Topic: Any blockchain browsers allow bitcoind RPC calls in thier API? (Read 525 times)
That was the one I saw... thx.
I thought I saw one of the many blockchain browsers that allowed some of the bitcoind RPC commands like "getinfo" or "getmempoolinfo" through. Basically a public facing bitcoind server. I'm sure that under the covers the RPC calls are proxied and throttled, but I could have sworn one of the big providers was offering this. Don't think it was blockchain.info, but someone.
Any thoughts?
My goal, if you ask, is to work a python script using "estimatefee" and "estimatepriority" to provide some feedback to current mempool transactions.
Any thoughts?
My goal, if you ask, is to work a python script using "estimatefee" and "estimatepriority" to provide some feedback to current mempool transactions.
AFAIK this is only done by blockchain.info: https://blockchain.info/api/json_rpc_api
Makes kind of sense, the RPC API of Bitcoin Core is bad and cumbersome, so no service implements it.
Blockchain.info maybe does because it is well-aligned with their general state of brokenness
I thought I saw one of the many blockchain browsers that allowed some of the bitcoind RPC commands like "getinfo" or "getmempoolinfo" through. Basically a public facing bitcoind server. I'm sure that under the covers the RPC calls are proxied and throttled, but I could have sworn one of the big providers was offering this. Don't think it was blockchain.info, but someone.
Any thoughts?
My goal, if you ask, is to work a python script using "estimatefee" and "estimatepriority" to provide some feedback to current mempool transactions.
Any thoughts?
My goal, if you ask, is to work a python script using "estimatefee" and "estimatepriority" to provide some feedback to current mempool transactions.
I doubt you will be lucky with this, since calling bitcoind via rpc kinda locks down the daemon for a short time, if a public service allowed this, well, they'd be unusable due to the sheer amount of calls. Most blockchain browsers probably use a modified bitcoind version that pushes relevant information directly out of bitcoind, rather than having to rely on polling bitcoind. what you can do however is create a slimmed down bitcoind yourself, that just keeps mempool. should require fairly less resources than a full bitcoind but still do the job
I thought I saw one of the many blockchain browsers that allowed some of the bitcoind RPC commands like "getinfo" or "getmempoolinfo" through. Basically a public facing bitcoind server. I'm sure that under the covers the RPC calls are proxied and throttled, but I could have sworn one of the big providers was offering this. Don't think it was blockchain.info, but someone.
Any thoughts?
My goal, if you ask, is to work a python script using "estimatefee" and "estimatepriority" to provide some feedback to current mempool transactions.
Any thoughts?
My goal, if you ask, is to work a python script using "estimatefee" and "estimatepriority" to provide some feedback to current mempool transactions.
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