[C#] Watch Only Bitcoin Wallet. Support SegWit and Forks (V3.2.1)

[avatar_kiyoshi]

Nice project.
I have some suggestions here:
- maybe add a recent bitcoin price will be great.
- I want it in android version so bad
- notification when a transaction come.

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[Coding Enthusiast]

Nice project.
I have some suggestions here:
- maybe add a recent bitcoin price will be great.
- I want it in android version so bad
- notification when a transaction come.

- Already made possible from the Settings Window, using bitfinex and btc-e APIs:

- Maybe someday
- This is possible with a WebSocket API which I think Blockchain.info has. So i guess that can be done but for the next version.

[OmegaStarScream]

A feature that would be nice to add is when you receive a transaction, It keeps the current price and also  the real-time price. It could be really useful to know how much Bitcoin was worth it in the past and compared to now. Columns should look something like this. (also USD balance should be in the GridView) and settings should allow users to choose what currency they want (USD , EURO , etc.. )

Name | Address | Balance | USD Balance | Worth when received funds

[Coding Enthusiast]

A feature that would be nice to add is when you receive a transaction, It keeps the current price and also  the real-time price. It could be really useful to know how much Bitcoin was worth it in the past and compared to now. Columns should look something like this. (also USD balance should be in the GridView) and settings should allow users to choose what currency they want (USD , EURO , etc.. )

Name | Address | Balance | USD Balance | Worth when received funds

For that I am going to need access to price history of each hour or at least a medium price of days. I can't find this on Bitfinex API nor on Btc-e. Did not check any other place for price history though.

I will think about adding a new column for Balance in USD

[OmegaStarScream]

A feature that would be nice to add is when you receive a transaction, It keeps the current price and also  the real-time price. It could be really useful to know how much Bitcoin was worth it in the past and compared to now. Columns should look something like this. (also USD balance should be in the GridView) and settings should allow users to choose what currency they want (USD , EURO , etc.. )

Name | Address | Balance | USD Balance | Worth when received funds

For that I am going to need access to price history of each hour or at least a medium price of days. I can't find this on Bitfinex API nor on Btc-e. Did not check any other place for price history though.

I will think about adding a new column for Balance in USD

I don't think that's going to be needed , I explained the idea wrong , the "Worth when received funds" should be available in each transaction (If you are going to implement transactions of each address) and not the whole address as they funds are received in different periods so that make it impossible to calculate .

It's possible to make a local database (.XML or SQLite for example) , once the address you are watching receive a transaction you store the price (of that real-time in the database) , So In the GridView , when you see the transaction "Worth when received funds" should be taken from the local database and "Real time" balance should be taken from Blockchain API or somewhere else.

[doof]

Couple of things:  With the class https://github.com/Coding-Enthusiast/Watch-Only-Bitcoin-Wallet/blob/MVVM/WalletServices/PriceServices.cs

If  you have an enum, use it instead of a string in the get method.  Thats what its for.

Code:

public static async Task<decimal> GetPrice(ServiceNames serviceName)

Doing that will prevent the need for this.

Code:

default:
                    price = 0;
                    break;

You shouldn't really do that anyway.  The caller should be treating your method as a black box. If the service doesnt exist, throw an exception.  Don't give the user a heart attack and return a 0 price!

Using a switch statement also means you violate the open closed principal.  You should really use an Interface and have concrete types of "BitFinex" ect.  Which will enable you to mock the call in your unit tests.  Also, the convention is to name async method with async.

Code:

    public interface IPriceClient
    {
        Task<Decimal> GetPriceAsync();
    }

Code:

namespace WalletServices
{
    public class BitfinexService : ApiCall, IPriceClient
    {
        public async Task<decimal> GetPriceAsync()
        {
            JObject jResult = await GetApiResponse("https://api.bitfinex.com/v1/pubticker/btcusd");
            decimal price = (decimal)jResult["last_price"];

            return price;
        }
    }
}

[Coding Enthusiast]

@doof Thanks a lot for your feedback.

If  you have an enum, use it instead of a string in the get method.  Thats what its for.

I am still new to C♯ and definitely to MVVM and the reason why I did that was because I got an error in my view (MainWindow) xaml file which was unable to resolved the dependency! This and some other bugs/problems are the reason why I have not yet merged that branch.

