[BlockScan] Counterparty (XCP) Block Explorer

[mtbitcoin]

Hey Mt.Bitcoin,

How well are you prepared for a huge amount of traffic directed towards Blockscan.com? I am aware of a number of projects (one in particular, once the free Asset Issuance rolls out) that will use online Counterparty Block Explorers (currently only Blockscan) heavily. Is there any way to pay for increased use of your API? Could you add more functionality to your API?

Are you familiar with services like https://block.io/ and https://chain.com/? Have you thought about positioning yourself to serve the corresponding Counterparty Market? Particularly focusing on "Enterprise" solutions? Perhaps you could be a go to service that the impending Counterparty Foundation recommends?

How many nodes are you connected to at any one time? I.e. are you well protected from a sybil attack?

Regards,
E72521

The Blockscan API is currently offered as a free community service and can be throttled/blocked if excessive queries are performed. Can you elaborate (or PM me) on what kind of additional functionality/APIs are you looking for and at what rates ?

As for the "Enterprise" services I do not think the market is really that matured/big enough to warrant a separate service that specifically caters for this at the moment.  However, things can change overnight in the bitcoin world, and should there be a need we can definitely take that route.

[Equality 7-2521]

Hey Mt.Bitcoin,

How well are you prepared for a huge amount of traffic directed towards Blockscan.com? I am aware of a number of projects (one in particular, once the free Asset Issuance rolls out) that will use online Counterparty Block Explorers (currently only Blockscan) heavily. Is there any way to pay for increased use of your API? Could you add more functionality to your API?

Are you familiar with services like https://block.io/ and https://chain.com/? Have you thought about positioning yourself to serve the corresponding Counterparty Market? Particularly focusing on "Enterprise" solutions? Perhaps you could be a go to service that the impending Counterparty Foundation recommends?

How many nodes are you connected to at any one time? I.e. are you well protected from a sybil attack?

Regards,
E72521

The Blockscan API is currently offered as a free community service and can be throttled/blocked if excessive queries are performed. Can you elaborate (or PM me) on what kind of additional functionality/APIs are you looking for and at what rates ?

As for the "Enterprise" services I do not think the market is really that matured/big enough to warrant a separate service that specifically caters for this at the moment.  However, things can change overnight in the bitcoin world, and should there be a need we can definitely take that route.

I cannot divulge any more project specific information at this time. However, I can say that this is very much a chicken and egg scenario where people are coming up with great applications to utilize assets and the decentralized exchange but they lack the coding chops and infrastructure to cope with the backend. This is blatantly obvious over at the LTB forums, for example.

It might help to include some common Bitcoin API calls with your Blockscan API.

The query/polling rates could be pretty high if certain apps are looking for unconfirmed transactions as they come in.

If I were you, I would anticipate the coming demand and set up a tidy revenue stream.

[mtbitcoin]

I cannot divulge any more project specific information at this time. However, I can say that this is very much a chicken and egg scenario where people are coming up with great applications to utilize assets and the decentralized exchange but they lack the coding chops and infrastructure to cope with the backend. This is blatantly obvious over at the LTB forums, for example.

It might help to include some common Bitcoin API calls with your Blockscan API.

The query/polling rates could be pretty high if certain apps are looking for unconfirmed transactions as they come in.

If I were you, I would anticipate the coming demand and set up a tidy revenue stream.

The reason I did not include the common Bitcoin API calls are because these are already available externally from services like chain.com, blockchain.info, etc. Or are you referring to something else?

[Equality 7-2521]

I cannot divulge any more project specific information at this time. However, I can say that this is very much a chicken and egg scenario where people are coming up with great applications to utilize assets and the decentralized exchange but they lack the coding chops and infrastructure to cope with the backend. This is blatantly obvious over at the LTB forums, for example.

It might help to include some common Bitcoin API calls with your Blockscan API.

The query/polling rates could be pretty high if certain apps are looking for unconfirmed transactions as they come in.

