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Kairos Signal Technical Manual

Verifiable DePIN supply-side telemetry. Every value carries its source, a timestamp, and a verify_url you can check yourself. Provenance-first: we bring receipts.

What this is: A public technical manual describing the Kairos Signal data platform — what we collect, how we classify it, and what products you can buy.
For the full API reference with curl examples, auth details, and response schemas, see Customer API Reference.

Live Numbers (measured 2026-08-25)

457

Networks with live data

296

First-party telemetry

11,061

Live series

Data sources

665K

Rows in ClickHouse

800

Networks cataloged

These numbers are measured live from our ClickHouse warehouse and the /v1/networks API endpoint. You can verify them yourself at kairossignal.com/v1/networks (free, no key required).

Provenance-First Methodology

In a world drowning in AI slop and made-up numbers, we bring receipts. Every single value in our system carries:

Field	What it means
`source`	The exact data source name (e.g. `akash_console`, `solana_rpc`, `CoinGecko /coins/markets`)
`as_of`	UTC timestamp when the value was measured — not when we stored it
`verify_url`	A URL pointing to the upstream API endpoint a buyer can call themselves to check the number
`freshness`	fresh / stale / dead — based on expected refresh cadence per source

No zero-fill. No estimates. No back-fill. If a metric isn't flowing, it's absent — not zero. A value that doesn't exist is not the same as a value of zero, and we never confuse the two.

Each daily batch is Merkle-rooted and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps, so you can cryptographically verify that a value existed at a specific time.

Network Coverage

We catalog 800 DePIN networks across compute, storage, wireless, sensor, AI, and other categories. Of those, 457 symbols (328 networks plus 129 Bittensor subnets) have live data flowing. Each network is classified into one of three telemetry tiers:

Tier	Count	What it means
first_party_telemetry	379 distinct symbols (383 catalog rows)	Network's own API or chain is being read directly — node counts, committed CPU/GPU, storage, leases, staking, coverage, token supply via RPC
onchain_only	78	We have on-chain market data (price, market cap, volume from CoinGecko/DefiLlama) but no first-party feed yet
catalog_only	339	The project is catalogued (name, website, category) but no data is flowing yet

The distinction between first-party and commodity data is the product. Anyone can pull CoinGecko prices. We read the network's own API or blockchain directly — that's the scarce, differentiating layer.

Data Sources (top 15 by network count)

Source	Networks	Type	What it reads
`CoinGecko /coins/markets`	288	Market (commodity)	Price, market cap, volume, circulating supply
`subtensor_rpc`	130	First-party (chain)	Bittensor subnet registered UIDs
`evm_blockscout`	118	First-party (chain)	Holders, transfers, gas, contract stats
`github`	54	Dev velocity	Stars, open issues, forks, repos
`bsc_rpc`	50	First-party (chain)	BSC ERC-20 totalSupply, burn balance
`solana_rpc`	49	First-party (chain)	Solana L1: epoch, supply, inflation, validators, nodes, TPS
`first_party_api`	44	First-party (API)	Per-network stats APIs (Akash, Helium, Storj, Filecoin, etc.)
`ethereum_rpc`	32	First-party (chain)	Ethereum ERC-20 totalSupply
`ethereum_blockscout`	27	First-party (chain)	Ethereum holders, transfers, gas
`DefiLlama /protocols`	25	Revenue	Protocol TVL
`DefiLlama /overview/fees`	21	Revenue	On-chain protocol fees (24h/7d/30d)
`bsc_deep_stats`	20	First-party (chain)	BSC token supply + circulating
`cosmos_lcd`	12	First-party (chain)	Cosmos validators, bonded stake, supply
`DefiLlama /v2/chains`	16	Market	Chain-level TVL
`polygon_rpc`	6	First-party (chain)	Polygon ERC-20 totalSupply

69 distinct sources total. Every source is named on every value. First-party sources (the network's own API or chain node) are flagged — commodity sources (CoinGecko, DefiLlama) are labeled as such.

Telemetry Tier Classification

Each network is assigned a tier based on what data is actually flowing — not what we plan to collect:

TIER LOGIC
IF network has a first-party stats API registered → first_party_telemetry
ELIF live supply telemetry is flowing (from any chain-direct source) → first_party_telemetry
ELIF on-chain market data exists (price, supply from CoinGecko) → onchain_only
ELSE → catalog_only (project known but no data flowing)

No enrichment is invented. A tier only reflects data that actually exists.

REST API (19 endpoints, all live)

The primary delivery mechanism. All endpoints return JSON. Base URL: https://api.kairossignal.com (proxied at https://kairossignal.com/v1/).

GET /v1/networks Free

Full network list with telemetry tiers, coverage, and provenance. Returns 800 networks with their tier classification.

GET /v1/network/<SYM> Free

Single network detail — all metrics, sources, and verify_urls for one ticker.

