[ANN] bitcoindata.science | sponsored by BC.Game

[bitmover]

I redesigned and wrote the entire site and code from scratch.

I decided to create this ANN to centralize all discussions related to all tools here.

It is now much faster, I fixed bugs  and there are some new features, such as Dark/Light Mode.

https://bitcoindata.science/

I noticed that Address Balance Checker and Unit Converter are the most used tools, and I improved their UI and code.

I removed tools which didn't have much users or were bugged.

I temporarily removed funded addresses (data provided by LoyceV) and I will add it again when I have fixed a few bugs in the code. And the Transaction Size calculator need to be improved.


I also added a new section for donations where I added both users which helped me make this website stay online: Timelord2067 and examplens.


Related posts:

Address Balance Checker
Plot your transaction in the mempool
Bitcoin Unit Converter:🔁Convert satoshi, mBTC,Finney, bit to 170 fiat currency
[ANN] Bitcointalk Giveaway Manager

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[dkbit98]

It is now much faster, I fixed bugs  and there are some new features, such as Dark/Light Mode.

Website looks very good but I think I noticed small bug in Giveaway Manage page, all other pages have dark/light switch, except Giveaway Manage page.
Only way to make this page dark is using some extensions like Dark Reader, so you might want to add switch there if possible.
Since there is no top menu bar on that page it's not easy to return to main page with click, so you should also fix that.

[examplens]

I redesigned and wrote the entire site and code from scratch.

I decided to create this ANN to centralize all discussions related to all tools here.

It is now much faster, I fixed bugs  and there are some new features, such as Dark/Light Mode.

you forgot one very important thing when you open ANN, and that is to leave a link to your website. That is very important in many aspects.
at the moment, there is only somewhere in the middle a link to the page with donations, and someone who sees this thread for the first time would have to copy/paste or enter the web address manually.

I'm glad to see the improvement of the site, it means that you have also progressed with your skills, so you have noticed shortcomings that you can change.

[bitmover]

you forgot one very important thing when you open ANN, and that is to leave a link to your website. That is very important in many aspects.
at the moment, there is only somewhere in the middle a link to the page with donations, and someone who sees this thread for the first time would have to copy/paste or enter the web address manually.

That's is really very important . I completely forgot it. Thanks.

Only way to make this page dark is using some extensions like Dark Reader, so you might want to add switch there if possible.
Since there is no top menu bar on that page it's not easy to return to main page with click, so you should also fix that.

I will take a look into that too. Certainly at least a link to the website I will put soon.

[LoyceV]

Address Balance Checker

Any new ideas on this?

When I do a local search to find matching addresses, it doesn't really matter much for the search time whether it's 1 or a million addresses. I'm pretty sure using a database would be much faster to get one address, but I don't know if it can beat the speed of searching a text-file for a million matches.

TXT search speed is ok. THe problem is downloading the database. I would like to avoid that. I will try to figure something out.

I tried with rsync, but even an incremental download updating a day-old sorted file requires downloading more than a GB. I would have expected it to be less, considering most lines are unchanged.

It would be really cool if you can just enter a million addresses and get the balances (okay, yesterday's balances) quickly after uploading the 40 MB list.

[Mr.Member]

Surely this website of yours will be of great benefit to the members. But I think it would benefit from making your giveaway management a little bigger here.

[bitmover]

Address Balance Checker

Any new ideas on this?

When I do a local search to find matching addresses, it doesn't really matter much for the search time whether it's 1 or a million addresses. I'm pretty sure using a database would be much faster to get one address, but I don't know if it can beat the speed of searching a text-file for a million matches.

TXT search speed is ok. THe problem is downloading the database. I would like to avoid that. I will try to figure something out.

I tried with rsync, but even an incremental download updating a day-old sorted file requires downloading more than a GB. I would have expected it to be less, considering most lines are unchanged.

It would be really cool if you can just enter a million addresses and get the balances (okay, yesterday's balances) quickly after uploading the 40 MB list.

I believe the only way to do that would be to use my own node to get the data.

For now, I am using blockchain data from third party nodes (mempool.space and blockcypher). And both of them have limits. After some requests you get blocked, and neither of them allow you to request multiple addresses at once.

Do you still have a server running a full node?
I never worked with a full node, but I can try to make an API for it that would allow such requests.

[dzungmobile]

@bitmover

How about this idea for new notification from Bitcoindata.science?

I knew you have a page for finding your tx in mempool.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5445625.msg61944616#msg61944616

[LoyceV]

Do you still have a server running a full node?

Yes.

I never worked with a full node, but I can try to make an API for it that would allow such requests.

I don't think Bitcoin Core can do this directly, but there are some python scripts to dump address data. I think it comes from chainstate, so it may also work on a pruned node.

[RickDeckard]

Once again, excellent work on the website @bitmover. It has been sitting on my bookmarks ever since I found out about it and it keeps getting redesigned and better aimed for its purpose. How did the campaign with the advertisement went before the redesign? I seem to remeber that you had a traffic page where you had all the statistics about the page visitors but I can't seem to find it on the new page. Are you considering running some other kind of advertisement or are you rellying on future donations? Considering the adopting around the giveaway manager, would it be a suitable candidate to have some kind of banner from a current service being advertised on bitcointalk?

As a second observation, I believe you have the wrong URL leading up to the "Giveaway Manager" menu button since it is redirecting to the transaction size option[1] instead of the actual giveaway manager option. The header button is working as intended.
[1]https://bitcoindata.science/plot-your-transaction-in-mempool.html
[2]https://bitcoindata.science/giveaway-manager/

[bitmover]

Once again, excellent work on the website @bitmover. It has been sitting on my bookmarks ever since I found out about it and it keeps getting redesigned and better aimed for its purpose. How did the campaign with the advertisement went before the redesign? I seem to remeber that you had a traffic page where you had all the statistics about the page visitors but I can't seem to find it on the new page. Are you considering running some other kind of advertisement or are you rellying on future donations? Considering the adopting around the giveaway manager, would it be a suitable candidate to have some kind of banner from a current service being advertised on bitcointalk?

I received only one e-mail of a high yield service asking to advertise in it. I didn't accept, as I don't think those services are any good for the community and it could harm my website reputation.

I also expected that betting companies would like to advertise on the giveaway manager, but I received no offers so far!

As a second observation, I believe you have the wrong URL leading up to the "Giveaway Manager" menu button since it is redirecting to the transaction size option[1] instead of the actual giveaway manager option. The header button is working as intended.
[1]https://bitcoindata.science/plot-your-transaction-in-mempool.html
[2]https://bitcoindata.science/giveaway-manager/

Thank you for pointing this out. Just fixed!

[RickDeckard]

I received only one e-mail of a high yield service asking to advertise in it. I didn't accept, as I don't think those services are any good for the community and it could harm my website reputation.

I also expected that betting companies would like to advertise on the giveaway manager, but I received no offers so far!

I hope you don't take as an offense but instead only as a suggestion, but would you consider approaching the services instead of waiting for an offer? I see it as a freelancer - whenever anyone starts doing freelancer he/she can't just wait for the clients to appear but instead has to give everything that he/she can to be seen, either from sending mass CV's per e-mail, scheduling meetings with potential clients, amongst other similar actions. I am in no way saying that you aren't well regarded in the community - who am I to say that? - but as everything in life that is starting out, sometimes we have to make ourselves be seen.

I see your website as a resemblance to this scenario. My suggestion is for you to approach a company that you see fit and inquiry if the service wouldn't be interested in trying out advertising in your website for 1/2 weeks for free of charge. The worst you can do is that you won't have any kind of revenue during that time, other than that I don't see how you can incur in extra costs for making that. After that initial period you can ask the service if the company saw any advantage in having their banner in your page and then you can discuss things further.

Will you give 1/2 weeks as free exposure? For sure. Will it pay off? Who knows? At least you tried and explored that possibility. And if that service doesn't accept being there, move on to the next one until you've made contact with a few of them. Who knows what will happen?

As a final note, and for the sake of transparency, I think it's always interesting to see the statistics of the website as an outside service/company. It is something that will always be asked and you can already provide it even before the initial discussions .

Thank you for pointing this out. Just fixed!

Thank you for the quick fix! Everything is working as intended now.

[light_warrior]

I tried the Bitcoin Address Balance Checker feature and I think there is one little thing missing. It would be nice if it was possible to clear the address form without reloading the browser page itself. And even reloading the checker page still leaves one address in the form. It would be more convenient, IMHO.

