After a few days away and unable to work on this, I'm back and ready to continue this little project.
I'm also not very familiar with the inner workings of Monero. I'm able to extract from the blockchain some more attributes than the ones currently displayed on the website, such as the payment_id present on some transactions, but I don't know the meaning of most of them.
One of my next steps in my todo list is reading the cryptonote paper, so I can understand the protocol better and display the data in a more meaningful way or derive new useful data, to the extend possible.
Since you are able to extract it, adding search functionality for the payment_id field would be immensely helpful. Given the anonymous nature of Monero, payment_id's are basically the means by which the payer can prove to the buyer that the payment was actually sent over the network -- but to do so, they need to be able point to a neutral third party source (the block explorer) as proof.
That's a very good idea, will start implementing right away. I'll make any hash searchable while I'm at it, not only payment_id, but also input and output keys.
Thanks for the tip, I really appreciate it
I will add the chart for block time with no problem. The public API will be available soon at http://monerochain.info/api.
Thanks for pointing out. I'm aware of this issue with Bytecoin explorer, and that's why I didn't launch it officially yet. Sadly, I haven't had the time to deal with this lately, but I will do my best to fix it soon.
Working on all these suggestions right now, so expect updates soon!
I'm also not very familiar with the inner workings of Monero. I'm able to extract from the blockchain some more attributes than the ones currently displayed on the website, such as the payment_id present on some transactions, but I don't know the meaning of most of them.
One of my next steps in my todo list is reading the cryptonote paper, so I can understand the protocol better and display the data in a more meaningful way or derive new useful data, to the extend possible.
Since you are able to extract it, adding search functionality for the payment_id field would be immensely helpful. Given the anonymous nature of Monero, payment_id's are basically the means by which the payer can prove to the buyer that the payment was actually sent over the network -- but to do so, they need to be able point to a neutral third party source (the block explorer) as proof.
That's a very good idea, will start implementing right away. I'll make any hash searchable while I'm at it, not only payment_id, but also input and output keys.
Just donated to thank you for your excellent work:)
Two things I'd like to see, in order of importance, if you could be so kind:
1. A block time chart - a lot of people seem to think that the block time is jumping around, and having a chart to show it average out over time would be awesome
2. A publicly accessible API
Two things I'd like to see, in order of importance, if you could be so kind:
1. A block time chart - a lot of people seem to think that the block time is jumping around, and having a chart to show it average out over time would be awesome
2. A publicly accessible API
Thanks for the tip, I really appreciate it
I will add the chart for block time with no problem. The public API will be available soon at http://monerochain.info/api.
Thanks for pointing out. I'm aware of this issue with Bytecoin explorer, and that's why I didn't launch it officially yet. Sadly, I haven't had the time to deal with this lately, but I will do my best to fix it soon.
Working on all these suggestions right now, so expect updates soon!