Today we are releasing an important update to Bitbus. It brings completeness to our suite of APIs by finally supporting every combination of data serialization format and API types. BOB This has been one of the most frequently requested features ever since our first release of Bitbus 2.0. Until today, Bitbus…

How Miner APIs work with Bitbus, Bitsocket, and BitFS. — Planaria corp runs API endpoints which let anyone filter, crawl, and listen to the global state of the bitcoin network in realtime. There are 3 official API endpoints: Bitbus: Filter and stream the blockchain data with a simple query language. Bitsocket: Listen to filtered blockchain events using the query language. …

Opening up bitcoin event database endpoint to the public — Today we are opening up our bitcoin event database API to the public. Now you can directly crawl the same timestamped event database that powers Bitsocket. This means you not only can subscribe to incoming events via SSE (server sent events), but you can also crawl the entire event history…

I have a sad news today. I first got started working on Bitcoin when I saw the opportunity arise when Bitcoin cash started showing dedication to unbounded scaling. Then there was an attempt to hijack Bitcoin, and I chose Bitcoin SV. It has been an incredible journey. That said, I am sad to say, I am not a fan of what’s happening in Bitcoin SV community. I am leaving Bitcoin. Just kidding. 4/1. Launching something cool today. A blog post coming.

You too, can mine for data on Bitcoin. Effortlessly. — 1. 新世紀 2. BitFS: Bitcoin file system 3. Bitbus: Bitcoin crawler 4. Bitsocket: Bitcoin realtime API 5. Conclusion 1. 新世紀 it’s a new world The Bitcoin of 2020 is a completely new world compared to the Bitcoin of 2018. There are two important ways the game has changed: Protocol: What is the…

A New transaction data format for the Bitcoin Genesis Update — Much of the innovation with systems developed by Planaria corp has been around how it represents Bitcoin transactions. BitDB was the first system to extract data from a bitcoin transaction into a generic structured database. To turn raw transactions into a queryable structured format, TXO serialization format was created. Then…

Build realtime bitcoin apps. — We are releasing BitSocket 2.0, a production grade global bitcoin push notification API service, completely re-designed from scratch for unbounded scalability. I originally launched the very first version 1.0 of Bitsocket in October of 2018. Because Bitsocket provided a powerful programmable realtime filter of the Bitcoin peer network, it gained…

Be the first people to join me at Planaria corp, in New York City. — Planaria corp, a Bitcoin infrastructure company, has recently raised a seed round, and now looking to build a strong cohesive team in New York. You will be working out of the same room with me full-time as a team, which means you will need to move to New York if…

I am happy to share that Planaria corp has closed its seed round investment of $1.65MM from Ausvic Capital, Calvin Ayre, John Coyle, Ken Shishido, Mempool, Persimmon Hill Limited, and Unbounded Capital (In alphabetical order). My goal from the beginning was to get a diverse yet focused group of investors…