[bitmover]

I tried the Bitcoin Address Balance Checker feature and I think there is one little thing missing. It would be nice if it was possible to clear the address form without reloading the browser page itself. And even reloading the checker page still leaves one address in the form. It would be more convenient, IMHO.

Reloading the page doesn't clear, because there addresses are locally save in your browser cache.

I will add a button to clear the form and the output,  that is a good suggestion.


Thank your for your suggestions @RickDeckard

I will publish the statistics in the page in a few days, that is important.


I had give up getting any sponsor but I will consider your suggestions.

[Little Mouse]

I had give up getting any sponsor but I will consider your suggestions.

I'm not really sure how many visitors you are getting every day/month but without having a significant amount of visitors, it's pretty hard to get a sponsor. I have been working on a platform, they have a good amount of visitors but they barely get some good sponsors. I have read your earlier post. If you want to get a sponsor, you either have to lower your standard (which I think you won't, there's no point in promoting possible scams) or have to reach a lot of projects (I doubt it will be worth your time).
I would rather prefer a pop-up promoting your donation address with something like- Loved our stats? Feel free to be a part of the project.

[coupable]

I had give up getting any sponsor but I will consider your suggestions.

If the site receives a good number of visitors, why not consider allocating space for ads. You may not receive enough of it to work on the rest of the development stages, but at least this will help the development not stop. I am sure that many service providers (casinos and mixers) will want to place their ads on your site.
The rest of the members who want to help and who cannot donate financially, can promote the donation link in any way possible. I run a local Facebook group that specializes in crypto. I will introduce the site and encourage visitors to use it.
Thank you for the great work that you do for the community, and thanks to all the supporters, whether who supports with money or with useful suggestions.

[LoyceV]

I tried the Bitcoin Address Balance Checker feature and I think there is one little thing missing. It would be nice if it was possible to clear the address form

This is something you can easily do inside the browser: CTRL-A > Delete. Am I missing something?

[Bounty _BOX]

(bitmover) Thank you very much for doing such a nice job. But will you just give the managers giveaway ?

[SFR10]

@bitmover
I was wondering if there's a possibility of adding a feature on the unit converter that'd allow users to easily copy a code, in order to show dynamic fiat values of certain Bitcoin amounts on threads of this forum?
^{- AFAICR, all of the other alternatives from the past were limited to USD only and I'm looking for a way to use other fiat currencies in local boards.}

[bitmover]

@bitmover
I was wondering if there's a possibility of adding a feature on the unit converter that'd allow users to easily copy a code, in order to show dynamic fiat values of certain Bitcoin amounts on threads of this forum?
^{- AFAICR, all of the other alternatives from the past were limited to USD only and I'm looking for a way to use other fiat currencies in local boards.}

Thank you for your suggestion SFR10

It is already working! I forked it from the code from (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3485877.0)

api link:

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/localprice.php?coin=bitcoin&amount=0.1&currency=BRL

result:


Parameters:

Code:

coin

Any coin supported by coingecko. Default = bitcoin

Code:

amount

The amount you want. For example, 0.1 BTC. Must use "." as decimal separator.
Default = 1

Code:

currency

Any currency in the world. Default = USD

If no parameter is sent, 1 BTC x USD is showed:

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/localprice.php

[examplens]

I was thinking about something like this before. I assume that this is where the value is extracted at the time of writing this code, I guess that it is not difficult to add the exact time/date of that value.
have you thought about offering sharing codes right away on the site, and not only as BB codes? something like the one we have on image-sharing services. also, make it clickable to your site

[SFR10]

Thank you for your suggestion SFR10

It is already working! I forked it from the code from (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3485877.0)
~Snipped~

Wow, I'm speechless <sup>[I should be the one thanking you for implementing my suggestion in the span of a few hours (you're a lifesaver)]
- May I know how short the intervals are? I stopped tracking it after it passed the 15-minute mark (I do know there are certain limits, so I'm not hoping for it to become very short).</sup>
I did notice a minor issue while I was refreshing the page like a maniac ^{[e.g. the result that had the currency parameter temporarily showed blank, but after a few refreshes, it came back (the default one wasn't affected)]}.

[bitmover]

I was thinking about something like this before. I assume that this is where the value is extracted at the time of writing this code, I guess that it is not difficult to add the exact time/date of that value.
have you thought about offering sharing codes right away on the site, and not only as BB codes? something like the one we have on image-sharing services. also, make it clickable to your site

That is a good idea.
I will make a better implementation soon (with selects and parameters and a possible HTML output as well).

I just posted it here:
https://bitcoindata.science/local-price-to-image.html

Wow, I'm speechless <sup>[I should be the one thanking you for implementing my suggestion in the span of a few hours (you're a lifesaver)]
- May I know how short the intervals are? I stopped tracking it after it passed the 15-minute mark (I do know there are certain limits, so I'm not hoping for it to become very short).</sup>
I did notice a minor issue while I was refreshing the page like a maniac ^{[e.g. the result that had the currency parameter temporarily showed blank, but after a few refreshes, it came back (the default one wasn't affected)]}.

I made a small change in the URL (I added API in the URL). This a better name.
https://bitcoindata.science/api/localprice.php?coin=bitcoin&amount=0.1&currency=BRL

Please take a look later. Thanks for your suggestion, I will post about it later so people from other local boards use it!
https://bitcoindata.science/local-price-to-image.html

[Coin_trader]

Hello @Bitmover, Thank you for doing a great job on @SFR10 suggestion.

I just want to have an additional request if this doesn't trouble you. Is it possible to make the output background transparent to make the result blend in with the forum text which in my case tables? Something like the image below:



Nevertheless, The current version is still good if this suggestion is not possible. Thanks again.

[RickDeckard]

@bitmover
I was wondering if there's a possibility of adding a feature on the unit converter that'd allow users to easily copy a code, in order to show dynamic fiat values of certain Bitcoin amounts on threads of this forum?
^{- AFAICR, all of the other alternatives from the past were limited to USD only and I'm looking for a way to use other fiat currencies in local boards.}

Thank you for your suggestion SFR10

It is already working! I forked it from the code from (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3485877.0)
(...)

Great job @bitmover. Whenever I see tools like these, I always remember the thread created[1] by BlackHatCoiner that had tons of features regarding live updating tickers covering a variety of information. While BHC had a great number of tickers developed, in the end, due to minimal usage[2], he ended up offering address balances and USD exchange rate - both of which are still working as of now.
[1]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5366056.0
[2]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5366056.msg60499802#msg60499802

[bitmover]

Hello @Bitmover, Thank you for doing a great job on @SFR10 suggestion.

I just want to have an additional request if this doesn't trouble you. Is it possible to make the output background transparent to make the result blend in with the forum text which in my case tables? Something like the image below:

Done. The background is now transparent and the font is gray, so it will work in any background (light or dark)

As a final note, and for the sake of transparency, I think it's always interesting to see the statistics of the website as an outside service/company. It is something that will always be asked and you can already provide it even before the initial discussions .

Thanks for you suggestion, I just added website stats in the donate page:


https://bitcoindata.science/donate.html

[RickDeckard]

Done. The background is now transparent and the font is gray, so it will work in any background (light or dark)

Great work! This is just a suggestion but what do you think of displaying a copy button (similar to the one you have in your donation address here[1]) so that it makes it easier/quicker to copy the code?

Thanks for you suggestion, I just added website stats in the donate page:


https://bitcoindata.science/donate.html

That is great! If you see a low activity on this field do remember my feedback here[2] regarding looking for potential customers - sometimes it is just better to "give" a week to try out and reap possible results in the future than to have no offers (or offers that aren't of interest to you). Keep up the good work!
[1]https://bitcoindata.science/donate.html
[2]https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5445282.msg62069472#msg62069472

[bitmover]

Hello @Coin_trader , @SFR10

Do you guys see any use for an API like this?

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/addressbalance.php?address=3CrySAp8G1PfvjrYT4HPQhE8MouBKWd9WB&currency=PHP

It takes 2 parameters, address and currency.
It will show BTC balance and fiat value.

It is already working, I will prepare the documentation.

I am having some nice ideas with those API, to implement in the future. I am open for suggestions. I will open a thread just for it in the next days.

[SFR10]

Do you guys see any use for an API like this?

