after 2+ years blockchain.com explorer finally supports bech32 addresses!

[pooya87]

talk about being slow!
it has been more than 2 years from August 2017 when SegWit was activated and has been in use. most other block explorer has been upgraded in 2017 and the rest in 2018 and blockchain.info(.com) has been the worst and laziest among them.
today i saw that they are finally recognizing bech32 addresses (both types):
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qrp33g0q5c5txsp9arysrx4k6zdkfs4nce4xj0gdcccefvpysxf3qccfmv3

i wonder how many user are still using this explorer? i have personally migrated to a much better explorer called https://blockchair.com/

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[Slow death]

talk about being slow!
it has been more than 2 years from August 2017 when SegWit was activated and has been in use. most other block explorer has been upgraded in 2017 and the rest in 2018 and blockchain.info(.com) has been the worst and laziest among them.
today i saw that they are finally recognizing bech32 addresses (both types):
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qrp33g0q5c5txsp9arysrx4k6zdkfs4nce4xj0gdcccefvpysxf3qccfmv3

i wonder how many user are still using this explorer? i have personally migrated to a much better explorer called https://blockchair.com/

Sometimes I use they block explorer, but I stopped using your wallet because they have serious two-factor problems, and it takes a long time to respond when someone contacts support and even when support responds, they can't solve their customers problem

[mk4]

Good thing they already support bech32 addresses on the explorer, for sure, but damnit I actually expected that they would also already support SegWit addresses on their wallets. Damnit we're a few months off 2020 and here's Blockchain.com still using P2PKH addresses like they've been stuck in 2009.

[squatter]

Welcome to 2017, Blockchain!

Good thing they already support bech32 addresses on the explorer, for sure, but damnit I actually expected that they would also already support SegWit addresses on their wallets.

As a company, they seem to be on the same page as BitPay. I'm guessing they'll add wallet support for a bunch of other altcoins first.

Particularly with the launch of their new altcoin exchange, Blockchain has an interest in keeping Bitcoin slow and clunky for their users.

[FruitsBasket]

talk about being slow!
it has been more than 2 years from August 2017 when SegWit was activated and has been in use. most other block explorer has been upgraded in 2017 and the rest in 2018 and blockchain.info(.com) has been the worst and laziest among them.
today i saw that they are finally recognizing bech32 addresses (both types):
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qrp33g0q5c5txsp9arysrx4k6zdkfs4nce4xj0gdcccefvpysxf3qccfmv3

i wonder how many user are still using this explorer? i have personally migrated to a much better explorer called https://blockchair.com/

Finally hehe. I used another block explorer API, it is called bitaps. It does what it needs to do.

[Kyraishi]

As a company, they seem to be on the same page as BitPay. I'm guessing they'll add wallet support for a bunch of other altcoins first.

Particularly with the launch of their new altcoin exchange, Blockchain has an interest in keeping Bitcoin slow and clunky for their users.

That's true - remembering using electrum in 2017/2018 and then being unable to use blockchain to track my transactions, and then I was forced to swap to  https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/, they actually work very well.

I think they are definelty going to start taking a slower approach to bitcoin adoption, and it'll be more altcoin focused - their new exchange delves into cryptos which means they might start making altcoin explorers. RIP the old blockchain.com.

[pooya87]

but I stopped using your wallet because

for a moment there i though i owned blockchain.com company

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Finally hehe. I used another block explorer API, it is called bitaps. It does what it needs to do.

finding block explorer "API"s that support native SegWit addresses has been hard despite their web interface supporting it, they usually don't have the support in their API. i didn't know about this one, thanks. it works fine...
https://api.bitaps.com/btc/v1/blockchain/address/state/bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4
https://api.bitaps.com/btc/v1/blockchain/address/state/bc1qrp33g0q5c5txsp9arysrx4k6zdkfs4nce4xj0gdcccefvpysxf3qccfmv3

[nc50lc]

The fee rate is still inaccurate!
After all this time, they still can't compute the correct size of transactions with witness data.

And for some reason, their new (very huge) top banner advertisement made it through my AdBlocker.
That's a very great website upgrade....

[magneto]

talk about being slow!
it has been more than 2 years from August 2017 when SegWit was activated and has been in use. most other block explorer has been upgraded in 2017 and the rest in 2018 and blockchain.info(.com) has been the worst and laziest among them.
today i saw that they are finally recognizing bech32 addresses (both types):
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qrp33g0q5c5txsp9arysrx4k6zdkfs4nce4xj0gdcccefvpysxf3qccfmv3

i wonder how many user are still using this explorer? i have personally migrated to a much better explorer called https://blockchair.com/

It was so annoying...

They were just driving away traffic from their site since people couldn't get the info they wanted whenever there was any bech32 address involved. It's kind of shooting yourself in the foot.

Anyways, I'm using blockchair as well since they supported bech32 addresses long ago. Blockchain.com has really regressed.

