Syscoin RPC Endpoint

Flat-rate Syscoin RPC provider and Syscoin RPC node access: free tier, no KYC, HTTP & WebSocket. Syscoin mainnet chain ID 57.

Syscoin mainnet RPC URL: https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/syscoin?key=YOUR_API_KEY
WebSocket: wss://rpc.swiftnodes.io/ws/syscoin?key=YOUR_API_KEY

Syscoin is a Bitcoin-secured network running a dual architecture: a UTXO main chain merged-mined with Bitcoin via AuxPoW, plus NEVM, an EVM-compatible virtual machine for smart contracts. SYS is the native gas token.

Network: Syscoin
Type: EVM
Chain ID: 57
Slug: syscoin
Native token: SYS (Syscoin)
Category: Layer 1

Syscoin on the SwiftNodes fleet, right now

Status: online
Latency: 194 ms
Latest block: 1,009,249
WebSocket: available

8 of 12 probed RPC methods supported (archive, batch, eth_getProof, eth_getBlockReceipts). The gaps are listed per chain in the method support matrix.

Status and latency from our health checks, refreshed about every 5 minutes. Uptime history. Method support probed automatically on 2026-10-11. Network status

Syscoin developer facts, measured

Block time:
~3 min (average of the last 1,000 blocks)
Finality:
the finalized tag trails the head by ~13 blocks (~33 min)
eth_getLogs range:
5,000-block ranges accepted; the next size we test was refused
Historical state:
readable 64 blocks back, not 10,000

Measured 2026-10-11 through this page's endpoint, re-measured weekly. Limits can differ between the upstream nodes behind it. All chains: measured chain facts.

About Syscoin

Syscoin's distinguishing design is that Bitcoin miners can secure it without extra work: AuxPoW lets a miner embed a Syscoin tag in a Bitcoin block, so Syscoin inherits Bitcoin hash power and fork-awareness instead of running its own validator set. On top of that UTXO base layer, NEVM provides EVM smart contracts, and the project positions the combination as a Bitcoin layer 2 with a data-availability role for rollups.

Contract developers see a normal EVM surface on chain ID 57 with SYS paying fees. The architecture is worth understanding if you are moving assets: the UTXO side and the EVM side are separate execution environments inside one network, so asset transfers between them are not the same operation as an EVM-to-EVM call.

Common Use Cases on Syscoin

  • Bitcoin-secured smart contracts
  • Asset issuance
  • Payments merged-mined with Bitcoin
  • Rollup data availability

Syscoin Mainnet RPC URL (HTTP)

https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/syscoin?key=YOUR_API_KEY

Syscoin WebSocket RPC URL

wss://rpc.swiftnodes.io/ws/syscoin?key=YOUR_API_KEY

Quick Start: Connect to Syscoin

cURL

curl -X POST https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/syscoin?key=YOUR_API_KEY \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}'

ethers.js

import { JsonRpcProvider } from "ethers";

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider(
  "https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/syscoin?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
);

const blockNumber = await provider.getBlockNumber();
console.log("Syscoin block:", blockNumber);

viem

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

const client = createPublicClient({
  transport: http("https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/syscoin?key=YOUR_API_KEY"),
});

const blockNumber = await client.getBlockNumber();

web3.py

from web3 import Web3

w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider("https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/syscoin?key=YOUR_API_KEY"))
print("Syscoin block:", w3.eth.block_number)

Add Syscoin to MetaMask

Network Name: Syscoin (SwiftNodes)
RPC URL: https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/syscoin?key=YOUR_API_KEY
Chain ID: 57
Currency Symbol: SYS
WebSocket: wss://rpc.swiftnodes.io/ws/syscoin?key=YOUR_API_KEY

Features of SwiftNodes for Syscoin

  • Load-balanced across multiple upstream nodes wherever a chain has more than one, with automatic failover
  • Health-checked every 2 minutes with automatic failover
  • Free tier available — no credit card or KYC required
  • Flat-rate monthly pricing with no per-request fees
  • HTTP and WebSocket support
  • One API key works across all 75+ supported chains, including Syscoin

Rate Limits

PlanPriceHTTP req/sWS msg/s
Free$0/mo21
Starter$49/mo5025
Growth$89/mo15075
Scale$149/mo300150
Pro$249/mo500250

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