crypto.address-validate

Validate a cryptocurrency address with full checksum verification (not just regex). Returns {chain, address, valid, canonical, format, reason}. Chains: btc (P2PKH, P2SH, Bech32 SegWit v0, Taproot Bech32m), eth (full EIP-55 checksum; non-checksummed flagged), sol (Ed25519 32-byte Base58), ltc (Base58Check L.../M.../3... + ltc1 Bech32), trx (T-prefix Base58Check 0x41), xrp (r-prefix custom Base58), bch (legacy Base58Check + bitcoincash:q... CashAddr). Catches typos via cryptographic checksum; canonical field returns the checksummed/lowercased form.

price
$0.0010 USDC per call
method
GET/api/crypto/address-validate
payment
x402 v2 · EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization · USDC on Base mainnet
auth
None. Sign the payment, retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
tier
Tier 0 — no paid upstream

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chainrequiredstring
one of: btc | eth | sol | ltc | trx | xrp | bch
addressrequiredstring
min 1 chars · max 100 chars

Code samples

cURLbash
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/crypto/address-validate?chain=btc&address=example'

# 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE:
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/crypto/address-validate?chain=btc&address=example' \
  -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>'

# Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry):
#   EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \
#     --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \
#     'https://2s.io/api/crypto/address-validate?chain=btc&address=example'
TypeScript / Node — @2sio/sdktypescript
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'

const client = new TwoS({
  privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})

const result = await client.crypto.addressValidate({
  "chain": "btc",
  "address": "example"
})

console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)
Python — 2siopython
import os
from twosio import TwoS

client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])

result = client.crypto.address_validate(chain="btc", address="example")

print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)
MCP — Claude Desktop / AgentKit / any MCP hostjson
// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
//    EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "2sio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
      "env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
    }
  }
}

// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "crypto.address-validate",
    "arguments": {
      "chain": "btc",
      "address": "example"
    }
  }
}

Discovery

2s.io is x402-native. Every call is paid per-request from a USDC-funded EVM wallet on Base — no signup, no API keys, no monthly fees. Source code: github.com/2s-io/sdk.