Question 1

Why should wallets utilize an NFT API?

Accepted Answer

Wallets should focus on delivering the best end user experience, instead of building base level indexing infrastructure. By using an API provider to ingest NFT data, they can save engineering time and effort.

Question 2

What kinds of data can wallets ingest using the SimpleHash NFT API?

Accepted Answer

Wallets can pull in NFT transactions, metadata, activity on marketplaces in real-time, along with historical data and info on collections.

Question 3

What makes SimpleHash a better option for wallets than other NFT APIs?

Accepted Answer

SimpleHash has broader coverage of NFT metadata, includes NFT market data from more marketplaces and ecosystems. SimpleHash also provides a superior developer experience, including LLM powered spam scores, OpenRarity, standardized trait data, standard wallet valuations, market analytics (+ NFT volumes, market caps), reveal / drop detector events, and Solana compressed NFT support.

Question 4

How does SimpleHash help wallets properly display NFT media?

Accepted Answer

SimpleHash always includes the original media links in each response. For convenience, SimpleHash also provides cached preview versions of media files associated with an NFT. All previews will be translated to one of jpeg, png or gif formats. SVGs are converted to help with compatibility on mobile devices.

Question 5

How can wallets get rid of NFT spam?

Accepted Answer

SimpleHash provides automatic spam scores, helping wallets improve user experience by weeding out unwanted, spammy and scammy collections.

Question 6

What blockchains can wallets query NFT data on using SimpleHash?

Accepted Answer

More than 40 different mainnets and testnets, including the main EVM chains, Solana and Bitcoin Ordinals.