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Overview

Returns comprehensive details about a specific cryptocurrency including description, team, tags, development status, links, and technical information.

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Usage

coinpaprika-cli coin <COIN_ID> [OPTIONS]

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Parameters

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coin_id
string
required
Coin ID in format symbol-name (e.g., btc-bitcoin, eth-ethereum)
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--output
string
default:"table"
Output format: table or json
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--raw
boolean
default:"false"
Show raw JSON response without wrapper metadata

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Examples

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Get Bitcoin details

coinpaprika-cli coin btc-bitcoin

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Get Ethereum details in JSON format

coinpaprika-cli coin eth-ethereum --output json

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Get Solana details with raw JSON

coinpaprika-cli coin sol-solana --output json --raw

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Example Output

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Table Format

Bitcoin (BTC)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
ID:                    btc-bitcoin
Rank:                  1
Type:                  coin
Active:                Yes
New:                   No

Description:
  Bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency originally described
  in a 2008 whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto...

Technical Details
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Hash Algorithm:        SHA256
Proof Type:            PoW
Open Source:           Yes
Hardware Wallet:       Yes
Started:               2009-01-03

Team Members
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- Satoshi Nakamoto (Founder)

Tags
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- Cryptocurrency
- Payments
- Store of Value

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JSON Format

{
  "id": "btc-bitcoin",
  "name": "Bitcoin",
  "symbol": "BTC",
  "rank": 1,
  "is_new": false,
  "is_active": true,
  "type": "coin",
  "logo": "https://static.coinpaprika.com/coin/btc-bitcoin/logo.png",
  "description": "Bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency...",
  "open_source": true,
  "started_at": "2009-01-03T00:00:00Z",
  "development_status": "Working product",
  "hardware_wallet": true,
  "proof_type": "PoW",
  "org_structure": "Decentralized",
  "hash_algorithm": "SHA256",
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": "cryptocurrency",
      "name": "Cryptocurrency",
      "coin_counter": 1234,
      "ico_counter": 0
    }
  ],
  "team": [
    {
      "id": "satoshi-nakamoto",
      "name": "Satoshi Nakamoto",
      "position": "Founder"
    }
  ],
  "whitepaper": {
    "link": "https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf",
    "thumbnail": "https://static.coinpaprika.com/coin/btc-bitcoin/whitepaper-thumbnail.jpg"
  },
  "first_data_at": "2010-07-17T00:00:00Z",
  "last_data_at": "2024-03-03T12:00:00Z"
}

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Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
idstringUnique coin identifier
namestringCoin name
symbolstringCoin symbol/ticker
rankintegerMarket cap rank
is_activebooleanWhether the coin is active
is_newbooleanWhether the coin is newly listed
typestringAsset type (coin or token)
logostringURL to coin logo image
descriptionstringDetailed description of the coin
open_sourcebooleanWhether the project is open source
started_atstringLaunch date
development_statusstringCurrent development status
hardware_walletbooleanHardware wallet support
proof_typestringConsensus mechanism (PoW, PoS, etc.)
hash_algorithmstringHashing algorithm used
tagsarrayAssociated tags/categories
teamarrayTeam members
linksobjectSocial media and website links
whitepaperobjectWhitepaper link and thumbnail

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API Endpoint

GET https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/{coin_id}

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