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/addressbalance.php?address=3CrySAp8G1PfvjrYT4HPQhE8MouBKWd9WB&currency=PHP

There's definitely a use for it, but it'd probably be used on a smaller scale in contrast to the previous one... The first thing that comes to my mind is donation campaigns ^{[e.g. this or this]}, and then some of the games in the games and rounds sub-board ^{[it can also be used on the collectibles sub-board for special cases]}.
_{- Now I'm jealous (I wish I knew how to do such things as well)}

[LoyceV]

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/addressbalance.php?address=3CrySAp8G1PfvjrYT4HPQhE8MouBKWd9WB&currency=PHP

Not bad! I can think of some uses for this (although it's been a while since I created any topic that can use it).
Question: how does it work with updates: are they real-time? And if so: does the forum proxy not cache the old version?

[bitmover]

Not bad! I can think of some uses for this (although it's been a while since I created any topic that can use it).

Thank you. I will create the API documentation soon and create more API endpoints.

Edit: Maybe useful for campaign manager or someone else who wants to easily proof he has the funds in some address?

Question: how does it work with updates: are they real-time? And if so: does the forum proxy not cache the old version?

Yes, real time. However, there are no updates.

Once you make the request, the old image is deleted and a new one is created. Every time you reload the page (call the API again) a new image is generated with the newest blockchain and price data.

So, the image is always updated. There is no cache.

_{- Now I'm jealous (I wish I knew how to do such things as well)}

I started learning during the pandemic. You can start anytime

[LoyceV]

Yes, real time. However, there are no updates.

That's bad.

So, the image is always updated. There is no cache.

That's good Your first description was confusing.

[bitmover]

Yes, real time. However, there are no updates.

That's bad.

So, the image is always updated. There is no cache.

That's good Your first description was confusing.

Sorry for the confusion.

If you leave the page open, the image will not update by itself. You need to reload the page/image, then the data will update.

This is what I meant

[LoyceV]

If you leave the page open, the image will not update by itself. You need to reload the page/image, then the data will update.

That makes sense. Nobody would expect images posted on a forum to update without reloading the page.

[examplens]

If you leave the page open, the image will not update by itself. You need to reload the page/image, then the data will update.

That makes sense. Nobody would expect images posted on a forum to update without reloading the page.

But it would be nice if the timestamp can also be displayed. That would remove the doubts for someone who just reads the whole context without knowing how the thing works.

I would not ignore the purpose of this without an update after each refresh. There are situations where it is necessary to know the value at the time of writing the post.

[joker_josue]

It is already working! I forked it from the code from (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3485877.0)

Thank you Bitmover for this extra that you developed or adapted.
It will be a useful resource for some jobs that you may carry out.

What cryptos does it accept? BTC only?

[bitmover]

It is already working! I forked it from the code from (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3485877.0)

Thank you Bitmover for this extra that you developed or adapted.
It will be a useful resource for some jobs that you may carry out.

What cryptos does it accept? BTC only?

You can use any cryptocurrency available in coingecko

for example, 1 ethereum in BRL


https://bitcoindata.science/api/localprice.php?coin=ethereum&amount=1&currency=BRL

[bitmover]

I was thinking about something like this before. I assume that this is where the value is extracted at the time of writing this code, I guess that it is not difficult to add the exact time/date of that value.
have you thought about offering sharing codes right away on the site, and not only as BB codes? something like the one we have on image-sharing services. also, make it clickable to your site

Hello examplens.

Just added a more detailed documentation and implemented your suggestion:

https://bitcoindata.science/local-price-to-image.html


I will probably create a new ANN for this tool, once I add more features.

[examplens]

Just added a more detailed documentation and implemented your suggestion:

You really dedicated yourself to your site, I'm glad to see that. Progress is also visible. 

I would also add the creation of HTML code here. Let it be helpful outside the Bitcointalk forum when you have already created this service. It can be very useful for bloggers, and you can get quality backlinks.
Suppose you can visually separate the part that refers to printing the value of Bitcoin from this part that deals with printing the address balance. With different backgrounds, some frames or simple lines, it's easier on the eye.
Also, in this previous suggestion post, maybe you just skipped it... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5445282.msg62152709#msg62152709 I believe that it would be a very useful tool for campaign managers to set the price of bitcoins, at the moment when they were doing the calculation.

[bitmover]

I just created one more API, which i believe may be useful in the recent days of crazy fees



This data is always updated from mempool.space

I will create a few more , specially about transactions ID and their details, which I believe will be quite useful too. THen I will create one more topic to properly announce all API.

[paid2]

I just created one more API, which i believe may be useful in the recent days of crazy fees



This data is always updated from mempool.space

I will create a few more , specially about transactions ID and their details, which I believe will be quite useful too. THen I will create one more topic to properly announce all API.

This is really cool and very useful, thanks for your work and dedication dear bitmover!

I just spent some time on your site, I really like the new design.
I like the fact that the giveaway manager is listed at the top, as you know I use it regularly and before I always had to find your post with the link to find it (I never thought to bookmark it). It's really cool!

The "Local price to image" page is great!

[rdluffy]

Hey bitmover, nice update, I always use your service to see my transaction fees and time to confirm

I always wanted this tool to use in my threads:


Let's suppose I'll do a raffle like that one in World Cup where users sent me satoshis and I had to update the balance.
With this tool, do I have to post again to have the updated balance, or can I post only once and the balance will update?

[LoyceV]

can I post only once and the balance will update?

Test it: I just saw the BRL-balance change on Shift-reload.

[bitmover]

Let's suppose I'll do a raffle like that one in World Cup where users sent me satoshis and I had to update the balance.
With this tool, do I have to post again to have the updated balance, or can I post only once and the balance will update?

The balance is always updated . You can post only once
Only confirmed transactions counts.

I am glad you liked it. I think this is a useful tool , and I am thinking about how to share it with more people.

I will probably create a thread at meta with all API.

[joker_josue]

I will probably create a thread at meta with all API.

I think you should do this.
Having that information displayed there, with all its APIs, would be an excellent way to use the tool.

[rdluffy]

Test it: I just saw the BRL-balance change on Shift-reload.

Thanks Loyce 
I thought it was a snapshot only, but when I update the page, the balance updates too

The balance is always updated . You can post only once
Only confirmed transactions counts.

I am glad you liked it. I think this is a useful tool , and I am thinking about how to share it with more people.

I will probably create a thread at meta with all API.

It will be very useful bitmover
Now in a raffle thread we can use the Giveaway Manager and the Local Price to image
With time people will discover and use it for more purposes

it's nice because I don't have to leave the forum to view the balance of a wallet.
I even tried a while ago to find some service that would put the balance of a wallet in an image, and another that would update this image every X minutes, but I couldn't.

[examplens]

I always wanted this tool to use in my threads:

Yes, for example, this is an excellent tool for the escrow service, where it is easy to see the current balance at the escrow address.

I guess there are a lot of users from Brazil here but given that bitcoindata.science is a global service, I would expect USD to be the default currency, with all due respect to BRL.
just my $0.02

[bitmover]

Yes, for example, this is an excellent tool for the escrow service, where it is easy to see the current balance at the escrow address.

I guess there are a lot of users from Brazil here but given that bitcoindata.science is a global service, I would expect USD to be the default currency, with all due respect to BRL.
just my $0.02

The default is usd.

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/addressbalance.php?address=bc1qme0wmgqy90elkle07vamvff4yafzwfh6z03sf3

I agree that this service is good for escrow.

I will post it in meta soon. Maybe in some other board as well. Maybe reputation?

[examplens]

I will post it in meta soon. Maybe in some other board as well. Maybe reputation?

I don't think anyone will mind if you add a link to the thread or site, something like "generated by bitcoindata.science". This would make your service more recognizable.

[dkbit98]

I just created one more API, which i believe may be useful in the recent days of crazy fees

Nice work once again!
You picked nice color that works great both on light and dark background.
I think Mempool APi is currently one of the best but it doesn't hurt to add few more alternatives to compare differences.
Maybe you can also add the number of unconfirmed transaction, that is still very high.

[joker_josue]

I know it's been talked about here before.
But, @bitmover, is there really no way for the user to be able to change the text color of the image? 

[bitmover]

I know it's been talked about here before.
But, @bitmover, is there really no way for the user to be able to change the text color of the image? 

Well, I can add more colors easily.

 Do you need more customization to use in the forum or for the talkimg website?

Which color do you want? In which api?

I can add some more colors. Tell me more I can make it

[joker_josue]

Do you need more customization to use in the forum or for the talkimg website?

I was thinking about using it in talkimg. And in that sense, it would be orange.

But, you couldn't put a command, where the user writes the HEX of the color? Something similar to what happens with the choice of fiat. So you are not limited to a set of colors. If the person does not put this command, it sets the default color.