GET /v1/supply Free

First-party supply telemetry (the scarce tier). Every value from a network's own API or chain, with verify_url.

GET /v1/market Free

Market data — price, market cap, volume, circulating/total/max supply from CoinGecko.

GET /v1/revenue Free

Protocol revenue and fees from DefiLlama (24h/7d/30d/all-time).

GET /v1/provenance Free

Source registry — every data source with its description and verify_url template.

GET /v1/correlations Paid

Cross-network correlation matrix.

GET /v1/correlations/lead-lag Paid

Lead-lag analysis between networks.

GET /v1/indicators Paid

Technical indicators across the network universe.

GET /v1/signals Paid

Trading signals derived from the analytical layers.

GET /v1/digest Paid

Daily digest of material changes across the estate.

GET /v1/changes Paid

Recent changes and movements in network metrics.

GET /v1/compare?metric=<canonical> Paid

Compare all networks on a single canonical metric.

GET /v1/history?network=<SYM>&metric=<M>&days=<N> Paid

Historical time series for a network+metric over N days.

GET /v1/health-profile/<SYM> Paid

Network health profile with composite scoring.

GET /v1/grades Paid

Network grades across multiple dimensions.

GET /v1/enrichment/<SYM> Paid

Enrichment data per network — additional context beyond raw metrics.

GET /v1/ai-intel Paid

AI intelligence layer — conviction scores, category analysis.

GET /health Free

API health check.

Free endpoints (no API key needed): /health, /v1/networks, /v1/network/<SYM>, /v1/supply, /v1/market, /v1/revenue, /v1/provenance.
Paid endpoints require an X-API-Key header. Without a valid key, they return 402 payment_required.

Analytical Engines (:6035)

Paid analytical endpoints that compute derived intelligence from the raw data:

Endpoint	Metrics	What it computes
`/v1/node-quality`	5	Per-network node quality scoring
`/v1/sector-health`	4	Sector-level health indices
`/v1/bot-detection`	5	Bot activity detection signals
`/v1/competitive-landscape`	4	Competitive positioning metrics
`/v1/gpu-supply-demand`	6	GPU market supply/demand analysis

Engines are available on the Pro plan ($499/mo) and above. They return 402 payment_required without a valid paid API key.

MCP Server & Agent Tools

We expose a Model Context Protocol server for AI agents at https://kairossignal.com/mcp/. 10 tools available, agent-ready.

We also publish an A2A agent card at https://a2a.kairossignal.com/.well-known/agent-card.json for agent-to-agent discovery per the A2A protocol.

Agents can self-serve credits via Stripe checkout or USDC on Base. No human interaction required to start consuming data.

DAG Manifold Correlation Engine

A 63-layer symplectic neural correlation engine available as a separate product at dag.kairossignal.com. Pricing: $99/mo per customer.

Computes cross-network correlation manifolds using symplectic geometry — detecting structural relationships invisible to standard linear correlation analysis.

GPU Compute API

Inference endpoints at gpu.kairossignal.com. Pricing: $0.002/1K input tokens, $0.004/1K output tokens.

Plans & Pricing

Plan	Price	What you get
Verify Free	$0	Browse `/v1/networks`, `/v1/supply`, `/v1/provenance` with verify_urls. No key needed.
Design Partner	$199/mo	Full API access (19 endpoints). Locked 12-month rate.
Pro	$499/mo	Full API + 5 analytical engines (node-quality, sector-health, bot-detection, competitive-landscape, gpu-supply-demand).
Enterprise	from $2,000/mo	Custom schemas, SLA, dedicated support, due diligence packages.

Additional products:

DAG Manifold API — $99/mo (dag.kairossignal.com)
GPU Compute — $0.002/1K input, $0.004/1K output tokens (gpu.kairossignal.com)

Authentication

Free endpoints require no authentication. Paid endpoints require an API key passed via the X-API-Key header:

CURL EXAMPLE — PAID ENDPOINTcurl -H "X-API-Key: your-key-here" \
  https://api.kairossignal.com/v1/correlations

API keys are obtained through the self-serve credit system at checkout.kairossignal.com (Stripe) or via crypto deposit (USDC on Base).

Without a valid key, paid endpoints return HTTP 402 Payment Required — not an error, but a clear signal that payment is needed.

Crypto Payments (USDC on Base)

Agents and customers can pay with USDC on Base. Deposit address:

DEPOSIT ADDRESS0x2AaE65Fd8D80de18583590DbE0A17758889a89d0

How it works: Send USDC (Base network) to the deposit address. The watcher (runs every 5 minutes) detects inbound transactions, requires 2 confirmations, and credits your account. Sender-bound matching — the wallet that sends determines which account gets credited.

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All numbers measured 2026-08-25. Verify free at /v1/networks.
Questions: [email protected]