I’m proposing a Bitcoin Address Verifier tool built specifically for BitcoinTalk

[programmer3666]

In the spirit of transparency and community safety, I am proposing a Bitcoin Address Verifier tool built specifically for BitcoinTalk Forum users.
Let me explain in detail the workings and how the functionality is to be.

What It will do:::

1.   Paste any BTCBTC address into the tool.
2.   It tells you:

• If it was posted on the forum, especially Scam Accusations
• Who posted it and in which thread
• Whether it’s linked to DT/trust members
• Real-time blockchain info: balance, activity, transaction count

Why It Matters

• Trust is everything in trades
• This tool helps users quickly check the risk before sending coins
• Avoid known scam wallets or suspicious posts.

It will be Powered By::

• Public blockchain APIs Blockstream, Mempool.space, or Blockchair, another thing that might be of tricky part is that,
   BitcoinTalk doesn’t have an official API of it’s own, so it will be best to use Google Search scraping via requests and BeautifulSoup,
  or optionally a headless browser like Playwright or Puppeteer if needed later.
• Forum search crawler
• Optional red-flag detection for banned or newbie accounts

The main Goal is as follows:::

  Allow users to verify Bitcoin addresses by checking:

• If it has ever been posted or flagged on the forum, especially in the Scam Accusations board
• Basic transaction and balance info via a public explorer
• Whether it's tied to known scams or flagged users

This is the Core Features

1. Forum Scanner

• Checks if the BTC address has been posted in any BitcoinTalk thread
• Specifically flags mentions inside the Scam Accusations and Reputation boards
• Shows links to posts where the address was mentioned

2. Blockchain Lookup

 Uses a blockchain explorer API  Blockstream, Mempool.space, or Blockchair as mentioned earlier to:

• Get balance in BTC and fiat
• Count of transactions in/out
• Recent transaction activity with timestamps

3. The golden part about the functionality is the Trust Context

  It will Show:::

• If it was linked to a DT member post
• If it appears in any tagged red trust post
• Optional:::: Flag if posted by newbie or banned accounts

Now this is the phase 1 and i will love to hear more input on it, in the phase 2 will come up with tools to use such as

• HTML + Tailwind CSS for a lightweight, responsive layout.
• Forum Crawler Logic, where I will utilize the Python Crawler Module with Google Dork Search
•   Blockchain Data Fetch via Public API
•   I will make use of the Blockstream.info API because it’s free, requires no API key, it supports JSON and has excellent uptime

The key question at the end of it will be the hosting aspect, but i will cross that bridge when i get there. Expect more updates soon.

[Mia Chloe]

~snip

I have a bit of advice for you though; it's best you create the code and finish up with your tool and then share it on the forum here to see if forum members will find it useful. That aside, I read through your post and basically all the things you mentioned that the tool could be used for and more are tasks the ninjastic.space can do already.
You should look up ninjastic space by tryninja so you don't waste your time creating something no one will eventually use.

[programmer3666]

~snip

I have a bit of advice for you though; it's best you create the code and finish up with your tool and then share it on the forum here to see if forum members will find it useful. That aside, I read through your post and basically all the things you mentioned that the tool could be used for and more are tasks the ninjastic.space can do already.
You should look up ninjastic space by tryninja so you don't waste your time creating something no one will eventually use.

Duely noted!. Just to humbly reiterate on that. This is not a general forum search engine like Ninjastic. It's going to be a lightweight scam checking tool for Bitcoin addresses that will specifically combine forum data + blockchain data in one click, with zero learning curve. Think of it like a virus scanner for BTC addresses.

[Obim34]

1. Forum Scanner

• Checks if the BTC address has been posted in any BitcoinTalk thread
• Specifically flags mentions inside the Scam Accusations and Reputation boards
• Shows links to posts where the address was mentioned

The forum will be needing things like this but hence someone already created same tool, and even made a beta version of it. Not a discouragement, but if you intending continuing, meaning you have to engage the tool to be more advanced than the one in use.

