AILayer RPC Endpoint

Flat-rate AILayer RPC provider and AILayer RPC node access: free tier, no KYC, HTTP. AILayer mainnet chain ID 2649.

AILayer brings Ethereum JSON-RPC and Solidity contracts to Bitcoin-aligned assets, with BTC used as the native gas asset. The network exposes chain ID 2649, so standard EVM wallets, indexers and libraries can connect without a custom transport.

About AILayer

AILayer is part of the BTCfi ecosystem: it combines an EVM execution environment with a Bitcoin-denominated gas asset. That makes it familiar to Ethereum developers while giving applications direct exposure to BTC-denominated fees and assets.

The network exposes the standard Ethereum JSON-RPC surface, so eth_call, eth_getBalance, eth_getLogs and contract deployment work with the usual tooling. Check the network's bridge and finality documentation before moving assets across chains.

Common Use Cases on AILayer

• BTC-denominated EVM applications
• BTCfi and cross-chain asset apps
• Wallets and indexers reading AILayer state
• Solidity contracts using standard Ethereum tooling

AILayer Ecosystem

AILayer sits in the broader Bitcoin DeFi and BTCfi ecosystem, where EVM tooling is used to build around Bitcoin-denominated assets.

AILayer Mainnet RPC URL (HTTP)

AILayer WebSocket RPC URL

Not available for AILayer right now: none of its upstreams currently accepts a subscription in our health checks. Poll the HTTP endpoint above instead.

Quick Start: Connect to AILayer

cURL

curl -X POST https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/ailayer?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/ailayer?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
);

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

viem

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

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

const blockNumber = await client.getBlockNumber();

web3.py

from web3 import Web3

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

Add AILayer to MetaMask

Bridging to AILayer

Move assets through the bridges supported by the AILayer ecosystem and verify the destination chain's finality and bridge limits before transferring funds.

Features of SwiftNodes for AILayer

• 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 support (WebSocket not available for this chain right now)
• One API key works across all 131 supported chains and their testnets, including AILayer

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Frequently Asked Questions: AILayer

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