Alkanes Integration
This document provides details on how to interact with the Bound Alkane API, including generating mapped addresses, retrieving address mappings, viewing address history, and understanding transaction status codes. Provider endpoints are:
SIGNET_URL
: https://signet.bound.money
MAINNET_URL
: https://api.bound.money
1. POST - Generate new mapped address
Path: {PROVIDER_URL}/api/v1/generate-mapped-address
Generate a new mapped (EVM deposit) address for a given Bitcoin Taproot address.
Request Body
{
"taproot_address": "tb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf"
}
curl -X POST --location 'https://signet.bound.money/api/v1/generate-mapped-address' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"taproot_address": "tb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf"
}'
Responses
200 OK
Success
{"status":true,"message":"Request Generating mapped address success"}
400 Bad Request
Invalid input
2. GET - Get mapped address
Path: {PROVIDER_URL}/api/v1/get-mapped-address?taproot_address={bitcoinAddress}
Retrieve the mapped EVM deposit address for a given Bitcoin Taproot address.
Request URL
cURL
curl -X GET --location 'https://signet.bound.money/api/v1/get-mapped-address?taproot_address=tb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf'
Responses
200 OK
Success
{"status":true,"message":"Get Mapped Address","data":{"taproot_address":"tb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf","evm_address":"0x40c7EC9FF6aFE0e021dFD0626b70BaC671D97e7D"}}
400 Bad Request
Invalid input
3. GET - Get address history
Path: {PROVIDER_URL}/api/v1/get-address-history
Retrieve mint and redeem transaction history for a Bitcoin Taproot address.
Request URL
cURL
curl -X GET --location 'https://signet.bound.money/api/v1/get-address-history?taproot_address=tb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf&cursor=0&size=16'
Response
200 OK
Success
{"status":true,"message":"Get Address History","data":[{"id":"2ad2a8c6-fafd-4bba-92d2-581ad1f16278","tx_id":"0x76b8e60d633277c4aab4e0f5b450b7fe8baf29598ec30d2e424b0b527b273f2d","sequence_number":"","from_address":"0xD21968daE95717C723e5C129db9eaCC268e9ca44","source_token_address":"0x9D0aE8E3898c4351A98287Af5DD0f9a41b0ff3dc","dest_token_address":"2:571","amount":"4000000","destination_addr":"tb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf","destination_chain_id":667,"destination_tx_id":"1cd4afd6c3a657ed1d79ecbea8f66881a6e9bde04959974a5d0388b1c04d9b44","source_chain_id":11155111,"status":"broadcastedAlkane","block_height":8730955},{"id":"4c5a554b-9c2f-49b1-8507-28e304fa56e1","tx_id":"0xa2ac9f3e84495dfc516bd8921d95fcd7697f8d70e80180867a706baf9ef9665b","sequence_number":"","from_address":"0xD21968daE95717C723e5C129db9eaCC268e9ca44","source_token_address":"0xF68B608448281926498596FB8567b77984f1E647","dest_token_address":"2:571","amount":"9000000","destination_addr":"tb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf","destination_chain_id":667,"destination_tx_id":"1cd4afd6c3a657ed1d79ecbea8f66881a6e9bde04959974a5d0388b1c04d9b44","source_chain_id":11155111,"status":"broadcastedAlkane","block_height":8730954}]}
400 Bad Request
Bad request
Redemption
The official bUSD contract https://ordiscan.com/alkane/bUSD/2:56801
Users can call the contract directly to redeem function id 88
token_id
: ( 3 for usdc and 1 for usdt ) to redeem on Ethereum,destination_chain_id
: 1 (Ethereum) we only support 1 for now,First haft of EVM address : 16 bytes,
Second hard of EVM address: last 4 bytes

Alkanes Mint Status Codes
rejectedAlkane
Sent token is not in the list of accepted stable coins, or sent amount is lower than the minimum requirement
pendingAlkane
Bound detected the request transaction
confirmedAlkane
The request transaction has been confirmed for at least x blocks on the EVM chain
failedAlkane
Invalid receiver address on the Bitcoin chain
processingAlkane
The mint transaction is created
broadcastedAlkane
The mint transaction is broadcasted to the bitcoin mempool
completedAlkane
The mint transaction has been confirmed for at least x blocks on the Bitcoin chain
claimedAlkane
Bound claimed the stable coin from the EVM mapped address
Redeem Status Codes
rejected
Sent amount is lower than the minimum requirement
pending
Bound detected the request transaction
confirmed
The request transaction has been confirmed for at least x blocks on the Bitcoin chain
failed
Invalid receiver address on the EVM chain
processing
The redeem transaction is created
broadcasted
The redeem transaction is broadcasted to the EVM chain
completed
The redeem transaction has been confirmed for at least x blocks on the EVM chain
Usage Examples
Create deposit address for a bitcoin address:
Call
/generate-mapped-address
API to request Bound to create a deposit address for bitcoin Signet taproot addresstb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf
Minting Alkane bUSD by transferring USDC/USDT to the deposit address:
Call
/get-mapped-address
API with taproot addresstb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf
as the param, Bound will return the EVM deposit address0x40c7EC9FF6aFE0e021dFD0626b70BaC671D97e7D
for user to deposit their stable coins intoUser send 6 testnet USDC (contract address
0x9d0ae8e3898c4351a98287af5dd0f9a41b0ff3dc
) to0x40c7EC9FF6aFE0e021dFD0626b70BaC671D97e7D
on Sepolia Testnet, Bound will subtract the 2 USDC mint fee from the request, and send 4 Alkane bUSD to taproot addresstb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf
on bitcoin SignetUser send 10 testnet USDT (contract address
0xf68b608448281926498596fb8567b77984f1e647
) to0x40c7EC9FF6aFE0e021dFD0626b70BaC671D97e7D
on Sepolia Testnet, Bound will subtract the 2 USDT mint fee from the request, and send 4 Alkane bUSD to taproot addresstb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf
on bitcoin SignetUser send 1 testnet USDT (contract address
0xf68b608448281926498596fb8567b77984f1e647
) to0x40c7EC9FF6aFE0e021dFD0626b70BaC671D97e7D
on Sepolia Testnet, Bound will reject this request and won’t send any Alkane bUSD because 1 USDT amount is lower than mint fee
View Transaction History
Call
/get-address-history
API with taproot addresstb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf
,cursor=0
andsize=3
as params to get 3 latest mint/redeem requests related that taproot addressCall
/get-address-history
API with taproot addresstb1pde5vk4gkneqccwesh7mn09a78e8la3kxs5epu39kwshk7pa6reqsse6yyf
,cursor=3
andsize=5
as params to get the next 5 mint/redeem requests related that taproot address after the 3 latest requests above
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