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IOTA

IOTA (IOTA) is a delegated-proof-of-stake Layer 1 using Starfish consensus, with the Rebased mainnet and MoveVM going live on May 5, 2025. Smart contracts are written in Move and operate over an object-based ledger, while full nodes execute transactions and track owned and shared objects, checkpoints, validator state, and resulting ledger state. This object-centric Move model is closely related to other Move-based systems, making objects, transactions, checkpoints, and modules the primary primitives exposed to applications.

IOTA API Methods and Endpoints

NOWNodes exposes IOTA's interface, plus a few others, depending on what your integration needs: JSON-RPC for reading chain state and broadcasting transactions.

Browse the interfaces below for endpoint details, request parameters, response formats, and integration examples. Create an API key, select Mainnet or Testnet, choose the required interface, and start sending requests from your application.

Weighing IOTA RPC providers against each other? Read the comparison guide on our blog — this page stays focused on integration reference.

Quick start

01

Get an API key

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02

Select environment

Mainnet or Sepolia testnet.

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Choose an interface

RPC, WSS, Blockbook, or Trace/Debug.

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Send a request

Call it from your application.

RPCJSON-RPCStandard RPC methods for reading chain state and broadcasting transactions.Node APIs →WSSWebSocketPersistent connections for new blocks, pending transactions, and log events as they happen.WSS API →T/DTrace & DebugStep-level execution traces for inspecting calls and diagnosing transactions.Trace & Debug API →ARCArchive modeFull historical state access beyond standard node retention.Archive nodes →MCPModel Context ProtocolThe Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI assistants call external tools through a uniform interface.MCP →

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