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Show HN: REST-Like API for Ethereum Smart Contracts

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Re: Show HN: REST-Like API for Ethereum Smart Contracts

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Post by mhluongo »

Reminds me of BlockCypher- they pitch themselves as the "AWS" of blockchains [0], and released an Ethereum API not too long ago [1].

This looks interesting, but we're talking about money here. If you're looking for something similar to this consider a solid infrastructure provider first. We built an app on Coinbase's shoddy early API, only to have it go down in the middle of a YC interview -_-

[0] https://www.blockcypher.com [1] https://www.blockcypher.com/dev/ethereum/#contract-api

Re: Show HN: REST-Like API for Ethereum Smart Contracts

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Post by josephros »

mhluongo wrote: post #3

Reminds me of BlockCypher- they pitch themselves as the "AWS" of blockchains [0], and released an Ethereum API not too long ago [1]. This looks interesting, but we're talking about money here. If you're looking for something similar to this consider a solid infrastructure provider first. We built an app on Coinbase's shoddy early API, only to have it go down in the middle of a YC interview -_- [0] https://www.blockcy…

Yeah BlockCypher have made some useful tools. Especially for Bitcoin. We're going to focus just on Ethereum because there's a lot of developer tools/infrastructure missing right now. Think infrastructure as a service, webhooks, data transport etc.

In the case of ETHEREST - it's just about being able to grab a contract address and call any method on it quickly and easily. Having to hook into a a node & provide an ABI gets frustrating really quickly, especially when you're testing.

On stability - it's definitely an MVP right now. Our plan is to open source the innards soon to a) make submitting transactions trustless and b) share some of the innovations we've made to make this scale well.

Re: Show HN: REST-Like API for Ethereum Smart Contracts

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Post by zitterbewegung »

AngelloPozo wrote: post #6
freeslugs wrote: post #2

soon we will see graphql endpoints

I am already working on one. Its super early and only has a subset of features so far. shameless plug https://github.com/sogoiii/ethereum-to-graphql I'm super happy there is more and more damn tooling.

Having it be able to be self hosted would be a very distinct advantage to the current Show HN. Keep up the good work!
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