---
title: "Trace Lifetime"
method: POST
path: "/v1/trace/lifetime"
tags: ["trace"]
---

# Trace Lifetime

`POST /v1/trace/lifetime`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.bitpoort.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.bitpoort.com/v1/trace/lifetime`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`
  - HTTP bearer

Lifetime (full-history) 1-hop forensic ego-trace over the decoded deep
store (``t0_transfers``, ETH genesis -> coverage tip).

Returns the exact ``/v1/trace/flows`` payload shape (nodes carry
``sanctions_status`` / ``mixer_flag`` from the same screening) plus a
``coverage`` block — fail-closed: when the deep store cannot answer the
payload has zero nodes and ``coverage.status`` says why; an empty result
with a resolved tip is the honest "lifetime clean through block N".
``amount_usd`` is current-price indicative (``coverage.usd_basis``),
``None`` when unpriced.

## Request body

- LifetimeTraceRequest
  - `address` string, required
  - `chain` string
  - `direction` 'forward' | 'backward' | 'both'
  - `limit` integer
  - `case_id` integer, nullable
  - `capture` boolean

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- object

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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