[bitmover]

Do you need more customization to use in the forum or for the talkimg website?

I was thinking about using it in talkimg. And in that sense, it would be orange.

But, you couldn't put a command, where the user writes the HEX of the color? Something similar to what happens with the choice of fiat. So you are not limited to a set of colors. If the person does not put this command, it sets the default color.

I will add this in a few days days
That is a good idea.

I can also make a special endpoint just for you to use in talkimg. If you want to remove the address or something like that, or use another font. Tell me and I can see what I can do.

[joker_josue]

I can also make a special endpoint just for you to use in talkimg. If you want to remove the address or something like that, or use another font. Tell me and I can see what I can do.

I even like the font and how the information is presented, as it turns out to be a highlight.
What you could adjust, in addition to the color, would be the text to be bold. Anyway, I think it's good.

Thank you for your availability!

[Crypto-NFT-Freedom]

Redesigning and redeveloping the entire site and code from scratch is no small feat, and it's clear that you've poured a lot of dedication and effort into it. Your commitment to refining the user experience and addressing bugs is commendable.

Creating a central hub for discussions related to all your tools is a smart move to streamline engagement and make it easier for users to find relevant information. The increased speed and addition of features like Dark/Light Mode demonstrate your responsiveness to user preferences and modern design trends.

It's great to see that you're not only focused on the big picture but also paying attention to the smaller details. By enhancing the UI and code of the most frequently used tools, you're actively improving the experience for your users. And the decision to remove less-used or buggy tools shows your commitment to quality and efficiency.

The fact that you're striving for excellence is evident in your temporary removal of the funded addresses tool and the Transaction Size calculator. It's smart to prioritize user experience and functionality, ensuring that these features will be reintroduced in a more refined state once you've resolved the issues.

Your dedication to providing a useful and polished platform is truly commendable, and I have no doubt that your hard work will be appreciated by your users. The attention you've given to user feedback and your willingness to continuously improve the platform speak volumes about your commitment to delivering a top-notch experience.

Keep up the fantastic work, and I'm excited to see your platform thrive and evolve. If you have any updates or further developments, I'd love to hear about them. Cheers to your success! 🎉👏

[bitmover]

I can also make a special endpoint just for you to use in talkimg. If you want to remove the address or something like that, or use another font. Tell me and I can see what I can do.

I even like the font and how the information is presented, as it turns out to be a highlight.
What you could adjust, in addition to the color, would be the text to be bold. Anyway, I think it's good.

Thank you for your availability!

Here you go!

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/addressbalance.php?address=bc1qhwnncpdd8gfzqwjkk9n052wf7g9mvks3xaa7qa&currency=USD&hex=62da64

This is working in all other endpoints as well!



Remember not to use "#", enter just the hex parameter. Special character in the URL parameter is bugging stuff.


Also, I added the bold parameter as you requested, just for the address one. Edit: I added to all endpoints, this is just beautiful!

You  can use like this. Just add &bold to the URL.

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/addressbalance.php?address=3CrySAp8G1PfvjrYT4HPQhE8MouBKWd9WB&currency=USD&hex=c2004e&bold

[joker_josue]

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/addressbalance.php?address=3CrySAp8G1PfvjrYT4HPQhE8MouBKWd9WB&currency=USD&hex=c2004e&bold

Thank you for adding these features!
I believe it will be useful, not only for me, but for many other users.

Soon I will update on TalkImg. 

[dkbit98]

You  can use like this. Just add &bold to the URL.

If it's not a secret, can you say what font are you using?
I think you might want to think about slightly changing font type (or spacing) when using bold parameter (if that is even possible).
It's fine for most numbers but letters are merging for me and it's not easy to read all of them, that can be a problem when someone want's to verify BTC address.
I think I have a solid eyesight, but other people could have even bigger problem reading than me  

Another strange unreadable result from previous post after I refreshed page:

[bitmover]

If it's not a secret, can you say what font are you using?
I think you might want to think about slightly changing font type (or spacing) when using bold parameter (if that is even possible).
It's fine for most numbers but letters are merging for me and it's not easy to read all of them, that can be a problem when someone want's to verify BTC address.
I think I have a solid eyesight, but other people could have even bigger problem reading than me  

It is a default php font. I don't know what it is...

This might be Tiny font
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9842068/what-is-name-of-default-font-used-in-php-gd-library

Another strange unreadable result from previous post after I refreshed page:

I don't know the cause of this bug, I don't see anything in logs

But it is probably related to too many requests , it usually happens  in a page like this with multiple images in the same page for testing.

[examplens]

Hey bitmover, it looks like there's a bug in your API.
When creating the code for the address balance image, the entered address is not automatically transferred to the field with the final BBcode. Also, the "reload image" button does not make any changes.
The API works normally, but it is necessary to manually edit the code in order to show the balance from the desired address. I noticed this while creating this post

[bitmover]

Hey bitmover, it looks like there's a bug in your API.
When creating the code for the address balance image, the entered address is not automatically transferred to the field with the final BBcode. Also, the "reload image" button does not make any changes.
The API works normally, but it is necessary to manually edit the code in order to show the balance from the desired address. I noticed this while creating this post

Thank you for warning me
I noticed that only usd is working 

I wil try to get ir fixed by tomorrow.  Something is wrong with my fiat prices.

[bitmover]

Hey bitmover, it looks like there's a bug in your API.
When creating the code for the address balance image, the entered address is not automatically transferred to the field with the final BBcode. Also, the "reload image" button does not make any changes.
The API works normally, but it is necessary to manually edit the code in order to show the balance from the desired address. I noticed this while creating this post

Thanks again for warning me about this.

I had to create an account in the API service that I am using, and had to spend some time updating the code with the new changes in their services.

It is all working now, all API are back again!

BTC price in BRL


BTC price in EUR

[logfiles]

@bitmover, what happened to this tool (https://bitcoindata.science/plot-your-transaction-in-mempool)

I have been trying to calculate the transaction size using my custom inputs and outputs, but It shows nothing under the transaction size filed. Could be doing something wrong with how I entered my figures?

[bitmover]

@bitmover, what happened to this tool (https://bitcoindata.science/plot-your-transaction-in-mempool)

I have been trying to calculate the transaction size using my custom inputs and outputs, but It shows nothing under the transaction size filed. Could be doing something wrong with how I entered my figures?

I need to redesign this tool.it needs some maintenance.

I will work on it and get back to you in a few days/weeks.

[joker_josue]

Suggestion: in the image generated in "local to btc", there should be a small line underneath, saying the day/time that the value was updated.
It is true that the value is updated whenever the image is loaded. But, for those who are more dissatisfied, they may not notice.

So I suggested something like this:

[examplens]

Suggestion: in the image generated in "local to btc", there should be a small line underneath, saying the day/time that the value was updated.
It is true that the value is updated whenever the image is loaded. But, for those who are more dissatisfied, they may not notice.

So I suggested something like this:

But that doesn't make sense, because every new load makes a printout of the current value. So, for example, to see my reply, you have to reload the page, thus bitmover's code will refresh and write the actual value.
It would only make sense if you kept the page open without refreshing, and that sounds useless.

[logfiles]

I need to redesign this tool.it needs some maintenance.

I will work on it and get back to you in a few days/weeks.

Alright, thanks for the great job.

Suggestion: in the image generated in "local to btc", there should be a small line underneath, saying the day/time that the value was updated.
It is true that the value is updated whenever the image is loaded. But, for those who are more dissatisfied, they may not notice.

The main point of the tool was to quote the value of BTC whenever a page is loaded, so I personally don't think the time stamp would be necessary. It would only matter if the price was static and not changing at all, even on reloading after several hours or days.

[Yamane_Keto]

The main point of the tool was to quote the value of BTC whenever a page is loaded, so I personally don't think the time stamp would be necessary. It would only matter if the price was static and not changing at all, even on reloading after several hours or days.

I think it is necessary in sections such as Collectibles, which is the price at the time of ordering and the current price of Bitcoin, and it is useful for those who will visit the forum in the future, as a person can, for example, buy something for $100 today and it will be worth $500 a few months later.

Blockchair provides a similar service, which is to show the price at the moment the transaction is confirmed. It is important to know the real price when conducting the transaction and is useful for those who want to visit the site in the future.

[LoyceV]

Suggestion: in the image generated in "local to btc", there should be a small line underneath, saying the day/time that the value was updated.

But that doesn't make sense, because every new load makes a printout of the current value.

