On Monday 22 July 2013 20:42:45 Jeff Garzik wrote: > URL: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2844 > > Adding an HTTP REST API for bitcoind has been occasionally tossed > about as a useful thing. Such an API would essentially provide a > decentralized block explorer capability, enabling easy external access > to transaction/address/block indices that we maintain.
This is excellent. > The first two implemented API calls are simple, returning a block or > TX given a simple query string based on block hash, e.g. > > GET /rest/tx/TX-HASH > or > GET /rest/block/BLOCK-HASH One additional URL makes this pretty much perfect: GET /rest/block-with-tx/TX-HASH Construction of the transaction-hash-to-block database is something the full client's have to do anyway, so this query is no harder than the others for them to supply; but suddenly makes it possible for an SPV client to trace the providence of any transaction without needing to maintain the entire chain. Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins andypark...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
