Title: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: physalis on August 23, 2013, 04:57:21 PM Recently, I found that I spent way too much time just copying addresses, pasting them to blockchain.info, then checking all the time while I wait for confirmations.
That was my inspiration to create AddressWatch. I've been using it for a while now and find it to be quite useful. Features - Monitors your clipboard for Bitcoin addresses. - Whenever you copy a bitcoin address, it creates a window on the side of the screen that monitors the address. - Shows balance, recent transactions and their confirmation-levels - Can show a QR code for the address - Allows to maintain a "WatchList" of addresses that you can assign a name and that are saved for the future and monitored in the background - Gives notifications if the balance of an address on the WatchList changes The program doesn't interact directly with the blockchain. It queries blockchain.info, so it depends on the availability of this site. The source (.NET C#) is included in the .zip, I'd really like it if someone could verify that it doesn't contain any malicious code. Download & Run: v.1.1 (http://www.mediafire.com/download/utl3pbol4hsmdq4/BTCAddressWatch1.1.zip) - QRCode functionality added (right click the address to show), also minor improvements Make sure you have .NET framework 4.5 installed. Unzip and start "BTCAddressWatch.exe" in the "bin" folder. The program is then running in the background, so you will not notice anything happen right away. Try ctrl+c'ing a bitcoin address and a window should pop up. You can access the settings and other stuff via the icon in the taskbar. Older Versions: v.1.0 (http://www.mediafire.com/download/y35h3k28u6765mt/BTCAddressWatch1.0.zip) Screenshots: https://i.imgur.com/CzmZtvK.png https://i.imgur.com/SbEK4xi.png https://i.imgur.com/4YLSzzx.png https://i.imgur.com/3FWcGd0.png https://i.imgur.com/i3pIYbM.png Planned future features: - Allow invoke by hotkey, not by monitoring the clipboard - Allow display in mBTC - ... Please let me know what you think. I'm open for any ideas or suggestions. Please also report any bugs you might find. Donations are welcome: 13xrZTeSs9QASsMpnX1ZpNp4Ze4KJP8WYW Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: physalis on August 23, 2013, 05:11:23 PM reserved
Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: jaycuse on August 23, 2013, 06:56:05 PM Nice, I had plans (still kind of plan to, just need to find the time) to do something similar using javascript and html, so I could just have it run on a tab in my browser.
Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: vaio127 on August 23, 2013, 07:20:38 PM I'm assuming this uses the .NET framework. Which version did you build it with?
Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: The Bitcoin Catalog on August 23, 2013, 07:28:59 PM Cool features 8)
Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: vaio127 on August 23, 2013, 07:49:27 PM Looks pretty good and does the job well!
As it appears this requires .NET 4.5, you might want to lower the requirements down to 2.0 if possible to attract a larger audience. Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: physalis on August 23, 2013, 09:36:01 PM Looks pretty good and does the job well! Yes, it's 4.5. Thanks for the hint, I'll check out tomorrow if I can lower the target framework without any problems.As it appears this requires .NET 4.5, you might want to lower the requirements down to 2.0 if possible to attract a larger audience. I'm planning to add the QR Code functionality tomorrow and if all goes well, I'll put the next version up with that and a lower target. Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: BrianDeery on August 23, 2013, 10:26:25 PM nothing blatantly viral.
passed virustotal.com scan. https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/d8a2aeaa85030c5d630d9dea7cc7939ab4ca2d919320cd101127b09f600b7ca7/analysis/1377296644/ (https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/d8a2aeaa85030c5d630d9dea7cc7939ab4ca2d919320cd101127b09f600b7ca7/analysis/1377296644/) Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: BrianDeery on August 23, 2013, 10:34:11 PM This code relies on blockchain.info being accessible.
Code: public JArray GetTransactions(Address address) Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: physalis on August 23, 2013, 10:50:49 PM Thanks for reviewing the code! I mentioned that in the OP though. Quote from: physalis The program queries blockchain.info, so it depends on the availability of this site. Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: BrianDeery on August 23, 2013, 11:04:34 PM Indeed, I see that now.
I was excited you did something local like scanning the blockchain files on the hard drive or connect to the qt client interface. I am struggling with that right now, but I don't want to get off topic. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=279273.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=279273.0) Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: physalis on August 23, 2013, 11:45:42 PM I was excited you did something local like scanning the blockchain files on the hard drive or connect to the qt client interface. I am struggling with that right now, but I don't want to get off topic. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=279273.0 Sorry to disappoint you :D I was thinking about trying to interface with the local blockchain, to have it as a second option. But after looking into it (albeit just superficially) I got to the same problem that you're describing: it's just not that easy to find transactions that involve a specific address. You'd basically wade your way through all blocks in the chain and cherry-pick out every transaction. I gave up on the thought since I didn't want my program to rely on the user running a full node. And as a second option for the people that do, it didn't seem worth the trouble. But if you happen to find a way to do this without heavy calculations/resource usage, please let me know. Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: physalis on August 25, 2013, 12:48:55 PM QRCode functionality added
https://i.imgur.com/i3pIYbM.png Unfortunately, the JSON library I used requires .NET framework 4.5, so I can't lower it for now :/ Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: SimBesh on September 27, 2013, 10:04:11 AM hi just tried your tool.
I ran it and tried to add my first address by ctrl+c by it crashed out with this error edit: Running win7 x64 .net 4.5 installed edit2: seems to crash out if there is a BTC address on the clipboard before the program is ran Code: See the end of this message for details on invoking Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: physalis on September 30, 2013, 12:41:44 PM Program crashed on transactions with newly generated coins (null pointer on the inputs ::))
Fixed. Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: Keldel on September 30, 2013, 05:03:18 PM Using closed source software like this is asking for your coins to get stolen.
Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: physalis on September 30, 2013, 05:27:28 PM Using closed source software like this is asking for your coins to get stolen. Don't know where you got that. It's completely open source, the source is included in the download (as I already mention in the OP).I encourage everyone to review the code and compile it themselves if they are concerned. I'm not a thief, just giving something back to the community :) Title: Re: [RELEASE][WINDOWS] AddressWatch - A tool to monitor your bitcoin addresses Post by: btceic on January 21, 2014, 11:04:53 AM Nice, i built a similar tool, but it is an online bitcoin address monitor (http://bitcoinrt.info/)
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