1. Forum Scanner- Checks if the BTC address has been posted in any BitcoinTalk thread
- Specifically flags mentions inside the Scam Accusations and Reputation boards
- Shows links to posts where the address was mentioned
The forum will be needing things like this but hence someone already created same tool, and even made a beta version of it. Not a discouragement, but if you intending continuing, meaning you have to engage the tool to be more advanced than the one in use.
2. Blockchain LookupUses a blockchain explorer API Blockstream, Mempool.space, or Blockchair as mentioned earlier to:- Get balance in BTC and fiat
- Count of transactions in/out
- Recent transaction activity with timestamps
I'm sure this development will take you decent time, Blockchain explorers are easy to access already, just minority of people will be interested to explorer their address inside another tool, lets save time and effort.
Frankly, I fully agree that just combining a forum search + explorer info isn't enough or quite good on its own, especially when awesome tools like Ninjastic already exist as one very respectful boss rightly pointed out, and I took my time to skim through it. However, my goal with this project is to start from that foundation and add some risk-focused features that existing tools don’t yet offer.
I am now tweaking it to add a few additions such as:::::Scam risk scoring based on presence in Scam Accusations, Trust board, and known scam address lists
Things like Auto highlight of red flags, address linked to a negative trust user
Sweet feature like Batch checking for escrow/traders to screen multiple addresses fast
Trust overlay from DT members
and probably an Optional offline version for privacy sensitive use
I will quickly work on a demo and drop it here when it has enough meat to be actually helpful, not redundant.
I am humbly Open to more suggestions, especially from more enlightened bosses like you who have seen multiple tools evolve here in the forum.