I like the suggestion. Updates can fail for many reason, including browser cache.

It would only make sense if you kept the page open without refreshing, and that sounds useless.

I do this all the time

The main point of the tool was to quote the value of BTC whenever a page is loaded

Here's another idea: make the price-image an animated GIF. First, show the current price. After 10 minutes, show "price expired" (and keeep that frame for 10 years).

[joker_josue]

But that doesn't make sense, because every new load makes a printout of the current value. So, for example, to see my reply, you have to reload the page, thus bitmover's code will refresh and write the actual value.
It would only make sense if you kept the page open without refreshing, and that sounds useless.

You and I are familiar with this feature, so we can see that it is an image generated when the page is loaded. But I believe that there are thousands of readers who are unaware of this resource, and have no idea of how the image works. Furthermore, due to cache issues, the image may not be reloaded correctly, and this will result in an old image.

That's why I think that this information should include the update date, ensuring that the reader receives all the information, whether they are familiar with this tool or not.

But, it's just my opinion, if the majority thinks this feature is not necessary, it's not worth Bitmover wasting time on it.

[examplens]

It would only make sense if you kept the page open without refreshing, and that sounds useless.

I do this all the time

Of course, I know that feeling, same thing on my browsers  but to track the price of Bitcoin in the past is completely pointless.

You and I are familiar with this feature, so we can see that it is an image generated when the page is loaded. But I believe that there are thousands of readers who are unaware of this resource, and have no idea of how the image works. Furthermore, due to cache issues, the image may not be reloaded correctly, and this will result in an old image.

That's why I think that this information should include the update date, ensuring that the reader receives all the information, whether they are familiar with this tool or not.

But, it's just my opinion, if the majority thinks this feature is not necessary, it's not worth Bitmover wasting time on it.

Earlier I proposed a similar feature. Maybe not as part of the current one, which already has its purpose, but as an additional one.

If you leave the page open, the image will not update by itself. You need to reload the page/image, then the data will update.

That makes sense. Nobody would expect images posted on a forum to update without reloading the page.

But it would be nice if the timestamp can also be displayed. That would remove the doubts for someone who just reads the whole context without knowing how the thing works.

I would not ignore the purpose of this without an update after each refresh. There are situations where it is necessary to know the value at the time of writing the post.

[joker_josue]

Earlier I proposed a similar feature. Maybe not as part of the current one, which already has its purpose, but as an additional one.

So, I didn't understand your criticism of my suggestion.

Logically, the way I presented the idea, it doesn't have to be exactly like that. It can be done another way. Basically, the idea was to present, together with the value of BTC, an indication that it was updated at this time. So as not to get the idea that the value presented was that of the date of the post.

[examplens]

So, I didn't understand your criticism of my suggestion.

Logically, the way I presented the idea, it doesn't have to be exactly like that. It can be done another way. Basically, the idea was to present, together with the value of BTC, an indication that it was updated at this time. So as not to get the idea that the value presented was that of the date of the post.

We are talking about the same thing. I had a similar idea earlier but executed it in a completely different way. Even without generating images, just as text. Who knows, maybe I'll realize that someday.

[bitmover]

Suggestion: in the image generated in "local to btc", there should be a small line underneath, saying the day/time that the value was updated.
It is true that the value is updated whenever the image is loaded. But, for those who are more dissatisfied, they may not notice.

So I suggested something like this:

I added this as an optional feature

Just add &date , similar to &bold

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/localprice.php?amount=1&currency=USD&date

Then you have the datetime in UTC



I think it is a good idea. Thanks also for LoyceV and examplens for suggestions.

I will add this to the docs soon. I will also add it to other endpoints, working only in localprice for now.

I think it is necessary in sections such as Collectibles, which is the price at the time of ordering and the current price of Bitcoin, and it is useful for those who will visit the forum in the future, as a person can, for example, buy something for $100 today and it will be worth $500 a few months later.

Blockchair provides a similar service, which is to show the price at the moment the transaction is confirmed. It is important to know the real price when conducting the transaction and is useful for those who want to visit the site in the future.

About old timestamps, such as by the time of posting  I don't think that makes sense at all.

If you want to see the value of bitcoin by the time of your posting, just write it. You don't neeed an image which was dynamically generated to get past data
 That API is important for posts which are interested in future/present information.

[joker_josue]

I added this as an optional feature

Thanks for applying the suggestion.
I'll think of more ideas for the feature. 

[SFR10]

@bitmover
As someone who keeps a lot of open tabs in their browser, I'm wondering if it's possible to have pop-up alerts ^{[e.g. incoming transactions or rather newly confirmed transactions]} on the "Address Balance Checker" tool?
^{- FWIW, I usually shut down my computer once every few months.}

Update:

I came up with a solution for this. I will finish it in a few days and I will notify you here.

Happy to see you are using this tool.

Thank you, looking forward to it

[bitmover]

I will add this to the docs soon. I will also add it to other endpoints, working only in localprice for now.

added the date suggestion to some endpoints:

Just added permanently to bitcoin fees:

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/bitcoinfees.php

Also added to fiattobtc.
10 usd now (at time of your reading):

Code:

https://bitcoindata.science/api/fiattobtc.php?fiatamount=10&currency=USD&date&bold

@bitmover
As someone who keeps a lot of open tabs in their browser, I'm wondering if it's possible to have pop-up alerts ^{[e.g. incoming transactions or rather newly confirmed transactions]} on the "Address Balance Checker" tool?
^{- FWIW, I usually shut down my computer once every few months.}

I came up with a solution for this. I will finish it in a few days and I will notify you here.

Happy to see you are using this tool.

[joker_josue]

Remind me of something else:
- Would it be possible to set the size of the generated image?
- Would it be possible for you to create 2 or 3 standard background patterns, and the user can choose which one to use?


EDIT: It's not for any special reason, just remind me of these possibilities.

[bitmover]

Remind me of something else:
- Would it be possible to set the size of the generated image?

Yes, you can do this manually on the front end. Using BBcode or HTML

Code:

[img width=500]https://bitcoindata.science/api/fiattobtc.php?fiatamount=1000&currency=EUR&date&bold[/img]

in HTML you can do this:

Code:

<img src=https://bitcoindata.science/api/fiattobtc.php?fiatamount=1000&currency=USD&date&bold width=500/>

- Would it be possible for you to create 2 or 3 standard background patterns, and the user can choose which one to use?
EDIT: It's not for any special reason, just remind me of these possibilities.

Well, I can add some background HEX color codes... it might be useful in some situations, where you want to give more emphasis to the price.
But the default transparent background will blend with the background, and you can already change the font color.

For example, if you want to use a blue background in talkimg, you can just wrap it with a blue div:

Code:

<div style="background-color: #5e9cff">
    <a href="https://bitcoindata.science/bitcointalk-api.html#address-balance" target="_blank rel=" noopener="" noreferrer"="">
       <img height="16" src="https://bitcoindata.science/api/addressbalance.php?address=bc1qhwnncpdd8gfzqwjkk9n052wf7g9mvks3xaa7qa&currency=USD&hex=823217">
    </a>
</div>

Result

[joker_josue]

Thank you for the tips.

Yes, you can do this manually on the front end. Using BBcode or HTML

Code:

[img width=500]https://bitcoindata.science/api/fiattobtc.php?fiatamount=1000&currency=EUR&date&bold[/img]

in HTML you can do this:

Code:

<img src=https://bitcoindata.science/api/fiattobtc.php?fiatamount=1000&currency=USD&date&bold width=500/>

I know that this technique is possible to enlarge the image, but I have to admit that aesthetically it doesn't look beautiful.
But, come on, that's what I'm all about being a perfectionist.  



EDIT:

For example, if you want to use a blue background in talkimg, you can just wrap it with a blue div:

For TalkImg, what I liked was a gift, where I alternated between the balance and the last 3 donations. 

[bitmover]

@bitmover
As someone who keeps a lot of open tabs in their browser, I'm wondering if it's possible to have pop-up alerts ^{[e.g. incoming transactions or rather newly confirmed transactions]} on the "Address Balance Checker" tool?
^{- FWIW, I usually shut down my computer once every few months.}

I created a pop-up that will appear when you receive a new transaction, or when an unconfirmed one is confirmed.