2. Blockchain Lookup

Uses a blockchain explorer API  Blockstream, Mempool.space, or Blockchair as mentioned earlier to:

• Get balance in BTC and fiat
• Count of transactions in/out
• Recent transaction activity with timestamps

I'm sure this development will take you decent time, Blockchain explorers are easy to access already, just minority of people will be interested to explorer their address inside another tool, lets save time and effort.

[Peanutswar]

I dont want to kill your excitement with your project but it seems the ninjastic.space most likely catered with your objectives because its also has an address feature that can be filtered into different boards so most of the members can see if the account is active or even flag.
Another thing is we have an existing telegram bot of PX-Z right here for wallet checker for transaction of incoming and outgoing includes with the blockchain preferred. [Telegram Bot] Wallet Transaction Notifier - @txnNotifierBot. You can use these projects too as your reference I guess if you think you can innovate more efficient way.

[programmer3666]

1. Forum Scanner

• Checks if the BTC address has been posted in any BitcoinTalk thread
• Specifically flags mentions inside the Scam Accusations and Reputation boards
• Shows links to posts where the address was mentioned

The forum will be needing things like this but hence someone already created same tool, and even made a beta version of it. Not a discouragement, but if you intending continuing, meaning you have to engage the tool to be more advanced than the one in use.

2. Blockchain Lookup

Uses a blockchain explorer API  Blockstream, Mempool.space, or Blockchair as mentioned earlier to:

• Get balance in BTC and fiat
• Count of transactions in/out
• Recent transaction activity with timestamps

I'm sure this development will take you decent time, Blockchain explorers are easy to access already, just minority of people will be interested to explorer their address inside another tool, lets save time and effort.

Thanks Boss for the solid feedback I really appreciate you taking the time to comment on this.

Frankly, I fully agree that just combining a forum search + explorer info isn't enough or quite good on its own, especially when awesome tools like Ninjastic already exist as one very respectful boss rightly pointed out, and I took my time to skim through it. However, my goal with this project is to start from that foundation and add some risk-focused features that existing tools don’t yet offer.

I am now tweaking it to add a few additions such as:::::

Scam risk scoring based on presence in Scam Accusations, Trust board, and known scam address lists

Things like Auto highlight of red flags, address linked to a negative trust user

Sweet feature like Batch checking for escrow/traders to screen multiple addresses fast

Trust overlay from DT members

and probably an Optional offline version for privacy sensitive use

I will quickly work on a demo and drop it here when it has enough meat to be actually helpful, not redundant.

I am humbly Open to more suggestions, especially from more enlightened bosses like you who have seen multiple tools evolve here in the forum.

[promise444c5]

Go ahead mate!
If it does a unique job apart from what Ninjastic and other tools  already offers as well as the forum search feature, then users will users could find it useful..

and probably an Optional offline version for privacy sensitive use

Offline as in locally on their device ? With all the whole features ( apart from the addresses look up ).. really interested in how you’re planning on achieving this..

[LoyceV]

Taken slightly out of context, I'm just leaving this here:

But then it occurred to me that I don't really want bitcointalk.org to be known as the #1 forum on the leading edge of de-anonymization technology, so I stopped pursuing it seriously...

Anyone's free to build this, but I don't expect the forum to offer it.

[JollyGood]

What is the reason you felt compelled to think about creating the address verifier? If you feel this is an absolute necessity, there is nothing stopping you from creating it but I would like to point you to ninjastic because it already operates most of the features that you are proposing.

In the spirit of transparency and community safety, I am proposing a Bitcoin Address Verifier tool built specifically for BitcoinTalk Forum users.
Let me explain in detail the workings and how the functionality is to be.

[KingsDen]

Op, you have a great idea and I wish it will come to pass. But the way you mentioned that the tool will be light weight and yet you listed many things it will incorporate, how will you achieve it.
Many people believe ninjastic is already doing what you are proposing. But where I saw difference is that your proposed tool will checkup addresses, know the balance in them and more just like the Blockchain explorer. But of what importance? if I want to analyse an address, I will take it off forum and have an in-depth knowledge of it.

[tbct_mt2]

In the spirit of transparency and community safety, I am proposing a Bitcoin Address Verifier tool built specifically for BitcoinTalk Forum users.
Let me explain in detail the workings and how the functionality is to be.

I read through your proposal and dislike it.

