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Topic: Anyone else getting "IP temporarily blocked ..." on blockchain.info? (Read 3161 times)

hero member
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Merit: 1005
I have just been blocked, why would they bother blocking you from using api? surely its for programmers and if its going to be requested in lines of code for 1000s of people to use why block.

Calls are rate limited because we only have finite bandwidth and server resources.

Send me an email at [email protected] with your website name and reason for using the API and I will give you a code to bypass the limiter.
sr. member
Activity: 273
Merit: 250
I have just been blocked, why would they bother blocking you for using api? surely its for programmers and if its going to be requested in lines of code for 1000s of people to use why block.
donator
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1079
Gerald Davis
I think it is a bug or possibly a problem with ISP caching.  I have never used the API for anything just a half dozen manual verifications a day (if that).  Randomly my IP will be blocked for excessive use and then it goes away after a couple hours.  Sometimes I can go months between blocks once I got blocked twice is the same day.
sr. member
Activity: 306
Merit: 250
Donations: http://tny.im/nx
Did any of you use the API?

I was getting the same problem when I was developing the Bitcoin part of tny.im. My server's IP got temporarily blocked for exceeding the API limits, and I believe that is the only way an IP can ever get temporarily blocked at blockchain.info. So it's either the API or a bug.
donator
Activity: 1419
Merit: 1015
You could try sending piuk a PM on here.
hero member
Activity: 489
Merit: 500
Does anybody know how to get in touch with thier support, because obviously I cannot access the site. This stinks  Embarrassed
hero member
Activity: 489
Merit: 500
Yeah I was in the middle of using my blockchain wallet and now ny page on the site I try to access I get "IP temporarily blocked due to too many requests".

I wonder how long temporarily is my bitcoins are in there...
donator
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1079
Gerald Davis
Hmm.  after you posted I check again and it went away.  Weird.  This has happened in the past too. 
legendary
Activity: 1031
Merit: 1000
Have switched several VPN servers and not having any issues with it on any of them.
donator
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1079
Gerald Davis
Anyone else getting "IP temporarily blocked due to too many requests" on blockchain.info?

I only manually use the site and then only a couple times an hour at post so the block has to be a mistake.
Just wondering if this happens to anyone else?
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