Please tell me if you see any bugs or suggestions

[SFR10]

I created a pop-up that will appear when you receive a new transaction, or when an unconfirmed one is confirmed.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/11/22/FBuqc.png

Please tell me if you see any bugs or suggestions

Thank you so much for the addition of this feature... At first, it seemed to be working perfectly but after clicking the reload data button, I'm no longer getting any pop-ups for subsequent incoming or unconfirmed transactions.
^{- BTW, I was monitoring it while I was watching a movie in a split-screen mode and I didn't hear any pop-up sounds (it'd be nice to have one or maybe even one of those flashy tab notifications).}

[bitmover]

I created a pop-up that will appear when you receive a new transaction, or when an unconfirmed one is confirmed.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/11/22/FBuqc.png

Please tell me if you see any bugs or suggestions

Thank you so much for the addition of this feature... At first, it seemed to be working perfectly but after clicking the reload data button, I'm no longer getting any pop-ups for subsequent incoming or unconfirmed transactions.
^{- BTW, I was monitoring it while I was watching a movie in a split-screen mode and I didn't hear any pop-up sounds (it'd be nice to have one or maybe even one of those flashy tab notifications).}

Thanks for help me testing.

Now I added a notification icon, which will make a sound and call you back to the page (you need to grant permission for notifications).
I also changed the title of the page with (1), so you know some notification is there, which will disappear after you click on the notification.

I believe there are no bugs left, and it will call you for more incoming transactions.

[SFR10]

Thanks for help me testing.

You're very welcome and massive thanks for adding a feature that allows me to ditch a service that requires attaching an email.

Now I added a notification icon, which will make a sound and call you back to the page (you need to grant permission for notifications).
I also changed the title of the page with (1), so you know some notification is there, which will disappear after you click on the notification.

I believe there are no bugs left, and it will call you for more incoming transactions.

Yes, I can also confirm that the bug I mentioned earlier no longer exists, but for some reason, I think the browsers that I use are misconfigured because no matter what I do ^{[adjusted the permissions and emptied the cache + hard reload]}, I can't hear any sound notifications ^{[fortunately, the title changes now, so that's good enough for me (thank you once again )]}.

[BoXXoB]

Now I added a notification icon, which will make a sound and call you back to the page (you need to grant permission for notifications).
I also changed the title of the page with (1), so you know some notification is there, which will disappear after you click on the notification.

I believe there are no bugs left, and it will call you for more incoming transactions.

I have to admit these kind of features could come handy sometimes. Keep up the good work on your website!

[icopress]

The service works great! I've already tested it several times today. 

[bitmover]

Hello all,

I have added a small feature, based on @examplens suggestion.

I added a download button for .json and .csv file in the balance checker tool.

You can now check the balance of up to 465 addresses simultaneously , and download your search in a file.


https://bitcoindata.science/bitcoin-balance-check

[paid2]

Hello all,

I have added a small feature, based on @examplens suggestion.

I added a download button for .json and .csv file in the balance checker tool.

You can now check the balance of up to 465 addresses simultaneously , and download your search in a file.

This is a great feature! it will be useful for sure!

Thank you for taking the time to do all this work for the community bitmover

[LoyceV]

You can now check the balance of up to 465 addresses simultaneously

I have to ask: why 465?

[bitmover]

You can now check the balance of up to 465 addresses simultaneously

I have to ask: why 465?

This is a limitation of the URL size.

As it is a GET request, each address goes into the URL parameter in the browser internally.

It works like this. WHen you enter the addresses in the web page, your browser will make this request:

Code:

https://blockchain.info/balance?active=ADDRESS1|ADDRESS2.....

The size of this URL becomes huge with a few addresses.

Each browser has a different limit. 465 is a safe number, however, you might be able to make it work with more addresses using google chrome which has a higher limit (it also depends on the address formats, which may vary as well)

You might find some more useful discussions here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2659952/maximum-length-of-http-get-request
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/417142/what-is-the-maximum-length-of-a-url-in-different-browsers
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/maximum-length-of-a-url-in-different-browsers/

Edit: I also made a different code if you are using less than 20 addresses, using mempool.space. It is slower, but you will make one request for each address (so you will make a total of 20 requests). More than that, you will get block, so I use the other API from blockchair.
Mempool.space API is better and gives more details about unconfirmed transactions as well.

[hugeblack]

I get

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Yesterday I used the site and everything was working normally, so the problem may have started within the last 12 hours.

I think you need to look at the site data on the hosting or you made a mistake when making some updates.

[LoyceV]

I get a 404 Forbidden:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access this resource.

[bitmover]

I get a 404 Forbidden:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access this resource.

0

I get

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I am happy to see you are using

Well, I am under a DDOS attack. Even cloudflare couldn`t stop it. I switched to a far more aggressive configuration now.




From 50k requests per day, to 700k.

I am still open for suggestions on the Free Plan of cloudflare, if anyone has some experience about it

I know some of the IP which are attacking, but they are many from all over the world...

[LoyceV]

I know some of the IP which are attacking, but they are many from all over the world...

That's typical for a DDOS. It must be far too cheap by now, to attack basically any site that makes something nice.

[examplens]

Well, I am under a DDOS attack. Even cloudflare couldn`t stop it. I switched to a far more aggressive configuration now.

It seems to me that the attack has slowed down a bit now.
I hope that the sharper configuration of CF will not cause problems with the operation of the tools, considering that they are all automated.

I know some of the IP which are attacking, but they are many from all over the world...

That's typical for a DDOS. It must be far too cheap by now, to attack basically any site that makes something nice.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's a CloudFlare tactic to push him to a paid plan.

[NotATether]

I know some of the IP which are attacking, but they are many from all over the world...

That's typical for a DDOS. It must be far too cheap by now, to attack basically any site that makes something nice.

About time to introduce new legislation around the world that criminalizes ISPs for routing malicious bandwidth.

That would put an end to these "rent-a-DDoS" attacks.

[LoyceV]

About time to introduce new legislation around the world that criminalizes ISPs for routing malicious bandwidth.

That's the thing with DDOS: it's just a device requesting a website. It's not easy to know if it's a human or an infected device doing it.

[NotATether]

About time to introduce new legislation around the world that criminalizes ISPs for routing malicious bandwidth.

That's the thing with DDOS: it's just a device requesting a website. It's not easy to know if it's a human or an infected device doing it.

That's exactly why Internet Service Providers (of the DDoSing device) should be punished for letting malicious traffic flow out from their servers to the wider Internet, because they should be able to identify and stop such traffic better than anyone else. It would also force them to take their security more seriously and invest in identifying malicious traffic patterns, with AI I guess.

[LoyceV]

That's exactly why Internet Service Providers (of the DDoSing device) should be punished for letting malicious traffic flow out from their servers to the wider Internet

That sounds a lot like deep packet inspection and the end to net neutrality. I don't think we should go down that road.

I'd be much more in favour of punishing manufacturers who's devices can get abused, but that would be the end of every large software company

[dkbit98]

Well, I am under a DDOS attack. Even cloudflare couldn`t stop it. I switched to a far more aggressive configuration now.

I don't understand what would be the reason for attacking Bitmover website, unless they are just training and randomly attacking everyone they can, especially if website has some connection with Bitcoin 
Sometimes I think that hosting providers are somehow involved in attacks like this, in this way they are forcing you to upgrade and buy more expensive packages.

[bitmover]

It seems to me that the attack has slowed down a bit now.
I hope that the sharper configuration of CF will not cause problems with the operation of the tools, considering that they are all automated.

....

I wouldn't be surprised if it's a CloudFlare tactic to push him to a paid plan.

Thanks for your support examplens.

Attack has slowed, but looks to be increasing again


They are attacking basically the api. All attacks go to bitcoindata.science/api/.....


On another topic, I have updated the balance checker tool, so it supports QR Codes now.



https://bitcoindata.science/bitcoin-balance-check

This was a Hhampuz request, and I think it is very useful

Well, I am under a DDOS attack. Even cloudflare couldn`t stop it. I switched to a far more aggressive configuration now.

I don't understand what would be the reason for attacking Bitmover website, unless they are just training and randomly attacking everyone they can, especially if website has some connection with Bitcoin 
Sometimes I think that hosting providers are somehow involved in attacks like this, in this way they are forcing you to upgrade and buy more expensive packages.

Maybe examplens is right, and cloudflare is attacking so I get a paid plan.

[NotATether]

Maybe examplens is right, and cloudflare is attacking so I get a paid plan.

That doesn't make any sense either. I've never had any of my web properties attacked by cloudflare in order to make me pay up.

@LoyceV: Hm. I guess you are right on this one. However, I think the packet contens themselves don't need to be inspected, but just the TCP/IP metadata. That is not encrypted and will take care of everything up to Layer 7 attacks. For that, you can just measure the frequency of requests made to a particular URL (since that is unencrypted too).

