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Chainhook reports LINK transfers from 0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca only. Tokens on Ethereum that copy the LINK name or symbol are ignored, so a spoofed deposit never reaches your endpoint.
Get a signed webhook when a Ethereum address sends or receives ChainLink Token (LINK). Chainhook waits 12 blocks, about 2 minutes, then posts the transfer to your endpoint.
The contract Chainhook watches, how amounts are scaled, and how long LINK takes to reach your endpoint.
0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986caDetecting deposits yourself means running or renting a node, subscribing to new heads, filtering Transfer logs, handling reorgs, and backfilling after downtime. Chainhook does that for every block, waits 12 confirmations, and sends you one event per matching transfer.
Create a webhook with network: "ethereum", type: "token" and the address you want to watch. The signing secret is returned once.
Every Ethereum block is scanned. A matching LINK transfer is held until it is 12 blocks deep, about 2 minutes.
A transfer.detected event arrives with an X-Webhook-Signature header. Failed attempts are retried automatically, up to 3 attempts in total, waiting 1 minute, then 5 minutes between attempts.
{
"network": "ethereum",
"type": "token",
"direction": "in",
"address": "0x5b8ddac816baad6111c7c7b39c88355c00ba7ea1",
"webhook_url": "https://api.example.com/webhooks/chainhook"
}What your endpoint receives for an incoming LINK transfer on Ethereum. amount is already scaled by decimals; amount_raw is the on-chain integer.
POST /webhooks/chainhook HTTP/1.1 Host: api.example.com Content-Type: application/json User-Agent: chainhook/1.x X-Webhook-Id: 01a0fbfd-4fe4-7a3c-8f21-6b9d0e4c7a15 X-Webhook-Signature: 7a12d02673420517279805cf8188a1a62c6f69706161ba5cf0a8ec91ea66b8e3 { "id": "01a0fbfd-4fe4-7a3c-8f21-6b9d0e4c7a15", "event": "transfer.detected", "created_at": "2026-10-02T09:41:17Z", "webhook_id": "01a0fbf2-fadc-7c3e-9b1a-4d6f2e8a5c71", "data": { "network": "ethereum", "direction": "in", "type": "token", "transaction_hash": "0xdaf7068dc860066b2f74bd5cc1181cc2512681f580f2aec6171c0ef3dac503ec", "transfer_index": 57, "block_number": 26239201, "block_hash": "0xe9dcf5f9c1a0475f8ea1fb9a215efaebd0e0db95bb92ae120cf86a9008a8ba48", "block_timestamp": "2026-10-02T09:41:05Z", "confirmations": 12, "from": "0x5bf5a1da194ed738308ecbfcfa38f6e1dc50ace5", "to": "0x5b8ddac816baad6111c7c7b39c88355c00ba7ea1", "currency": "LINK", "amount": "1000", "amount_raw": "1000000000000000000000", "decimals": 18, "contract_address": "0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca" } }
X-Webhook-Signature is a hex HMAC-SHA256 of the raw body, keyed with your webhook's secret. Reject any request where it doesn't match.
import crypto from 'node:crypto'; import express from 'express'; const app = express(); app.post( '/webhooks/chainhook', express.raw({ type: 'application/json' }), (req, res) => { const signature = req.get('X-Webhook-Signature') ?? ''; const expected = crypto .createHmac('sha256', process.env.CHAINHOOK_SIGNING_SECRET) .update(req.body) .digest('hex'); const valid = signature.length === expected.length && crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(signature), Buffer.from(expected)); if (!valid) { return res.sendStatus(401); } const event = JSON.parse(req.body); // Skip event.id if you've already processed it. res.sendStatus(200); }, );
Chainhook reports LINK transfers from 0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca only. Tokens on Ethereum that copy the LINK name or symbol are ignored, so a spoofed deposit never reaches your endpoint.
LINK on Ethereum uses 18 decimals. Credit the amount string, or scale amount_raw by decimals; never parse amounts as floating-point numbers.
Use direction: "in" for incoming LINK, "out" for withdrawals, or "any" to follow every movement on the address.
Delivery is at least once. Store the event id, or transaction_hash with transfer_index, and skip events you have already processed.
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0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca, with 18 decimals.
Create a webhook with network: "ethereum", type: "token", direction: "in" and the receiving address. Each confirmed LINK transfer arrives as a transfer.detected event.
About 2 minutes. Chainhook waits 12 blocks on Ethereum before it sends the event.
No. Chainhook only reads public blockchain data. You register a public address and receive events about it.
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