[beerlover]

At least blockchain.info is still running in different domain whereas some other such services had shut down their business some long time back itself; one of them I was familiar with lately started wallet services also then they suddenly closed their services. I am sorry I could not recall their name it was like bitblock or something but they used to show our forum posts too where we post a BTC address.

I agree blockchain.info was slow in all means so far. I guess it is worth a mention here; On the times of 2nd halving when block reward was reduced from 25 BTC to 12.5BTC, for the first 2 or 3 blocks under the era of 12.5BTC rewards, they showed newly generated bitcoins as 25BTC. I am not sure they are showing some static things whereas it needs to be actual data fetched every-time from the live bitcoin blockchain.

I noticed blockchain.com last 2 days is showing all the outputs for every tx which is little annoying but I guess that also will become familiarized over the time. I am still using blockchain.com as they are showing worth of a BTC at the time of tx and current value with click and mouse roll-over. It is a habit for me to keep checking worth of my old BTCs and also I have some love toward blockchain.info as they were my first BTC wallet and I saw my first BTC there only. Honestly, I am using other explorers too but I am not having any plan to leave them completely.

[dothebeats]

Damnit we're a few months off 2020 and here's Blockchain.com still using P2PKH addresses like they've been stuck in 2009.

Makes me think that blockchain.com is that old dude still using passbook and travelling a few kilometers just to deposit a sum of a few dollars all the while everyone are into digital banking. At the least, they're one of the longest-standing web wallet that happens to still work despite the flaws and issues on their site. As an explorer though, there are already a bunch of good alternatives such as blockchair, blocktrail and the likes.

Anyway, still congratulations to the team of blockchain.com for realizing that they have to do something after 2 years!

[coinfinger]

there are already a bunch of good alternatives such as blockchair, blocktrail and the likes.

Blocktrail ? You mean blocktrail.com? They had terminated their services long back itself. If you are referring some other explorer, please mention that in complete URL.

it was like bitblock or something but they used to show our forum posts too where we post a BTC address.

I believe you are referring to blocktrail.com. Here is what I got in a quick search in archive.is : http://archive.li/gpNu9
Like you mentioned, this archive page shows "mentions" tab which was used to link this forum's posts with that addy.

[sunsilk]

This made me check the wallet and yeah, bech32 addresses were now viewable on their explorer.

They've upgraded a lot of things on their website too. Their explorer looked elegant after that upgrade. It looks like they are working with things that will allow them to go on par with other online wallets but I found them slow these days if you are about to send bitcoin to other address.

[Avirunes]

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Finally!!! I find it interesting that there was another explorer (blockcypher) which didn't supported bech32 address while trying to search earlier but it now seems to be support and working.

[buwaytress]

Wow, really? This must have been the biggest news for them. They probably realised people were dropping off and using other explorers.

Blockchair's been my absolute favourite for a long time now, ever since I upgraded to bech32 myself. It's beautiful, cool, and love that alert feature when tx confirms;)

Now I'm just waiting for the time everyone gets on board with native sw. Still maintaining separate wallets just because of non-natives.

[BitHodler]

I noticed the change. It's welcome seeing that I can finally browse through every address format on blockchain.com instead of switching to other explorers, which is quite annoying because they are mostly slower and don't have a pretty GUI.

It has taken them a long time (probably due to Roger Ver blocking upgrade attempts), but at least they did it, which is what matters at the end of the day, so I forgive them for having taken so long to move along with the progress made in Bitcoin.

[Patatas]

i wonder how many user are still using this explorer? i have personally migrated to a much better explorer called https://blockchair.com/

Migrated to blockchair ages ago! Can't believe how badly blockchain.com is going down the drain with the new features they're shipping. They're becoming more noob-friendly by lower their standards so bad that experienced users don't want them anymore.

Still waiting for the day when they will start calculating proper mining fees.

[enhu]

So finally bech32 addresses is visible!

For old users like me who started with webwallets like blockchain.info, their blockexplorer is the one that I have in mind if I have to look up for my transaction whether its already confirmed. I think a lot of people were using them back then when they yet haven't realize online wallet isn't safe. And they have also gained users too when they distribute $25 worth of Stellar for submitting KYC. But this I didn't join.

[pooya87]

And for some reason, their new (very huge) top banner advertisement made it through my AdBlocker.

that's not a banner advertisement, that is why it is not being blocked. it is more like site cosmetics apparently. if you are using uBlock ad blocker you can use its "element picker" feature to select parts of the site you don't want to see, select the entire top section and click "created" for it to be blocked.
it showed this "##.XFGDD.sc-1ejlvty-0" as the element and it successfully blocked it on other visits too.

[1Referee]

The reality is still that they don't allow people using their mobile client to send funds to bc1 addresses, so I rather see them support bech32 within their mobile client that (unfortunately) a lot people use, but I don't think they'll ever go that far. I'll be truly shocked if it happens, but considering that their "plan" was to do it before the end of 2018 and they still haven't done it today, it will not ever happen.

I have been using blockchair.com for quite a while now and it works perfectly fine and offers many more useful features. Definitely an explorer I recommend people to use.