[examplens]

Sometimes I think that hosting providers are somehow involved in attacks like this, in this way they are forcing you to upgrade and buy more expensive packages.

I guarantee that it is not up to the hosting provider in this case. 
Other sites (hosted with bitmover's site) do not have this problem, and from 01.01.2024 it is on a slightly more expensive package.


@bitmover, it looks like you messed up FeeBuddy with more aggressive settings on CloudFlare. I didn't see any posts from that side today.

[bitmover]

@bitmover, it looks like you messed up FeeBuddy with more aggressive settings on CloudFlare. I didn't see any posts from that side today.

Thanks.
I blocked all bots. Somehow, cloudflare is blocking bots from its own domain, but bots from other regions are still attacking.... I will see what I can do

[joker_josue]

Well, I am under a DDOS attack. Even cloudflare couldn`t stop it. I switched to a far more aggressive configuration now.

I don't understand what would be the reason for attacking Bitmover website, unless they are just training and randomly attacking everyone they can, especially if website has some connection with Bitcoin 
Sometimes I think that hosting providers are somehow involved in attacks like this, in this way they are forcing you to upgrade and buy more expensive packages.

I happened to think the same.

I don't know how you are managing the server, bitmover. But, I think you need to review this hosting company, as it could be a company that attracts these types of attacks.

Review your API code to check if there is anything that could be attracting the attention of these bots.

[bitmover]

Well, I am under a DDOS attack. Even cloudflare couldn`t stop it. I switched to a far more aggressive configuration now.

I don't understand what would be the reason for attacking Bitmover website, unless they are just training and randomly attacking everyone they can, especially if website has some connection with Bitcoin 
Sometimes I think that hosting providers are somehow involved in attacks like this, in this way they are forcing you to upgrade and buy more expensive packages.

I happened to think the same.

I don't know how you are managing the server, bitmover. But, I think you need to review this hosting company, as it could be a company that attracts these types of attacks.

Review your API code to check if there is anything that could be attracting the attention of these bots.

I was talking with a friend owns a somewhat big domain in Brazil.
He said people do this kind of attacks and usually ask money to stop the attack.

He also said the same examplens said : this could be an attack from cloudflare, to force me into a paid plan.

[paid2]

I was talking with a friend owns a somewhat big domain in Brazil.
He said people do this kind of attacks and usually ask money to stop the attack.

He also said the same examplens said : this could be an attack from cloudflare, to force me into a paid plan.

Where I live, when communism ended, insurance companies offered to protect and insure you against their own henchmen when you had a business lol
I think that's exactly what CF is doing in our case, I agree with examplens idea... I can imagine some DDOS attacks blackmailing dark net markets as they already are "XMR/BTC savvy" and generating a lot of money (perfect targets for this kind of activities IMO), but I'd be surprised if that was the case for a niche website like yours even if it is crypto-related.

I hope you get the hang of it soon bitmover!

[joker_josue]

I was talking with a friend owns a somewhat big domain in Brazil.
He said people do this kind of attacks and usually ask money to stop the attack.

He also said the same examplens said : this could be an attack from cloudflare, to force me into a paid plan.

I've never heard of this, but I've also never researched the topic. So I'm not going to say it won't happen.

Now, I think this is a bit of a conspiracy theory. Because there are companies competing with Cloudflare, and therefore, the person can simply switch to another company, as the plan they are using at Cloudflare is not delivering as promised.

Either way, I just hope that you can resolve these problems, and that everything is back to normal. If we can do something on this side, feel free. 

[bitmover]

[Now, I think this is a bit of a conspiracy theory. Because there are companies competing with Cloudflare, and therefore, the person can simply switch to another company, as the plan they are using at Cloudflare is not delivering as promised.

There aren't many companies competing with cloudflare.like  aws and azure and a few more, but Cloudflare is the most used.

I use the free cloudlfare plan now.
Their cheapest plan is 200 usd per year.

[joker_josue]

[Now, I think this is a bit of a conspiracy theory. Because there are companies competing with Cloudflare, and therefore, the person can simply switch to another company, as the plan they are using at Cloudflare is not delivering as promised.

There aren't many companies competing with cloudflare.like  aws and azure and a fee more, buy Cloudflare is the most used.

I use the free cloudlfare plan now.
Their cheapest plan is 200 usd per year.

Alternatives exist, but they may not have free plans with the same quality.
Does your hosting company not offer a DDoS protection service, for example? Of course, it never guarantees 100% security, but it is always another protective barrier.

[LoyceV]

@LoyceV: Hm. I guess you are right on this one. However, I think the packet contens themselves don't need to be inspected, but just the TCP/IP metadata. That is not encrypted and will take care of everything up to Layer 7 attacks. For that, you can just measure the frequency of requests made to a particular URL (since that is unencrypted too).

How are you going to distinguish between me, who tries to access DDOSed site 5 times an hour to see if it's back up, and 5 million bots who each send one request per hour to the site?

He also said the same examplens said : this could be an attack from cloudflare, to force me into a paid plan.

This falls in the same category as anti-virus companies releasing computer viruses.

[bitmover]

He also said the same examplens said : this could be an attack from cloudflare, to force me into a paid plan.

This falls in the same category as anti-virus companies releasing computer viruses.

The point is that you don't need an antivírus to have a computer.
But basically all big websites runs on cloudflare (most that i know of), not because they want, but because someone always is attacking who doesn't use it.

[examplens]

I don't know how you are managing the server, bitmover. But, I think you need to review this hosting company, as it could be a company that attracts these types of attacks.

The server is hosted by Hetzner.
I have 50-100 sites (small and large) on the same server, only bitmover's site is under attack. 10+ years on the same contract, several upgrades in the meantime, all this gives me very little room that this bad intention came from there.

I also asked them for a solution to solve this problem and I got a very similar answer as I advised bitmover myself, somewhat more radical settings on cloudflare.
@joker_josue You have well suggested this for a DDoS protection service, I will talk to them about it and whether there are such possibilities.

As far as I can see, most of this bad traffic has been halted so far, CF seems to be doing its job.

[bitmover]

As far as I can see, most of this bad traffic has been halted so far, CF seems to be doing its job.

Yeah, CF blocked most bad traffic as far as I can see.
However,  it blocked Feebudy (which is a bot lol).

I will try to reduce cf setting later to unblock him..

[joker_josue]

I don't know how you are managing the server, bitmover. But, I think you need to review this hosting company, as it could be a company that attracts these types of attacks.

The server is hosted by Hetzner.
I have 50-100 sites (small and large) on the same server, only bitmover's site is under attack. 10+ years on the same contract, several upgrades in the meantime, all this gives me very little room that this bad intention came from there.

I also asked them for a solution to solve this problem and I got a very similar answer as I advised bitmover myself, somewhat more radical settings on cloudflare.
@joker_josue You have well suggested this for a DDoS protection service, I will talk to them about it and whether there are such possibilities.

As far as I can see, most of this bad traffic has been halted so far, CF seems to be doing its job.

But they already have this service: https://www.hetzner.com/unternehmen/ddos-schutz/
Now, it seems to me that it is only available in the WEBHOSTING or MANAGED SERVERS service.

If you are using the dedicated server, I think this service is not included. But, it may be possible for an additional cost. Or, since you are using a dedicated server, you can choose a service for yourself. In addition to Cloudflare, there is Imunify360 - https://www.imunify360.com - you can take a look.

[dkbit98]

He also said the same examplens said : this could be an attack from cloudflare, to force me into a paid plan.

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case  

There aren't many companies competing with cloudflare.like  aws and azure and a few more, but Cloudflare is the most used.

eXch admin once said there is a good alternative for cloudflare he is using, but I am sure it's not free or cheap.
$200 per year for cloudflare is not so expensive but nobody can guarantee you won't have ddos attacks again.

This falls in the same category as anti-virus companies releasing computer viruses.

I was just thinking the same thing, I think John McAfee explained very well that antiviruses are mostly doing nothing but spy people, and they are useless today

[examplens]

Yeah, CF blocked most bad traffic as far as I can see.
However,  it blocked Feebudy (which is a bot lol).

I've been monitoring your total bandwidth for the last few days, it seems you have a bit more traffic compared to before the attack, but within tolerable limits. These days I also noticed that many sites are under similar pressures.

