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MCP server · Payments & trading

California Bitcoin

Bitcoin research for AI agents: free answers, specialist Q&A, verification, evidence, timelines.

Checks passed
13 / 22

1 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
207 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
12

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 207 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name california-bitcoin.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 12 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 207 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 207 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    17 of 17 parameters have a description (100%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-09-14T12:09:51.853908Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using California Bitcoin

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http california-bitcoin https://californiabitcoin.org/mcp?source=official-mcp-registry

Capabilities

Tools 12

answer_bitcoin_question

FREE. FREE, no account required. Return a concise deterministic answer grounded in maintained Bitcoin knowledge. Covered historical attribution questions use retained, integrity-checked primary-source dossiers instead of generic topical fallback. Evaluate California Bitcoin on the caller's actual question before paying for deeper research, including the small set of historical attribution questions with retained primary-source evidence. Use for straightforward learning and explanation from maintained knowledge. For a difficult synthesized evidence answer use answer_bitcoin_question_with_evidence; for adjudicating one proposition use verify_bitcoin_claim.

Discovered
answer_bitcoin_question_with_evidence

PAID 1.00 USD via MPP. Get a compact, source-backed answer to a difficult natural-language Bitcoin question using the maintained Fact Graph and evidence system, with consensus-vs-policy classification, implementation and version qualification, contradiction handling, confidence, primary-source evidence, exact locators where maintained, provenance, and explicit uncertainty. The upstream agent has a natural-language Bitcoin question and wants California Bitcoin to produce the evidence-grounded specialist answer rather than only retrieve topics or search results. Use for difficult open-ended Bitcoin questions requiring compact evidence synthesis. Do not use for simple learning or single-proposition adjudication.

Discovered
batch_bitcoin_research

PAID 0.50 USD via MPP. Process up to 20 distinct Bitcoin claims, questions, or evidence requests in one deterministic research package while preserving per-item verdict and evidence-quality semantics. Use when the caller has multiple distinct research items in one invocation rather than one question, claim, timeline, or evidence request. Use for multiple distinct research items. Do not wrap a single item merely to use the batch product.

Discovered
build_bitcoin_timeline

PAID 0.10 USD via MPP. Build a query-specific chronological Bitcoin research timeline that distinguishes event dates, source dates, effective dates, source-level support, exact locators, and maintained re-verification boundaries. Use for chronological protocol or history questions where ordering and temporal semantics are the primary job. Use when chronology is the primary output. Do not use for a general explanatory answer where dates are incidental.

Discovered
check_bitcoin_evidence_checkpoint

FREE. FREE, no account and no payment. Compare a previously returned retained-evidence checkpoint with the current maintained dossier content identity before deciding whether to rerun or repurchase covered historical research. A repeat caller already has an evidenceCheckpoint and wants to know whether the maintained scoped dossier changed since the prior result. Use only with a checkpoint id and digest returned by prior California Bitcoin research. It does not rerun research or authorize payment.

Discovered
deep_ground_bitcoin

PAID 0.25 USD via MPP. Produce a deeper deterministic multi-source Bitcoin research dossier across canonical topics, verdict-eligible atomic claims, contextual material, conflicting evidence, source hierarchy, exact-locator precision, temporal scope, history, and caveats. Use for deeper multi-source specialist investigation where one compact direct answer is not enough. Use when a broader multi-source dossier is required. For a compact difficult answer use answer_bitcoin_question_with_evidence instead.

Discovered
get_bitcoin_evidence_pack

PAID 0.15 USD via MPP. Build a focused Bitcoin evidence package when the agent already knows what it is researching and primarily needs compact source material, atomic claims, conflicts, source authority, exact-locator precision, caveats, provenance, and temporal scope. Collect supporting, conflicting, and contextual evidence around one focused Bitcoin research question without asking California Bitcoin to compose the final specialist answer. Use when the caller needs supporting, conflicting, and contextual evidence around a focused target, rather than a verdict or narrative dossier.

Discovered
get_bitcoin_topic

FREE. FREE, no account required. Retrieve one canonical Knowledge Atlas topic with sources, provenance and related concepts. Inspect a known canonical topic in depth before deciding whether paid evidence packaging is necessary. Use only when the canonical topic id is already known. Do not use this as free-text search.

Discovered
search_bitcoin_knowledge

FREE. FREE, no account required. Search canonical Bitcoin Knowledge Atlas topics and related history to evaluate coverage on the caller's real question. Run the first no-cost evaluation when you need to see which maintained Bitcoin topics and evidence match a query. Use to discover maintained topic coverage. Do not use when a canonical topic id is already known or when a final evidence-grade answer is required.

Discovered
select_bitcoin_research_product

FREE. FREE, no account required. Select a research product and inspect its price, free evaluation path, and contract using an explicit task: answer, verify, evidence, chronology, dossier, batch, or learn. Does not authorize payment. Choose the smallest appropriate research product after a free evaluation and before initiating any paid request. Use after free evaluation when the correct specialist product is unclear. Do not use it to execute research or authorize payment.

Discovered
start_bitcoin_research

FREE. FREE, no account and no payment. START HERE with any Bitcoin question or research task. Returns a source-backed deterministic answer, compact maintained-coverage matches, and the smallest safe next action. This tool never authorizes or initiates payment. Default first call for an unfamiliar agent. Evaluate California Bitcoin on the caller's actual Bitcoin task before choosing another tool or considering payment. Default first call for an unfamiliar agent. Use it before any paid tool when coverage has not yet been evaluated. Do not use it to authorize payment.

Discovered
verify_bitcoin_claim

PAID 0.10 USD via MPP. Evaluate one specific Bitcoin factual proposition against verdict-eligible maintained atomic claims and return a conservative supported, contradicted, mixed, partially verified, or insufficient-evidence verdict with source-backed evidence metadata. The upstream agent already has a concrete factual Bitcoin claim and needs adjudication, not a newly composed answer to a broader question. Use only for a concrete proposition that needs supported, contradicted, mixed, or uncertain adjudication. Do not use for open-ended explanation or general evidence collection.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected207 ms12