If I were you, I would anticipate the coming demand and set up a tidy revenue stream.

The reason I did not include the common Bitcoin API calls are because these are already available externally from services like chain.com, blockchain.info, etc. Or are you referring to something else?

No, that is what I am referring to. It would be nice to have some of the useful Counterparty API calls and Bitcoin API calls all in one place supplied and maintained by one service provider.

[mtbitcoin]

Hi

Just released : The new Blockscan Counterparty LogSpotter (Realtime transaction log entries pushed to your browser)

[adamgud]

Hi

Just released : The new Blockscan Counterparty LogSpotter (Realtime transaction log entries pushed to your browser)

Hello!
 I sent XCP.
Transaction http://blockscan.com/address/12MQWZ6QK3ARUiPaeeZ3VppDbKJACTZyMq
https://blockchain.info/tx/b3dccb155f36ff6d917fde5990370d0cadef37f5c00f0c47633f1de71fe3e46b

Coins not received. What's this? What to do?

[mtbitcoin]

Hi

Just released : The new Blockscan Counterparty LogSpotter (Realtime transaction log entries pushed to your browser)

Hello!
 I sent XCP.
Transaction http://blockscan.com/address/12MQWZ6QK3ARUiPaeeZ3VppDbKJACTZyMq
https://blockchain.info/tx/b3dccb155f36ff6d917fde5990370d0cadef37f5c00f0c47633f1de71fe3e46b

Coins not received. What's this? What to do?

Is this a withdrawal from poloniex? If yes, then you need to contact them or your sender for further information

[romerun]

Hi

Just released : The new Blockscan Counterparty LogSpotter (Realtime transaction log entries pushed to your browser)

Hello!
 I sent XCP.
Transaction http://blockscan.com/address/12MQWZ6QK3ARUiPaeeZ3VppDbKJACTZyMq
https://blockchain.info/tx/b3dccb155f36ff6d917fde5990370d0cadef37f5c00f0c47633f1de71fe3e46b

Coins not received. What's this? What to do?

every time I deposit to poloniex it either takes about 24 hrs to credit my acc, or I have to create a support ticket to bug for it, such poor form

[mtbitcoin]

Hi

Just released : The new Blockscan Counterparty LogSpotter (Realtime transaction log entries pushed to your browser)

Hello!
 I sent XCP.
Transaction http://blockscan.com/address/12MQWZ6QK3ARUiPaeeZ3VppDbKJACTZyMq
https://blockchain.info/tx/b3dccb155f36ff6d917fde5990370d0cadef37f5c00f0c47633f1de71fe3e46b

Coins not received. What's this? What to do?

every time I deposit to poloniex it either takes about 24 hrs to credit my acc, or I have to create a support ticket to bug for it, such poor form

I think the recent withdrawal delays had something to do with the latest upgrades/patches..  However, its best to contact the sender for further clarifcation

[CounterpartyRippler]

Hi,

1. I got this while trying to submit Contact Form on blockscan.com:

500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

I retried - same issue.

2. About a week ago I had a problem with password recovery on blockscan.com. I think submitted feedback about that as well, but I'll try again. IIRC there's a problem with password reset whereby the site asks for one's email address but doesn't accept it with a message that the username should be provided instead, or something like that.

[mtbitcoin]

Hi,

1. I got this while trying to submit Contact Form on blockscan.com:

500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

I retried - same issue.

2. About a week ago I had a problem with password recovery on blockscan.com. I think submitted feedback about that as well, but I'll try again. IIRC there's a problem with password reset whereby the site asks for one's email address but doesn't accept it with a message that the username should be provided instead, or something like that.

Hmmphh.. I just tried the feedback form and did not run into any issues. And the password reset appears to be working correctly...

In any case, if you are still running into issues just drop me an email directly instead with a screen capture of the error message and I will look into this.