I don't have much experience with more advanced CloudFlare settings, but have you tried adding some exceptions, for FeeBuddy for example? I saw that in Security>>WAF there is an option to add custom rules to protect API and known bots from malicious traffic.
Missing FeeBuddy 

[bitmover]

Yeah, CF blocked most bad traffic as far as I can see.
However,  it blocked Feebudy (which is a bot lol).

I've been monitoring your total bandwidth for the last few days, it seems you have a bit more traffic compared to before the attack, but within tolerable limits. These days I also noticed that many sites are under similar pressures.

I don't have much experience with more advanced CloudFlare settings, but have you tried adding some exceptions, for FeeBuddy for example? I saw that in Security>>WAF there is an option to add custom rules to protect API and known bots from malicious traffic.
Missing FeeBuddy 

Yeah, I am close to 13k visitors per month. Incredible number!! Never expected to reach that

I miss fee buddy too. The point is that I am working in other projects too. I have a broken api in withdrawal strategy as well (coingecko decide to move to a paid plan model)... I will fix it and then I will see what I can do for feebuddy. I added some protection against bots, which is probably blocking him

[RickDeckard]

While it doesn't happen to me often, in some rare instances when I try to access the website I am presented with the following message:

Code:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
    <title>One moment, please...</title>
    <style>
    body {
        background: #F6F7F8;
        color: #303131;
        font-family: sans-serif;
        margin-top: 45vh;
        text-align: center;
    }
    </style>
    </head>
<body>
    <h1>Please wait while your request is being verified...</h1>
    <form id="wsidchk-form" style="display:none;" action="/z0f76a1d14fd21a8fb5fd0d03e0fdc3d3cedae52f" method="GET">
    <input type="hidden" id="wsidchk" name="wsidchk"/>
    </form>
 (...)

Is this some sort of broken captcha page that perhaps isn't compatible with some settings that I have going on with my browser? After a few tries (or coming back later) the website just loads normally.

[examplens]

Is this some sort of broken captcha page that perhaps isn't compatible with some settings that I have going on with my browser? After a few tries (or coming back later) the website just loads normally.

It works fine by my side.
I would like to hear from bitmover if it was a test and perhaps the setting or implementation of site protection.

[bitmover]

Is this some sort of broken captcha page that perhaps isn't compatible with some settings that I have going on with my browser? After a few tries (or coming back later) the website just loads normally.

It works fine by my side.
I would like to hear from bitmover if it was a test and perhaps the setting or implementation of site protection.

This is probably some clouflare protection. You might be using adblocks or something like that which cloudflare may be asking for you to verify/challenge something to prove you are a human...

I am slowing reducing those protections...

[Pmalek]

While it doesn't happen to me often, in some rare instances when I try to access the website I am presented with the following message...

I don't see it on my end, even with a VPN and two ad-blockers active in my browser.

@bitmover
I have noticed that you accept bitcoin and liquid bitcoin for donations, but not transactions over the Lightning Network. Perhaps some people would donate over LN if that option existed. I know it's not popular, but consider adding a stablecoin as well. Whether we like them or not, they are a sizable share of the market.

[RickDeckard]

While it doesn't happen to me often, in some rare instances when I try to access the website I am presented with the following message...

I don't see it on my end, even with a VPN and two ad-blockers active in my browser.

The problem seems to appear very randomly and not that often. As soon as I hit a couple of refreshes the page loaded up fine to me afterwards and hasn't stop since. Probably has to do with some extensions that I use as well, like others said.

[Pmalek]

The problem seems to appear very randomly and not that often. As soon as I hit a couple of refreshes the page loaded up fine to me afterwards and hasn't stop since. Probably has to do with some extensions that I use as well, like others said.

Here is an idea: copy the code you posted and paste it into ChatGPT. Ask it to analyze the code and explain what it says and what could be causing it. Maybe the AI bot could shed some more light on it. From what I know, ChatGPT can read and generate code.

[RickDeckard]

The problem seems to appear very randomly and not that often. As soon as I hit a couple of refreshes the page loaded up fine to me afterwards and hasn't stop since. Probably has to do with some extensions that I use as well, like others said.

Here is an idea: copy the code you posted and paste it into ChatGPT. Ask it to analyze the code and explain what it says and what could be causing it. Maybe the AI bot could shed some more light on it. From what I know, ChatGPT can read and generate code.

That reminds me (I hope bitmover forgives my off-topic), but DuckDuck Go has implemented an AI assistant. This wouldn't be anything new nowadays, but the trick is that they have implemented AI assistant that is directly based on GPT-3.5 Turbo and Claude 1.2 Instant[1]. Considering that this is a free feature to use (for now), one can actually experiment the service without linking social accounts.
This will probably will be paid in the feature (I can't see how DDG will sustain the long costs in the long term of this partnership), and I highly advise anyone to read the privacy policy regarding this feature[2], but for what is worth, at least for now, it is a good feature to have. While we are on this, just a note on this regard from their privacy policy:

We do not save or store your Prompts or Outputs.

Additionally, all metadata that contains personal information (for example, your IP address) is obfuscated from underlying model providers (for example, OpenAI, Anthropic).

If you submit personal information in your Prompts, it may be reproduced in the Outputs, but no one can tell whether it was you personally submitting the Prompts or someone else.

(...)
As noted above, we call model providers on your behalf so your personal information (for example, IP address) is not exposed to them. In addition, we have agreements in place with all model providers that further limit how they can use data from these anonymous requests that includes not using Prompts and Outputs to develop or improve their models as well as deleting all information received within 30 days.

[1]https://duckduckgo.com/?q=DuckDuckGo&ia=chat
[2]https://duckduckgo.com/aichat/privacy-terms

[bitmover]

While it doesn't happen to me often, in some rare instances when I try to access the website I am presented with the following message...

I don't see it on my end, even with a VPN and two ad-blockers active in my browser.

@bitmover
I have noticed that you accept bitcoin and liquid bitcoin for donations, but not transactions over the Lightning Network. Perhaps some people would donate over LN if that option existed. I know it's not popular, but consider adding a stablecoin as well. Whether we like them or not, they are a sizable share of the market.

I have not been able to generate a lightning network address yet
I have used some wallets like aqua which doesn't allow LN permanent addresses.

I will add it in the future, as LN becomes easier and safer to use.

Stable coins is indeed interesting, but there are so many options... usdt erc20, trn20, bep20, etc etc..

[Pmalek]

Stable coins is indeed interesting, but there are so many options... usdt erc20, trn20, bep20, etc etc..

I know. Everyone wants a piece of the action. I would say stick to the two most popular versions, which are USDT on Tron and Ethereum. DAI is another viable option due to its inability to be censored and frozen by the issuer like all other stablecoins.

[examplens]

Stable coins is indeed interesting, but there are so many options... usdt erc20, trn20, bep20, etc etc..

I don't know about Aqua Wallet, but some wallets will generate an identical address for ERC20, Bep20 etc... Perhaps it could be a significant relief during use, at least for donations, while the possibility of an error sending to the wrong chain would be reduced to a minimum.

[bitmover]

Stable coins is indeed interesting, but there are so many options... usdt erc20, trn20, bep20, etc etc..

I don't know about Aqua Wallet, but some wallets will generate an identical address for ERC20, Bep20 etc... Perhaps it could be a significant relief during use, at least for donations, while the possibility of an error sending to the wrong chain would be reduced to a minimum.

Yeah, it is possible to do that with ethereum and bnb... not tron.

I don't think people will donate ethereum because fees are very high (usually higher than a donation).

[paid2]

I don't think people will donate ethereum because fees are very high (usually higher than a donation).

Polygon is the way to go! You can move DAI USDT USDC or any stablecoin for less than $0.01
(bitmover, if you want to try this network I can send you some MATIC for the fees, just PM me your Polygon address)

[bitmover]

I don't think people will donate ethereum because fees are very high (usually higher than a donation).

Polygon is the way to go! You can move DAI USDT USDC or any stablecoin for less than $0.01
(bitmover, if you want to try this network I can send you some MATIC for the fees, just PM me your Polygon address)

Thank you paid2.

Yeah, there are too many second layer too.

I will add an ethereum address there and say that I can accept in other chains and layers and tokens too. I think it is a good idea!

[dkbit98]

I will add it in the future, as LN becomes easier and safer to use.

I dont think that LN is ever going to be safe or easy to use at all, it's pain the ass actually  
And if anyone really wants to donate Lightning or any specific altcoin they can always contact you and ask for deposit address.
For me Monero is the best option for donation and for privacy, it's what money and p2p payment system should be, and it has very low transaction fees.