1 day agoHey ChatGPT — Define “chifra”What does that non-word word mean? — We asked Chat GPT to define the word “chifra” which is the name of the TrueBlocks command line tool. Here’s what they (what are ChatGPT’s pronouns?) told us it means. Define Chifra “Chifra” (pronounced chee-fra) is a noun, inspired by the Italian word “chiffra” which means cipher or number, and the Spanish…Chifra1 min readChifra1 min read
Aug 23TrueBlocks — Final Report for EF Grant FY22–0772Introduction — We are pleased to submit our fourth and final progress report to the Ethereum Foundation. One year ago this month, we were awarded a grant from the Ethereum Foundation to support our work on TrueBlocks. The Foundation’s financial (and non-financial) support has been invaluable. We’ve made significant progress — hitting…Trueblocks9 min readTrueblocks9 min read
Aug 23Tweets About TrueBlocksA Sampling of What People Are Saying About TrueBlocks — May to August 2023 We were mentioned in an interesting article about Blockchain Data Pipelines by David Gasquez. The upshot: Many other libraries are closed source, but TrueBlocks is not. Lefteris from Rotki says, If we manage to perfect it…3 min read3 min read
Jun 10Hey ChatGPTPlease give me a document in the form of a patent application that is a complete redesign of the toenail clipper along the lines of Dyson’s redesign of the vacuum cleaner? ChatGPT [Your Name] [Your Address] [City, State, ZIP Code] [Email Address] [Phone Number] [Date] [Patent Office Name] [Patent Office Address] [City, State…Toenails5 min readToenails5 min read
Jun 3Hey ChatBotWrite a short 500-word essay on TrueBlocks in the style of Thomas Jay Rush TrueBlocks: Unveiling the Hidden Facets of Transparency In the realm of technology and finance, a revolution is unfolding — an upheaval that promises to shake the very foundations of our understanding of transparency. TrueBlocks, a groundbreaking innovation born out of the minds of visionary engineers, is at the forefront of…Trueblock3 min readTrueblock3 min read
May 5Recipe: Simple SpeedupHow to speed up rendering transaction histories with TrueBlocks Do this: chifra list --no_header trueblocks.eth | \ cut -f2,3 | tr '\t' '.' | tee tx_list That is, put the transaction identifiers into a file. And then this: chifra transactions --cache --file tx_list That is, read the transactions list from…Trueblocks2 min readTrueblocks2 min read
Apr 21TrueBlocks — 1st Quarter 2023Introduction — I am pleased to produce this third of four quarterly reports fulfilling part of our Fall 2022 Ethereum Foundation Grant. I’m sorry it’s late. We‘ve been feverishly working on a few last-minute releases. We’ve made significant progress during the quarter, including making several new connections in the community and deepening…Trueblocks8 min readTrueblocks8 min read
Mar 17Thoughts on 10 Random Optimism Retro PGF ProjectsI am a badge holder for the amazing Optimism Retro Public Goods Funding Round 2. I am also a project participant with TrueBlocks. If you’re a badge holder, please consider our project for inclusion in your voting. Too Much to Learn About In this screed, we report our findings given a small experiment we conducted…Optimism9 min readOptimism9 min read
Jan 6Recipe: Monthly Token BalancesOr, Just How Bad was my year? We’re going to try to get a report showing the end-of-month balances for every token I’ve ever owned for my trueblocks.eth address. This is not an easy process as you’ll see, but I’m doing it permissionlessly — for free — on my laptop…Blockchain6 min readBlockchain6 min read
Jan 6Recipe: FactoriesGetting a list of all contracts created by an address In this simple and short article, we show you how to use TrueBlocks, the Unchained Index, and chifra to get a list of every smart contract created by an address (including smart contracts that create other smart contracts, that is…Trueblocks4 min readTrueblocks4 min read