But I like the follow up about open/closed principle after reading more about it.
So should it be like this:
In ViewModel:

Code:

....
if(//bitfinex is selected)
   IPriceClient MyClient = new BitfinexService();
else if (//some other one is selected)
   IPriceClient MyClient = new SomeOtherService();
.....
price = Myclient.GetPriceAsync();

In Services:

Code:

public class BitfinexService : ...
...
public class SomeOtherService : ...

[Coding Enthusiast]

Version 2.0.0 is complete, and will be merged as soon as I find some time to test it (It has been a busy month).

https://github.com/Coding-Enthusiast/Watch-Only-Bitcoin-Wallet/tree/MVVM

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Included in this version:

• Code is following the MVVM pattern!
• Every bitcoin address is checked to make sure it is a valid base58 address
• GUI changed to GridView to make Add/Edit/Remove Function easier
• MainWindow now has hotkeys for Saving (Ctrl+S), Opening Settings (F2), Opening Help (F1)
• Added a new option in SettingsWindow to get bitcoin price from 2 different exchanges (bitfinex and btc-e)

As always feel free to leave any suggestion, feedback, request,... here or on GitHub.

[RGBKey]

This is a nice project, I can respect your enthusiasm for coding. Remember that the more often you do it, the faster you'll get better.

[Coding Enthusiast]

Fixed a bug with Price services and released version 2.0.0 by merging the MVVM branch.

[Coding Enthusiast]

Released a new version (2.1.0) with so many code improvement, mostly removed the extra assemblies and now only have two main assemblies.
Also improved the SettingsWindow and its interaction.

[Coding Enthusiast]

Released version 2.2.0

• A lot of small code improvements
• Exceptions are handled and a couple of bugs fixed
• The Error MessageBox is now hidden and will only appear if there is an error
• Added a new StatusBar at the bottom of the window
• Added a new API service for fetching balances (blockr.io)
• The balance now has a ToolTip showing the difference each time balance is updated
• Important: Wallet file is not stored in JSON format which makes this new version backward incompatible. This new format reduces the wallet file size a lot and is easier to use.
  
• Saving is now completely automatic!

[Coding Enthusiast]

Released a small version 2.2.1 (2017-12-9)

• Replaced blockr API with blockexplorer

Released version 2.3.0

• Added color codes to balance column (green: increased balance, red: decreased!)

[Coding Enthusiast]

Released version 2.4.0

• Added a new property called TransactionList and a new window for updating it and showing the balance on a given block height. This is useful for checking how much you owned when a forks like Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold,... happened.

[webling]

Good job! Keep it up! Thank you for building a tool for the convenience of others

[boludotron]

Excellent project for learning.

On a side note; I have been using this web based tool to keep track of my paper wallets across multiple forks. No private keys and looks perfect on my phone. It also links out to the chain's corresponding explorer for further balance verification.

WalletChecker.com

[cryptocropty]

I don't want to enter the thread, but WalletChecker is missing https - therefore I would not use it. Should by easy to fix by them.

Excellent project for learning.

On a side note; I have been using this web based tool to keep track of my paper wallets across multiple forks. No private keys and looks perfect on my phone. It also links out to the chain's corresponding explorer for further balance verification.

WalletChecker.com

[Coding Enthusiast]

I have a plan to either
- add multiple wallet support, for example you can switch between your bitcoin, bitcoin cash, litecoin,... wallet each a different file with different addresses.
- or make this like a portfolio kind of thing, add something like "addressType" variable and keep everything inside one file
Then check balances from different block explorers for different chains.

Name of the project (Watch Only Bitcoin Wallet doesn't exactly go with this addition, but I think it may be a useful addition.

[Emerger]

Cool project! It's encouraged me to install Visual Studio to try it, and follow the progress.

When checking the balance of addresses, both in fork balances and main page,  I am receiving the error "Value was either too large or too small for an Int32." Any suggestions to fix this?

Also, is there any way to import bulk addresses (if not through gui then by editing a file)?

Thanks

[Coding Enthusiast]

When checking the balance of addresses, both in fork balances and main page,  I am receiving the error "Value was either too large or too small for an Int32." Any suggestions to fix this?

Thanks for the bug report. This commit should fix it:
https://github.com/Coding-Enthusiast/Watch-Only-Bitcoin-Wallet/commit/263665deb3ce3543fa7ab30ec46329837e25fe5c

Also, is there any way to import bulk addresses (if not through gui then by editing a file)?

Working on it. Will release soon.