Google credentials path

Settings field: GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS · Expected format: Absolute path such as /path/to/service-account.json

Paste the key in Settings → BYOK, click Save keys, and wait for Connected (or Saved for keys that are not probed from the browser).

Used for

BigQuery public datasets for on-chain activity and Hacker News mention signals.

Pricing

BigQuery charges for bytes scanned by queries. Querying public datasets still counts toward usage, but the free tier covers typical Kvantrank pipeline volume.

• Query analysis (on-demand): First 1 TiB/month free (Then $6.25 per TiB scanned)
• Storage: First 10 GiB/month free (Service account JSON storage is negligible)

Official pricing: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/pricing

New Google Cloud accounts also get trial credits. Kvantrank queries public datasets server-side in the daily pipeline.

Sign up

https://console.cloud.google.com

How to get the key

1. Create a service account (IAM & Admin → Service Accounts → Create).
2. Grant BigQuery User (or BigQuery Job User plus dataViewer on public datasets as needed).
3. Create a JSON key for the service account and download the file.
4. For local or self-hosted pipeline runs, set the env var GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS to the absolute path of that JSON file.

Notes

This field mirrors the backend environment variable name. BigQuery queries run server-side in the daily pipeline. If you need this source on a hosted BYOK account, contact support with your service account email so pipeline access can be configured.