Topic: I have written a blockchain.info like iPhone app (Read 1433 times)
Submitted to apple this morning.
Rewrote it to use BlockTrail instead of BlockChain as their API seems a bit better. Added Blocks.
https://www.blocktrail.com/api/docs/curl#api_data
Silly question, how do you work out if a transaction was positive or negative? Is it the difference between the inputs and outputs?
https://www.blocktrail.com/api/docs/curl#api_data
Silly question, how do you work out if a transaction was positive or negative? Is it the difference between the inputs and outputs?
All transactions are positive. Difference between inputs and outputs is the miners fee (ie, any unused portion of an input by default belongs to the miners; this keeps tx data size smaller).
Just gathering the screen shots, etc. Should be ready to go to Apple within the week.
Rewrote it to use BlockTrail instead of BlockChain as their API seems a bit better. Added Blocks.
https://www.blocktrail.com/api/docs/curl#api_data
Silly question, how do you work out if a transaction was positive or negative? Is it the difference between the inputs and outputs?
https://www.blocktrail.com/api/docs/curl#api_data
Silly question, how do you work out if a transaction was positive or negative? Is it the difference between the inputs and outputs?
Go Address and Transaction screens working. If I can link the Inputs and Outputs back to the Address screen before xmas I will be happy.
Yes. I have got it to go address->transaction->output->addressGo Address and Transaction screens working. If I can link the Inputs and Outputs back to the Address screen before xmas I will be happy.
The Blockchain.Info API page seems to be out of date. https://blockchain.info/api/blockchain_apiSo Addresses have associated Transactions and Transactions go to Addresses. Do any of them logically link to Blocks in the data model? I see Blocks itself has Transactions but does it go the other way round?
To my knowledge, no.
That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
the way around this is to manually type in the address of what you are looking for. That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
For example if you want to view information you would get by searching a specific address then you would type in 'blockchain.info/address/(your address). The same is true for a specific transaction - replacing address with "tx" - if you are looking for a specific block then you replace address with "block"
To my knowledge, no.
That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
the way around this is to manually type in the address of what you are looking for. That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
For example if you want to view information you would get by searching a specific address then you would type in 'blockchain.info/address/(your address). The same is true for a specific transaction - replacing address with "tx" - if you are looking for a specific block then you replace address with "block"
Use the iPhone page to open the address, that's the closest they got for Bitcoin.
Strong work!
Hopefully others will chime in with better suggestions than mine!
Hopefully others will chime in with better suggestions than mine!
Go Address and Transaction screens working. If I can link the Inputs and Outputs back to the Address screen before xmas I will be happy.
Hourly data would have to be calculated...but afaik, no one provides hourly data.
To my knowledge, no.
That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
That is what i thought when i tried the mobile site. That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
What would you want from an app then? A screen where you could paste in some addresses and then view the transactions and the related source addresses, and their transactions, and so on? QR Reader?
And some summary statistics would be cool...like # of transactions per hour/day (averaged over last hour/day, etc).
To my knowledge, no.
That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
That is what i thought when i tried the mobile site. That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
What would you want from an app then? A screen where you could paste in some addresses and then view the transactions and the related source addresses, and their transactions, and so on? QR Reader?
And some summary statistics would be cool...like # of transactions per hour/day (averaged over last hour/day, etc).
To my knowledge, no.
That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
That is what i thought when i tried the mobile site. That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
What would you want from an app then? A screen where you could paste in some addresses and then view the transactions and the related source addresses, and their transactions, and so on? QR Reader?
To my knowledge, no.
That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
That said, the bc.i web page very recently was terrible for iPhone. The incessant stream of transactions made it nearly impossible to paste in to the search field. I was about 50-50 for successfully pasting...it looks like they fixed that though.
I'd like to see a block explorer that made it easier to see which addresses coins came from. Blockexplorer.com did a better job of that than bc.i
Is there an iPhone app like BlockChain.Info that lets you enter an address or transaction and explore all the related data? I know some wallets show transactions but i wasn't sure how deep they go normally.
What exactly are you looking for? If you want to see the same information on a block explorer then you can go to the block explorer of your choice, and view the 'desktop' version to see the same information you would see if you were visiting from your home computer
Is there an iPhone app like BlockChain.Info that lets you enter an address or transaction and explore all the related data? I know some wallets show transactions but i wasn't sure how deep they go normally.
What exactly are you looking for? If you want to see the same information on a block explorer then you can go to the block explorer of your choice, and view the 'desktop' version to see the same information you would see if you were visiting from your home computer
It is not as smooth as a proper app and you cannot scan QR codes, etc. And I am generally just looking for an app to write.
Is there an iPhone app like BlockChain.Info that lets you enter an address or transaction and explore all the related data? I know some wallets show transactions but i wasn't sure how deep they go normally.
How about opening blockchain.info in iPhone browser and search the address ? I think they have a responsive design, so that should not be a big problem.
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