Forum is for freedom but also privacy and anonymity. Your proposal destroys many purposes of the forum in privacy and anonymity.

Users have to be responsible for their decisions when posting their addresses in the forum, but it doesn't mean the forum needs to mark all forum members' addresses with labels/ tags that as said lead to nothing good for privacy and anonymity.

[programmer3666]

In the spirit of transparency and community safety, I am proposing a Bitcoin Address Verifier tool built specifically for BitcoinTalk Forum users.
Let me explain in detail the workings and how the functionality is to be.

I read through your proposal and dislike it.

Forum is for freedom but also privacy and anonymity. Your proposal destroys many purposes of the forum in privacy and anonymity.

Users have to be responsible for their decisions when posting their addresses in the forum, but it doesn't mean the forum needs to mark all forum members' addresses with labels/ tags that as said lead to nothing good for privacy and anonymity.

Thnk you for your honest fedback I fuly respect your stance on privacy and the forums core principles

Just to clarify my aim & gOal

The tool does nt store any data or does it try to unmask or deanonymize users

It will only shows what is already publicly visible on the forum via search or explorer APis

There is no tagging or labeling of forum members or addresses beyond what is posted voluntarilly

I also agree that labeling users is problematic thatis why I focus only on addressesnot identities nd even then it will only be for

- Scam board mentions

 -inactive or zero-tx wallets

-  optionaly known flagged users already in the DT system

the DT feature canbe disable

Iam not trying to track people but help traders and escrow agents save time when doing their own due diligence. That iss the main goal.

[programmer3666]

In the spirit of transparency and community safety, I am proposing a Bitcoin Address Verifier tool built specifically for BitcoinTalk Forum users.
Let me explain in detail the workings and how the functionality is to be.

What It will do:::

1.   Paste any BTCBTC address into the tool.
2.   It tells you:

• If it was posted on the forum, especially Scam Accusations
• Who posted it and in which thread
• Whether it’s linked to DT/trust members
• Real-time blockchain info: balance, activity, transaction count

Why It Matters

• Trust is everything in trades
• This tool helps users quickly check the risk before sending coins
• Avoid known scam wallets or suspicious posts.

It will be Powered By::

• Public blockchain APIs Blockstream, Mempool.space, or Blockchair, another thing that might be of tricky part is that,
   BitcoinTalk doesn’t have an official API of it’s own, so it will be best to use Google Search scraping via requests and BeautifulSoup,
  or optionally a headless browser like Playwright or Puppeteer if needed later.
• Forum search crawler
• Optional red-flag detection for banned or newbie accounts

The main Goal is as follows:::

  Allow users to verify Bitcoin addresses by checking:

• If it has ever been posted or flagged on the forum, especially in the Scam Accusations board
• Basic transaction and balance info via a public explorer
• Whether it's tied to known scams or flagged users

This is the Core Features

1. Forum Scanner

• Checks if the BTC address has been posted in any BitcoinTalk thread
• Specifically flags mentions inside the Scam Accusations and Reputation boards
• Shows links to posts where the address was mentioned

2. Blockchain Lookup

 Uses a blockchain explorer API  Blockstream, Mempool.space, or Blockchair as mentioned earlier to:

• Get balance in BTC and fiat
• Count of transactions in/out
• Recent transaction activity with timestamps

3. The golden part about the functionality is the Trust Context

  It will Show:::

• If it was linked to a DT member post
• If it appears in any tagged red trust post
• Optional:::: Flag if posted by newbie or banned accounts

Now this is the phase 1 and i will love to hear more input on it, in the phase 2 will come up with tools to use such as

• HTML + Tailwind CSS for a lightweight, responsive layout.
• Forum Crawler Logic, where I will utilize the Python Crawler Module with Google Dork Search
•   Blockchain Data Fetch via Public API
•   I will make use of the Blockstream.info API because it’s free, requires no API key, it supports JSON and has excellent uptime

The key question at the end of it will be the hosting aspect, but i will cross that bridge when i get there. Expect more updates soon.

