# Bitcoin

Keep an eye on the Bitcoin node behind your mint from Orchard, and run the sovereign, node-only USD price oracle from the Oracle tab.

Connecting your Bitcoin node to Orchard gives you a dedicated view of the node.
The integration also quietly powers features across the rest of the app.

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![Orchard's Bitcoin view on the Oracle tab, beside a Dashboard tab, for the node "main". A UTC date-range picker and the latest price of $76,729 sit above a UTXOracle backfill form and a chart plotting USD price history over the past months; a backfill is in progress, reporting 13 successful and 0 failed.](../../../assets/your-orchard-bitcoin.png)

<figcaption>The Oracle tab — a node-only USD price feed you can chart and backfill.</figcaption>

</figure>

<Aside type="note" title="Connecting your node">
  Which Bitcoin node Orchard connects to, and how, is set with environment
  variables. See [Installation & Configuration](/install/configuration/#bitcoin).
</Aside>

## Bitcoin Dashboard

Today, the [home page](/orchard/home/#bitcoin) contains information about your Bitcoin node.
A dedicated dashboard is coming soon.

## Oracle

The Oracle is an optional feature that allows you to add in-app USD
conversions alongside Bitcoin values using only your own node's on-chain data.

You can backfill price history all the way back to 2020 in order to get accurate conversions
on historical transactions. To learn more about the Oracle and how to enable it, see [Settings → Application → Bitcoin](/orchard/settings/#bitcoin).

## AI

Connecting a Bitcoin node also gives the [AI agent](/orchard/settings/#ai) read-only tools for knowing
what's happening on your node:

- **Network Info** — peer connections and network status.
- **Blockchain Info** — sync progress and chain state.
- **Bitcoin Analytics** — on-chain payment activity and fees over time.