bitcoin-etl 1.0.0

Tools for exporting Bitcoin blockchain data to JSON

Bitcoin ETL

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Install Bitcoin ETL:

pip install bitcoin-etl

Export blocks and transactions (Schema, Reference):

> bitcoinetl export_blocks_and_transactions --start-block 0 --end-block 500000 \
--provider-uri http://user:pass@localhost:8332 --chain bitcoin \
 --blocks-output blocks.json --transactions-output transactions.json

Supported chains:

• bitcoin
• bitcoin_cash
• dogecoin
• litecoin
• dash
• zcash

For the latest version, check out the repo and call

> pip install -e . 
> python bitcoinetl.py

LIMITATIONS

Table of Contents

• Schema
  • blocks.json
  • transactions.json
• Exporting the Blockchain
  • Running in Docker
  • Command Reference
• Public Datasets in BigQuery

Schema

blocks.json

Field	Type
hash	hex_string
size	bigint
stripped_size	bigint
weight	bigint
number	bigint
version	bigint
merkle_root	hex_string
timestamp	bigint
nonce	hex_string
bits	hex_string
coinbase_param	hex_string
transaction_count	bigint

transactions.json

Field	Type
hash	hex_string
size	bigint
virtual_size	bigint
version	bigint
lock_time	bigint
block_number	bigint
block_hash	hex_string
block_timestamp	bigint
is_coinbase	boolean
input_count	bigint
output_count	bigint
inputs	[]transaction_input
outputs	[]transaction_output

transaction_input

Field	Type
index	bigint
spent_transaction_hash	hex_string
spent_output_index	bigint
script_asm	string
script_hex	hex_string
sequence	bigint
addresses	[]string
value	bigint

transaction_output

Field	Type
index	bigint
script_asm	string
script_hex	hex_string
required_signatures	bigint
type	string
addresses	[]string
value	bigint

You can find column descriptions in schemas

LIMITATIONS

• output values returned by Dogecoin API have precision loss due to this issue https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/issues/1558

Exporting the Blockchain

1. Install python 3.5.3+ https://www.python.org/downloads/

2. Install Bitcoin node https://hackernoon.com/a-complete-beginners-guide-to-installing-a-bitcoin-full-node-on-linux-2018-edition-cb8e384479ea

3. Start Bitcoin. Make sure it downloaded the blocks that you need by executing $ bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo in the terminal. You can export blocks below blocks, there is no need to wait until the full sync

4. Install Bitcoin ETL:

   > pip install bitcoin-etl
   

5. Export blocks & transactions:

   > bitcoinetl export_blocks_and_transactions --start-block 0 --end-block 500000 \
   --provider-uri http://user:pass@localhost:8332 --chain bitcoin \
   --blocks-output blocks.json --transactions-output transactions.json
   

   In case bitcoinetl command is not available in PATH, use python -m bitcoinetl instead.

Running in Docker

1. Install Docker https://docs.docker.com/install/

2. Build a docker image

   > docker build -t bitcoin-etl:latest .
   > docker image ls
   

3. Run a container out of the image

   > docker run -v $HOME/output:/bitcoin-etl/output bitcoin-etl:latest export_blocks_and_transactions --start-block 0 --end-block 500000 \
       --rpc-pass '' --rpc-host 'localhost' --rpc-user '' --blocks-output blocks.json --transactions-output transactions.json
   

Command Reference

• export_blocks_and_transactions
• get_block_range_for_date

All the commands accept -h parameter for help, e.g.:

> bitcoinetl export_blocks_and_transactions --help
Usage: bitcoinetl.py export_blocks_and_transactions [OPTIONS]

  Export blocks and transactions.

Options:
  -s, --start-block INTEGER   Start block
  -e, --end-block INTEGER     End block  [required]
  -b, --batch-size INTEGER    The number of blocks to export at a time.
  -p, --provider-uri TEXT     The URI of the remote Bitcoin node
  -w, --max-workers INTEGER   The maximum number of workers.
  --blocks-output TEXT        The output file for blocks. If not provided
                              blocks will not be exported. Use "-" for stdout
  --transactions-output TEXT  The output file for transactions. If not
                              provided transactions will not be exported. Use
                              "-" for stdout
  --help                      Show this message and exit.

For the --output parameters the supported type is json. The format type is inferred from the output file name.

export_blocks_and_transactions

> bitcoinetl export_blocks_and_transactions --start-block 0 --end-block 500000 \
  --provider-uri http://user:pass@localhost:8332 \
  --blocks-output blocks.json --transactions-output transactions.json

Omit --blocks-output or --transactions-output options if you want to export only transactions/blocks.

You can tune --batch-size, --max-workers for performance.

get_block_range_for_date

> bitcoinetl get_block_range_for_date --provider-uri http://user:pass@localhost:8332 --date=2017-03-01

This command is guaranteed to return the block range that covers all blocks with block.time on the specified date. However the returned block range may also contain blocks outside the specified date, because block times are not monotonic https://twitter.com/EvgeMedvedev/status/1073844856009576448. You can filter blocks.json/transactions.json with the below command:

> bitcoinetl filter_items -i blocks.json -o blocks_filtered.json \
-p "datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(item['timestamp']).astimezone(datetime.timezone.utc).strftime('%Y-%m-%d') == '2017-03-01'"

Running Tests

> pip install -e .[dev]
> echo "The below variables are optional"
> export BITCOINETL_BITCOIN_PROVIDER_URI=http://user:pass@localhost:8332
> export BITCOINETL_LITECOIN_PROVIDER_URI=http://user:pass@localhost:8331
> export BITCOINETL_DOGECOIN_PROVIDER_URI=http://user:pass@localhost:8330
> export BITCOINETL_BITCOIN_CASH_PROVIDER_URI=http://user:pass@localhost:8329
> export BITCOINETL_DASH_PROVIDER_URI=http://user:pass@localhost:8328
> export BITCOINETL_ZCASH_PROVIDER_URI=http://user:pass@localhost:8327
> pytest -vv

Running Tox Tests

> pip install tox
> tox

Public Datasets in BigQuery

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