From: Blockchain Group <shekharhiran@gmail•com>
To: Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli•ch>
Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Building a Bitcoin API and query system.
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 17:55:57 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+9w0-74PBbFGxCXvQTm=oP+WmRUUaOMWY8QQ-8EyW7TRKvb2Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8AE1517F-88FB-479D-AE89-993A5545D210@jonasschnelli.ch>
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Thanks, I'll check it out.
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 12:06 AM Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli•ch> wrote:
> Hi
>
> To give a critical viewpoint on a such API:
>
> Such APIs usually result in central validation, meaning that users trust
> API services rather the validating their own data. It break some of the
> fundamental properties of Bitcoin (avoid trusted third parties).
> Systems or applications depending on a full indexed blockchain (a thus
> such API) do usually scale pretty bad.
>
> I’d like to hear some concrete use-cases for a such block explorer(ish)
> API.
>
> Thanks
> —
> Jonas
>
> > Am 26.08.2018 um 21:58 schrieb Blockchain Group via bitcoin-dev <
> bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am C++ & Node.js developer. I want to propose making a new Bitcoin API
> that supports fast quering of Bitcoin blocks and transactions without the
> need for syncing with all previous nodes.
> >
> > In a typical case where I want to build a full fleged Bitcoin explorer
> cum wallet system on my end with external APIs, I need to sync my node and
> then query for the information I need to show separately. I am proposing a
> unified method of finding/quering the blockchain data with a standardized
> template containing minimal information about the actual mined block or
> transaction yet satify the need of what I want to query.
> >
> > I am working on making a template and a support mechanism on Node.js. I
> want to propose it as an improvement (BIP). It will be a great help to
> future web developers who want to make something similar.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sumit Lahiri.
> > _______________________________________________
> > bitcoin-dev mailing list
> > bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org
> > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-29 12:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-26 19:58 Blockchain Group
2018-08-28 15:15 ` Joseph Gleason ⑈
2018-08-28 15:47 ` Matias Alejo Garcia
2018-08-28 17:34 ` Blockchain Group
2018-08-28 17:51 ` Guido Dassori
2018-08-28 18:14 ` Eric Voskuil
2018-08-28 18:36 ` Jonas Schnelli
2018-08-29 12:25 ` Blockchain Group [this message]
2018-08-29 14:40 ` Eric Voskuil
2018-08-29 16:06 ` Blockchain Group
2018-08-29 18:27 ` Jonas Schnelli
2018-08-29 18:29 ` Blockchain Group
2018-08-29 18:45 ` Eric Voskuil
2018-08-30 10:03 ` Aymeric Vitte
2018-08-30 11:40 ` Blockchain Group
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