btc-rpc-explorer

##### v3.4.0 ###### 2023-06-14 * Breaking changes to the API (see [./api/changelog](/api/changlog)) * Homepage * New "Next Halving" widget in Network Summary * Show difficulty ATH comparison * Show "Next Block" fullness * Progress bar for difficulty adjustment estimate * Include median fee rate for next-block estimates (also on [/next-block](./next-block)) * Show a banner if 'today' is a Bitcoin 'Holiday' (see more below) * Minor fixes for running against Bitcoin Core v23 * Block Analysis: include top "days destroyed" transactions * URL change: /mining-template -> /next-block (redirect is included for compatibility) * On Extended PubKey pages, include balance data for various address (if Electrum server is configured) * New [/next-halving](./next-halving) tool * Several new API actions/changes; see [/api/changelog](./api/changelog) * New [/holidays](./holidays), a curated list of Bitcoin 'Holidays' * Support for different view options on [/fun](./fun) * On [/difficulty-history](./difficulty-history), make delta graph honor timespan filtering * Proper use of production-ready MemoryStore for session data * Support for serving static assets via a configurable CDN * Misc fixes for erroneous data display on non-mainnet nodes * Switch from fontawesome to bootstrap-icons v1.8.0 * Refreshed miner-identification database * Refreshed "Dark" theme with blues toned down (legacy dark theme still available) * UI/UX tweaks * Misc minor fixes * Updated dependencies ##### v3.3.0 ###### 2021-12-07 * New tool for viewing the UTXO Set: [/utxo-set](./utxo-set) * New API actions: * [/api/blockchain/utxo-set](./api/blockchain/utxo-set) * [/api/address/yourAddress](./api/address/yourAddress) * [/api/mining/next-block](./api/mining/next-block) * [/api/mining/next-block/txids](./api/mining/next-block/txids) * [/api/mining/next-block/includes/:txid](./api/mining/next-block/includes/yourTxid) * [/api/mining/miner-summary](./api/mining/miner-summary?since=1d) * Major fixes for data displayed in [/tx-stats](./tx-stats) tool * Updated miners, including identification of "Patoshi"-pattern blocks * [/node-details](./node-details): Include `coinstatsindex` status * Support querying UTXO Set even with slowDeviceMode=true, iff coinstatsindex is available * Fix for difficulty adjustment estimate * [/difficulty-history](./difficulty-history): Support for viewing different time ranges * When viewing unconfirmed transaction details, show an info dialog if the transaction is predicted to be confirmed in the next block * Performance improvements * Fix for performance degradation over time due to slow "estimatedSupply" function * Homepage speedup by making "Estimated Next Block" data load asynchonously * Caching for [/difficulty-history](./difficulty-history) data * Unicode formatting for OP_RETURN and other similar data (with ascii+hex accessible via toggle) * New `.env` options for setting defaults (see `.env-sample` for details): * BTCEXP_DISPLAY_CURRENCY (btc,sat,local) * BTCEXP_LOCAL_CURRENCY (usd,eur,gbp) * BTCEXP_UI_TIMEZONE (utc,local) * BTCEXP_UI_HIDE_INFO_PANELS (true,false) * Support for displaying timestamps in local timezone (by using browser default, or setting a manual offset) * Cleanup treatment of `locktime` on transaction details pages * Unique favicon color based on the active network (mainnet=orange, testnet=green, signet=magenta, regtest=gray) * Lots of minor styling improvements * Error handling improvements * Fix for `/api/quotes/all` * Fix for incorrect date on "Diario El Salvador..." fun item (thanks [@Dirkson643](https://github.com/Dirkson643)) * New `Fun` items related to Taproot activation * Performance log admin page at [/admin/perf-log](./admin/perf-log) * Updated dependencies ##### v3.2.0 ###### 2021-08-10 * Public API! See the docs at [/api/docs](./api/docs) (thanks [@pointbiz](https://github.com/pointbiz)) * XPUB pages: search for any xpub (ypub, zpub, etc) and see summary details and a list of associated addresses (thanks [@pointbiz](https://github.com/pointbiz)) * Homepage: add "Predicted Next Block" section * Mempool Summary: add top-fee transactions table * Improvements to transaction details UI, especially on smaller screens * Cleanup support for Taproot/bech32m * New [/mining-template](./mining-template) tool, showing structured output of `getblocktemplate` command * Various improvements to charts and graphs throughout the tool (including lots of y-axis changes: linear->log) * Better support for BIP9 soft forks shown on [/node-details](./node-details) (e.g. Taproot ST in 0.21.1) (Thanks [@Pantamis](https://github.com/Pantamis)) * New "Recent" and "Favorites" sections on [/rpc-browser](./rpc-browser) * Block lists: show (min, avg, max) fee rates instead of just avg * Random Bitcoin-related quote shown in footer on each page load * New [/quotes](./quotes), curated list of Bitcoin-related quotes (each quote also having its own page like [this](`./quote/0`)) * Preemptive support for upcoming format change to `getrawtransaction` output (thanks [@xanoni](https://github.com/xanoni)) * Fix for incorrect homepage block count when using `BTCEXP_UI_HOME_PAGE_LATEST_BLOCKS_COUNT` * Fix for inaccurate difficulty adjustment estimates * Link to Tor v3 Hidden Service in footer * Fix for `DEBUG` environment variable being ignored * Fix for [/rpc-terminal](./rpc-terminal) not parsing non-int parameters properly * Fix for edge case where txindex availability check fails at startup (add retries with exp. backoff) * Fix for tiny-value display (i.e. 1e-8 -> 0.00000001) * Misc UI/UX tweaks * Cache busting for frontend resources * Improved error handling in many places * Updated dependencies ##### v3.1.1 ###### 2021-04-20 * Fix SSO flow broken by v3.0.0 update * Fix for regtest network errors on homepage * Fix for server errors in Docker-based installs ##### v3.1.0 ###### 2021-04-14 * Improvements to no-`txindex` support: now available for all versions of Bitcoin Core * Move public sites to [BitcoinExplorer.org](https://bitcoinexplorer.org) (BIG thanks [@SatoshisDomains](https://twitter.com/SatoshisDomains)) * Add back the [/peers](./peers) tool in the "Tools" menu * Note: The map on the peers tool now requires users set their own `BTCEXP_MAPBOX_APIKEY` in `.env` * Response compression * Remove reference to unused `fonts.css` * Increased static-files cache: 1hr -> 1mo * Clearer UX around RPC connection failures (show the fact clearly, instead of flooding the log with cryptic errors) * Fixed changelog for v3.0.0 release (added/clarified some issues) * Updated favicons (Thanks [realfavicongenerator.net](https://realfavicongenerator.net)) * Fix for homepage error after failure to get AU exchange rate * UX improvements on [/peers](./peers) page * Graphs for top items in [/admin/stats](./admin/stats) * Optional support for plausible.io analytics * Fix to avoid displaying empty "Summary" section when we fail to get address txid list * UX improvement around electrs too-many-txs-for-address errors ##### v3.0.0 ###### 2021-04-08 * Major visual refresh! * All new design (layout, fonts, colors, etc) * Redesigned Dark Mode (now the default) * New app icon * Support for pruned nodes and nodes with disabled `txindex`! (HUGE Thanks to [@shesek](https://github.com/shesek)) * Note: Currently only Bitcoin Core versions 0.21+ are able to support this feature (a future improvement is planned to make it available to all versions) * Mempool Summary improvements * Greatly improved performance for multiple loads via caching * Added: "Blocks Count" column by fee-rate bucket * Tool for estimating Block Depth of a transaction or a fee rate (Thanks [@pointbiz](https://github.com/pointbiz)) * Mining Summary: added doughnut chart for rev. breakdown, simplified table data * Upgraded to Bootstrap 5 (currently beta3...) * Update mapbox API (Thanks [@shesek](https://github.com/tyzbit)) * Note: The map on the [/peers](./peers) page now requires that users set the env var `BTCEXP_MAPBOX_APIKEY` to their own API key * Fix for 404 pages hanging (Thanks [@shesek](https://github.com/shesek)) * Add convenience redirect for baseUrl (Thanks [@shesek](https://github.com/shesek)) * Make url in logs clickable (Thanks [@shesek](https://github.com/shesek)) * Caching for static files (maxAge=1hr) * Frontend performance optimizations * Smarter performance/memory defaults for slow devices * Major refactoring, modernization, and code-reuse improvements * UX improvements and polish throughout * URL changes * `/node-status` -> `/node-details` * `/unconfirmed-tx` -> `/mempool-transactions` * Environment variable changes * The below changes were made to more clearly acknowledge that multiple Electrum-protocol implementations (e.g. ElectrumX, Electrs) can be used for address queries: * `BTCEXP_ADDRESS_API` value `electrumx` -> `electrum` (`electrumx` should still works) * `BTCEXP_ELECTRUMX_SERVERS` -> `BTCEXP_ELECTRUM_SERVERS` (`BTCEXP_ELECTRUMX_SERVERS` should still work) * Updated dependencies * jQuery: v3.4.1 -> v3.6.0 * highlight.js: v9.14.2 -> v10.7.1 * fontawesome: v5.7.1 -> v5.15.3 ##### v2.2.0 ###### 2021-01-22 * New "Fun" item for the tx containing the whitepaper and new tool to extract the whitepaper and display it * New fee rate data on `/block-analysis` pages * New minor misc peer data available in Bitcoin Core RPC v0.21+ * New gold exchange rate on homepage * Fix for SSO token generation URL encoding (Thanks [@shesek](https://github.com/shesek) and [@Kixunil](https://github.com/Kixunil)) * Fix for [/peers](./peers) map * Fix for README `git clone` instructions (Thanks [@jonasschnelli](https://github.com/jonasschnelli)) #### v2.1.0 ##### 2020-12-15 * Support for running on a configurable BASEURL, e.g. "/explorer/" (Thanks [@ketominer](https://github.com/ketominer), [@Kixunil](https://github.com/Kixunil), [@shesek](https://github.com/shesek)) * Support for SSO (Thanks [@Kixunil](https://github.com/Kixunil)) * Support for signet and taproot (Thanks [@guggero](https://github.com/guggero)) * Support for listening on 0.0.0.0 (Thanks [@lukechilds](https://github.com/lukechilds)) * Support for viewing list of block heights for each miner on `/mining-summary` * Sanitizing of environment variables (Thanks [@lukechilds](https://github.com/lukechilds)) * Fix for XSS vulnerabilities (Thanks [@shesek](https://github.com/shesek)) * Fix for low severity lodash dependency vulnerability (Thanks [@abhiShandy](https://github.com/abhiShandy)) * Fix for zero block reward (eventually on mainnet, now on regtest) (Thanks [@MyNameIsOka](https://github.com/MyNameIsOka)) * Fix for cryptic error when running regtest with no blocks * Fix for pagination errors on [/blocks](./blocks) (not displaying genesis block on the last page; error on last page when sort=asc) * Electrum connect/disconnect stats on `/admin` * Add P2SH bounty address `/fun` items (Thanks [@cd2357](https://github.com/cd2357)) * Misc cleanup (Thanks [@AaronDewes](https://github.com/AaronDewes)) * Add "Thanks" notes to changelog #### v2.0.2 ##### 2020-07-03 * Lots of improvements to connect/disconnect/error management with configured Electrum servers * Include pending balance for addresses queried via ElectrumX, when available * Include basic stats for Electrum queries on `/admin` * Bug fixes * Fix for erroneous defaults for boolean env vars in some scenarios (slow device mode) * Updated dependences and mining pools * Misc cleanup (Thanks [@JosephGoulden](https://github.com/JosephGoulden)) #### v2.0.1 ##### 2020-05-28 * Highlight coinbase spends in transaction I/O details * Highlight very old UTXOs (5+ years) in transaction I/O details * Transaction page: show "days destroyed" * Bug fixes * Fix for "verifymessage" in RPC browser accepting multi-line messages * Fix to make "--slow-device-mode=false" work * Don't show errors on address page for bech32 due to trying to parse as base58 * Fix "failure to render homepage when fee estimates are unavailable" * Minor additions to "fun" data * Updated dependences #### v2.0.0 ##### 2020-03-25 * New data points in homepage "Network Summary": * Fee estimates (estimatesmartfee) for 1, 6, 144, 1008 blocks * Hashrate estimate for 1+7 days * New item for 'Chain Rewrite Days', using 7day hashrate * New data based on UTXO-set summary. Note that UTXO-set querying is resource intensive and therefore disabled by default to protect slower nodes. Set `BTCEXP_SLOW_DEVICE_MODE` to `false` in your `.env` file to enjoy associated features: * UTXO-set size * Total coins in circulation * Market cap * 24-hour network volume (sum of tx outputs). This value is calculated at app launch and refreshed every 30min. * Avg block time for current difficulty epoch with estimate of next difficulty adjustment * Tweaks to data in blocks lists: * Simpler