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Exploring the Bitcoin Blockchain with Elixir and Phoenix

• dogruck 9y ago
  Would be extra nice if the blog post ended with a cool demo or insight.
  • pcorey 9y ago
    Author here. I totally agree. I would have loved to throw up the project on a Heroku free tier or something, but it relies on access to a Bitcoin full node. Unfortunately I'm not aware of any publicly accessible JSON-RPC Bitcoin APIs, and I can't route public traffic to my local node. Here's the project on Github, if you're interested: https://github.com/pcorey/hello_blockchain https://github.com/pcorey/hello_blockchain
    • arthurcolle 9y ago
      Wouldn’t Toshi.io work?
      • pcorey 9y ago
        https://developers.coinbase.com/blog/2016/10/31/sunsetting-toshi https://developers.coinbase.com/blog/2016/10/31/sunsetting-t...
    • somlor 9y ago
      Just a note that in your "Final Thoughts" you're linking to the 1st edition of "Mastering Bitcoin" but there is a 2nd edition now.
      • pcorey 9y ago
        Thanks, fixed!
• thinbeige 9y ago
  Nice post and great that somebody did this with Elixir. Another way to get into the Bitcoin Blockchain is just to use this API with simple API end points: https://blockchain.info/api https://blockchain.info/api There check the Blockhain Data API which is a good start to get going within minutes. Also check the API of Etherscan.io for the Ethereum chain. Both APIs should work with any language.