[mtbitcoin]

Beta Testnet Counterparty explorer is now available at http://testnet.blockscan.com

Thanks

[PhantomPhreak]

Beta Testnet Counterparty explorer is now available at http://testnet.blockscan.com

Thanks

Very cool! +1

[David-M]

On the page:
https://blockscan.com/address/12sAb5k1dKb6b2RFjZFX4xo3tEpCjrUy6t
yesterday it wasn't showing unconfirmed, today it is.
Have you made an update? Will it stay like this?

I need to use the page with unconfirms to update a voting system I'm working on.

Thanks,

David

[mtbitcoin]

On the page:
https://blockscan.com/address/12sAb5k1dKb6b2RFjZFX4xo3tEpCjrUy6t
yesterday it wasn't showing unconfirmed, today it is.
Have you made an update? Will it stay like this?

I need to use the page with unconfirms to update a voting system I'm working on.

Thanks,

David

https://blockscan.com/pending  shows transactions in the counterparty mempool. From what I observed it could take either a few seconds to a few minutes to appear (even though they are already present in bitcoind getrawtransactions). The delay has something to do with the way counterpartyd is processing them (prior to version .9.4.1 this was not an issue)

While they do not seem be affecting the counterparty transactions this unfortunately introduces some delay when viewing the transactions... I am currently working on some new code to see if this can be improved

[mtbitcoin]

On the page:
https://blockscan.com/address/12sAb5k1dKb6b2RFjZFX4xo3tEpCjrUy6t
yesterday it wasn't showing unconfirmed, today it is.
Have you made an update? Will it stay like this?

I need to use the page with unconfirms to update a voting system I'm working on.

Thanks,

David

https://blockscan.com/pending  shows transactions in the counterparty mempool. From what I observed it could take either a few seconds to a few minutes to appear (even though they are already present in bitcoind getrawtransactions). The delay has something to do with the way counterpartyd is processing them (prior to version .9.4.1 this was not an issue)

While they do not seem be affecting the counterparty transactions this unfortunately introduces some delay when viewing the transactions... I am currently working on some new code to see if this can be improved

I have made some code changes to address the delay issue in the address page. And have also modified the address balance API to show an unconfirmed balance.  Let me know if this helps or if you are still running into issues

[ninjaboon]

Beta Testnet Counterparty explorer is now available at http://testnet.blockscan.com

Thanks

Looks great. I use blockscan all the time. Thanks for the cool site.

[David-M]

yep, seeing unconfirms in the main https://blockscan.com/address/12sAb5k1dKb6b2RFjZFX4xo3tEpCjrUy6t
Thanks!

And have also modified the address balance API to show an unconfirmed balance.

am i looking at the wrong API?

If theres no balance, but an unconfirmed, getting an error:
http://api.blockscan.com/api2?module=address&action=balance&btc_address=address

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "no matching asset found",
  "data": []
}

Or if theres a confirmed balance, the unconfirms aren't also listed.

[mtbitcoin]

yep, seeing unconfirms in the main https://blockscan.com/address/12sAb5k1dKb6b2RFjZFX4xo3tEpCjrUy6t
Thanks!

And have also modified the address balance API to show an unconfirmed balance.

am i looking at the wrong API?

If theres no balance, but an unconfirmed, getting an error:
http://api.blockscan.com/api2?module=address&action=balance&btc_address=address

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "no matching asset found",
  "data": []
}

Or if theres a confirmed balance, the unconfirms aren't also listed.

Use this one. Replace both address and asset with the one you are tracking.

http://api.blockscan.com/api2?module=address&action=balance&btc_address=16WhhnUUCZVvszFxsaCG3d6v77Qin1LErQ&asset=COINREPUBLIC

[mtbitcoin]

Or if theres a confirmed balance, the unconfirms aren't also listed.

They should list the unconfirmed balances regardless of whether there are confirmed balances in the latest update. However, you have to use the "Get Address Balance for a specific Asset" API