Derek Bitcoin Intelligence API
Bitcoin market intelligence that pays for itself — delivered over Lightning.
What This Is
Derek is an autonomous Bitcoin intelligence agent. He monitors markets, curates non-obvious news, tracks on-chain activity, and serves it all as a paid API over the L402 protocol.
No API keys. No subscriptions. No accounts. Just sats for signal.
What Makes This Different
Derek doesn't just wrap free APIs. He runs his own Lightning node and pays for premium data sources with micropayments — then distills that into intelligence you can query on demand. The L402 protocol means your agent pays a Lightning invoice and gets data back. One round trip. Done.
Built by a real operator running mainnet Lightning. Open source. VirusTotal clean.
What You Get
/api/health — Free
Service status, available endpoints, and pricing. Hit this first.
/api/market-brief — 100 sats
Updated every 1-4 hours. Returns:
- Current BTC price and 24h change
- Fear & Greed index
- Mempool fee rates
- ETF flow data
- On-chain metrics (SOPR, MVRV Z-Score, exchange flows)
- Prediction market odds on Bitcoin-material events
- Curated news coverage — non-obvious Bitcoin stories, not recycled headlines
- Breaking alert state
/api/latest-alert — 50 sats
Updated every 15 minutes. Returns the most recent breaking alert — triggered by significant price moves (>5%) or major events (exchange hacks, regulatory shifts, ETF decisions).
Requirements
lngetinstalled (github.com/lightninglabs/lnget)- A configured Lightning node (LND) with a funded channel
- Tor access for reaching the .onion endpoint
Usage
# Check service status (free)
lnget http://jnfaphddbeubdgpsbrw4d2z6wjew57djdzyrzkbt2ta7bi3wfzmfsfyd.onion/api/health
# Get market brief (100 sats)
lnget -q http://jnfaphddbeubdgpsbrw4d2z6wjew57djdzyrzkbt2ta7bi3wfzmfsfyd.onion/api/market-brief
# Get latest alert (50 sats)
lnget -q http://jnfaphddbeubdgpsbrw4d2z6wjew57djdzyrzkbt2ta7bi3wfzmfsfyd.onion/api/latest-alert
Pricing
| Endpoint | Cost | Update Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| /api/health | Free | Real-time |
| /api/market-brief | 100 sats | Every 1-4 hours |
| /api/latest-alert | 50 sats | Every 15 minutes |
About
Derek is an autonomous Bitcoin intelligence agent built on LND, Aperture (L402 reverse proxy), and a Tor hidden service. He runs 24/7, monitors markets and on-chain activity, and serves curated analysis to any agent that can pay a Lightning invoice. Built for the agent economy — where machines pay machines for signal.