Coinbase Acquires Block Explorer Service Blockr.io
Coinbase has acquired Blockr.io as part of an undisclosed deal. With the move, the San Francisco-based bitcoin financial services startup will add a popular block explorer service to its list of assets. Coinbase already offers merchant processing, secure vault storage and consumer wallet hosting, and extends its presence to yet another vertical with Blockr.io. In a blog post announcing the purchase, Coinbase cited Blockr.io's sleek, intuitive user interface and API as the chief motivating factors, writing: "We're always keeping an eye out for other companies and individuals making waves in....
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An an interesting development today, San Francisco-based Coinbase has acquired blockchain explorer Blockr.io. The company wrote in an official blog post Monday: As Coinbase continues to grow, we're always keeping an eye out for other companies and individuals making waves in digital currency and helping make bitcoin easy to use. One such company is Blockr.io, a popular block explorer service that caught our eye earlier this year with its sleek, intuitive design and API. Blockr.io parses the bitcoin blockchain and presents the data to users in an easy to read way. As part of the deal - of....
Learn more about a blockchain’s transparency with a block explorer. A blockchain, in its essence, provides a digital record of transactions. At present, this most often pertains to transaction records for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). The database of records, called blocks, is often touted for its transparency and immutability. But what do these features really mean? If you want to analyze a blockchain transaction, you first need to know how to use a block explorer.What is a block explorer?A block explorer is a crucial instrument in the toolbox of a cryptocurrency and blockchain....
What could be called a partial alternative to Blockchain.info has launched this weekend dubbed Blockr.io, a 'block reader' which offers an appealing interface for examining the bitcoin block chain, addresses, and more. It does not, however, offer wallet services. It's what you would expect, and carries a pretty intuitive interface. You can check address balances, view charts, and even view network facts (referred to as trivia) on the site. There's even an alternate side of the website dedicated to litecoin, in which you can do the same as noted above. It goes without saying that it appears....
Etherscan and OpenEthereum are stuck on one block shortly after Berlin hard fork. The OpenEthereum client for Ethereum, formerly known as the Parity client, is reportedly malfunctioning for a number of users on Thursday afternoon UTC, including the popular block explorer Etherscan.According to multiple user reports on GitHub, the OpenEthereum client has been stuck on block 12,244,294, or just 294 blocks after the Berlin hard fork was executed. The error message seems to indicate that the client is rejecting the new blocks, thinking that its state Merkle root is invalid.The issue seems to....
A public service announcement for anyone trying to use the Blockchain.info website this evening. The site, as you may have noticed, is down - showing "We Will Be Back Shortly" to anyone who visits. According to Blockchain.info, the downtime relates to a database issue: We are experiencing a database issue at the moment and may take a several hours to come back fully online. Sorry for the inconvenience! Thankfully, Blockchain.info has a very competent and experienced staff, so it should only be a short matter of time before services are restored to a normal state. In the meantime, if you're....