Greetins everyone

After going through all your thoughtful replies especialy for the bosses!!!! I want to sincerely thank those who took the time to share their perspectives both the positive and the critical ones

 I have realized that while my original idea came from a good place of making trading and scam detection easier...... I was looking at it from my own use-case and didn't fully factor in how deeply the BitcoinTalk community values things lik  Privacy - Anonymity - Decentralization

Someof the bosses raised a valid concern that hit on the fact that linkin BitcoinBTC addresses to user actions even publicly posted ones could feel like labeling or doxxing which goes against the forum's core principles I nw fuly understand and respect that point

I still stronglybelieve that a lightweight nd transparent tools can be helpful but i also believe in compromise and communityfirst thinking so iam reconsidering the features that may unintentionally violate user expectations nd more impotantly askin for collaborative ideas from the bosses here.

[NotATether]

I will build this, using my Talksearch data repository.

[LoyceV]

Iam not trying to track people but help traders and escrow agents save time when doing their own due diligence. That iss the main goal.

Any scammer will just create a new address, so there is no link with anything else. I wouldn't trust escrow on this forum anyway because they don't follow best practices. A smart scammer will still find a way, so keeping your guard up will always be necessary. If you trust someone (or something) else, you may let your guard down (and get scammed).

[programmer3666]

I will build this, using my Talksearch data repository.

wow!! this is quite amazing to have a boss comment on the idea, I will love to help in any giving capacity if you are open to keyin  me into the process.

Belw is a simple outlineof what I think the Bitcoin Address Verifier feature could include



 - Search a BTC address  it shows every matching forum post

  -Filters:::: Limit results to Scam Accusation / Reputation boards

  -Show mention count + date range  first seen / last seen)

  -Flag addresses mentioned in scam boards or by negative trust users

   -Batch address lookup

The work on TalkSearch is incrediblly valuable its fast, privacy-respectin nd already essential to the forum What Iam proposing is simply a focused extension!! looking up Bitcoin addresses rather than keywords. It will complements the TalkSearch existing infrastructure perfectly and adds trust/scam insights witout overlapp
Really grateful you are considering it.  The TalkSearch  project is the ideal backbone for this kind of tool.

[programmer3666]

Iam not trying to track people but help traders and escrow agents save time when doing their own due diligence. That iss the main goal.

Any scammer will just create a new address, so there is no link with anything else. I wouldn't trust escrow on this forum anyway because they don't follow best practices. A smart scammer will still find a way, so keeping your guard up will always be necessary. If you trust someone (or something) else, you may let your guard down (and get scammed).

Boss that’s a solid point you made butt on a lighter note! no tool can replace personal due diligence or guarantee trust.
The goal isnot to declare someone safe or a scammer, but to give a quick overview of history and patterns for context
A clean address doesn’t prove trustworthiness but a flagged one can raise red flags early
Its just one piece of the puzzle but for newer users or risk conscious traders, even that piece can be useful

[BenCodie]

While some of the features are identical/very similar to ninjastic.space, the added functionality to perform blockchain analysis is a very powerful value proposition. I support this development and I look forward to seeing what you and NotATether create from this idea

[NotATether]

Very soon, I will have real-time indexing enabled - just doing a few last minute checks on some AI-related stuff - and considering that I can distribute an extension on Chrome and Firefox, and even Android (but not iOS, sorry), this is actually a quite feasible idea to implement.

Blockchain data, it can just be scraped with an army of rotating proxies.

wow!! this is quite amazing to have a boss comment on the idea, I will love to help in any giving capacity if you are open to keyin  me into the process.

Belw is a simple outlineof what I think the Bitcoin Address Verifier feature could include



 - Search a BTC address  it shows every matching forum post

  -Filters:::: Limit results to Scam Accusation / Reputation boards

  -Show mention count + date range  first seen / last seen)

  -Flag addresses mentioned in scam boards or by negative trust users

   -Batch address lookup

The work on TalkSearch is incrediblly valuable its fast, privacy-respectin nd already essential to the forum What Iam proposing is simply a focused extension!! looking up Bitcoin addresses rather than keywords. It will complements the TalkSearch existing infrastructure perfectly and adds trust/scam insights witout overlapp
Really grateful you are considering it.  The TalkSearch  project is the ideal backbone for this kind of tool.