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Arkham API Guide

v1.0.1

User guide for integrating the Arkham Intel API

Production-grade blockchain intelligence for your products, pipelines, and workflows.

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What This Guide Covers

  • Access and onboarding - How to get API access
  • API keys and authentication - Managing your credentials
  • Rate limits - Understanding and working within limits
  • Pagination patterns - Getting all your data
  • Data model - Addresses, entities, labels, and tags
  • Best practices - Security and operational recommendations

Core Principles

Entity-First
Built around real-world actors, not isolated addresses
Confidence-Scored
Attribution is probabilistic, not binary claims
Living Intelligence
Labels evolve as new signals emerge

When to Use This Guide vs API Docs

Use This Guide When...
  • Setting up an integration
  • Clarifying expected behavior
  • Understanding the data model
  • Learning best practices
Use API Docs When...
  • You need endpoint specifications
  • You need request/response schemas
  • You need code examples
  • You need parameter details

Last updated: January 2026

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