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Block explorer showcasing the BlockCypher APIs.
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Add BIP173 support #226

Closed youssefgh closed 4 years ago

youssefgh commented 6 years ago

Bech32 addresses are now getting more support and adoption from the community due to the tx size optimization which translate to less fees An example of a tx: 834dce8d6e9f5323af8f00869220c357bc8540ecfd8d868261da15f4a6c6ba2d The block explorer doesn't show the destination address nor accept it in the UI or API searches Any plans already exist for BIP173 ? Thanks

festus1973 commented 6 years ago

Have you had any breakthroughs on this? I'm about to nix BlockCypher in favor of another free API (BlockChair) that offers bech32 support. BlockCypher has ceased responding to all email queries, although I'm not sure whether or not they've abandoned the project entirely. Would love to hear one way or the other.

youssefgh commented 6 years ago

@festus1973 i think that there is no intention to add bech32. Its good to know that BlockChair support it. I myself moved to Electrumx

matthieu commented 6 years ago

There is definitely an intention to support Bech32. The timing of it however isn't set yet, but hopefully soon.

festus1973 commented 5 years ago

@festus1973 i think that there is no intention to add bech32. Its good to know that BlockChair support it. I myself moved to Electrumx

Hi, youssefgh... It's been a while since our last convo. Just wanted to see if you're still using ElectrumX (or any other Bitcoin APIs for that matter) that supports Bech32? I've been having good luck with BlockChair as my primary but it would be nice to have a backup. Looks like BlockCypher still isn't suitable for non-trivial projects due to lack of Bech32 support, although it is able to push raw SegWit transactions so I still use it for that purpose. What are your current Bitcoin API providers?

youssefgh commented 5 years ago

hello @festus1973 am still using electrumx server (you can run your own or use one of the public testnet or mainet ones) check my wallet to see how since electrumx doesn't support Rest, i had to create a java proxy to convert Rest calls to Json-rpc over TCP calls, check it out here You can test that live on testnet or mainnet

quentinlesceller commented 4 years ago

BlockCypher now fully supports BIP173. Closing.