c00w/bitHopper — Issue #618: Blockchain info (feature request)
Author: R5fan
Created: 2012-02-17 09:25:23+00:00
State: open

feature request: scrape blockchain.info on longpoll to determine block owner.
Ive done some testing and it appears 99% correct. AKA, plenty good for hopping, particularly for deepbit.

By contrast the current LP guessing and IRC system seem utterly broken (perhaps because blockexplorer is down?)

Blockchain info has an API:
http://blockchain.info/api

If I understand it correctly, "Inventory Data" even gives confidence of the block owner.