timestamp formatting for easy reading * Include "Time-to-Mine" (TTM) for each block (with green/red highlighting for "fast"/"slow" (<5min / >15min) blocks) * Display average fee in sat/vB * Add total fees * Add output volume (if `getblockstats` rpc call is supported, i.e. 0.17.0+) * Show %Full instead of weight/size * Block Detail page improvements * New data in "Summary" on Block pages (supported for bitcoind v0.17.0+) * Outputs total volume * Input / Output counts * UTXO count change * Min / Max tx sizes * New "Fees Summary" section (bitcoind v0.17.0+) * Fee rate percentiles * Fee rates: min, avg, max * Fee totals: min, avg, max * New "Technical Details" section. Items from "Summary" in previous versions have been moved here. This section is collapsible if desired. * Improvements to transaction input/output displays * Change primary input data to be tx outpoint ("txid #voutIndex") * Zero-indexing for tx inputs/outputs (#173) * Labels for transaction input/output types * Inputs: when available, show "input address" below tx outpoint * Coinbase and OP_RETURN items: show ascii data inline with link to show hex data * New tool `/block-stats` for viewing summarized block data from recent blocks * New tool [/mining-summary](./mining-summary) for viewing summarized mining data from recent blocks * New tool `/block-analysis` for analyzing the details of transactions in a block. * **IMPORTANT**: Use of `/block-analysis` can put heavy memory pressure on this app, depending on the details of the block being analyzed. If your app is crashing, consider setting a higher memory ceiling: `node --max_old_space_size=XXX bin/www` (where `XXX` is measured in MB). * New tool [/difficulty-history](./difficulty-history) showing a graph of the history of all difficulty adjustments * Change `/mempool-summary` to load data via ajax (UX improvement to give feedback while loading large data sets) * Zero-indexing for tx index-in-block values * Reduced memory usage * Versioning for cache keys if using persistent cache (redis) * Configurable UI "sub-header" links * Start of RPC API versioning support * Tweaked styling across site * Homepage UI tweaks * Remove "Bitcoin Explorer" H1 (it's redundant) * Hide the "Date" (timestamp) column for recent blocks (the Age+TTM is more valuable) * Updated miner configs * Lots of minor bug fixes #### v1.1.9 ##### 2020-02-23 * Fix for unescaped user search query display (#183) * More detailed network info on `/node-status` * Updated bootstrap, jquery * Disable stacktrace log output by default (#170) * Updated miner configs #### v1.1.8 ##### 2020-01-09 * Fix for missing changelog file when installed via npm * Updated miner configs #### v1.1.5 ##### 2019-12-22 * Fix startup issues when connecting to a node that's not ready to serve data (e.g. verifying blocks) * Homepage header: show exchange rate in selected currency (rather than hardcoded USD) * Homepage header: show sat/USD or sat/EUR #### v1.1.4 ###### 2019-12-04 * First-class support for testnet/regtest #### v1.1.3 ###### 2019-12-02 * Fixes related to running bitcoind 0.19.0.1 * Updated dependencies * Version number in footer * `/changelog` linked in footer #### v1.1.2 ###### 2019-10-17 * Add back map on `/peers` that was lost with recent bug #### v1.1.1 ###### 2019-10-01 * Add new default blacklist items for some 'hidden' RPCs * Print app version info to log on startup * Remove LTC site from footer #### v1.1.0 ###### 2019-09-30 * Show spent/unspent status on tx detail pages * Show mempool ancestor/descendant txs on tx detail pages * Blacklist 'createwallet' by default * Show RBF status for unconfirmed txs * Faster, more reliable display of `/mempool-summary` and `/mempool-transactions` pages * Fix for persisting arg values in UI on `/rpc-browser` * Misc minor fixes and ux tweaks #### v1.0.3 ###### 2019-04-27 * Pluggable address API supporting different implementations * Logging improvements * Fix to avoid caching unconfirmed txs * Identify destroyed fees * Misc minor fixes and ux tweaks #### v1.0.2 ###### 2019-03-13 * Fix for background color on light theme #### v1.0.1 ###### 2019-03-13 * Dark theme * Tx rate graph on homepage * Improved caching * Misc minor fixes and ux tweaks #### v1.0.0 ###### 2019-02-23 * Initial release