoin address in satoshis.

curl 'https://blockchain.info/q/addressbalance/1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://blockchain.info/q/addressbalance/1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("blockchain")
result = api.fetch("q/addressbalance/{address}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://blockchain.info/q/addressbalance/1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 00:46:44.455513 200 183ms
2026-04-15 03:57:13.230790 200 189ms
2026-04-14 02:59:58.214844 200 182ms
2026-04-12 16:48:31.790126 200 198ms
2026-04-10 04:18:45.648705 200 105ms
2026-04-09 00:44:54.856697 200 693ms