How to Gather Batches of Base58 Addresses?

Hey everyone, what's the best way to scrape large batches of Base58 addresses? Looking for methods to check their TXs and balances. Any ideas?

Best bet is to run a full node with some tweaks. You can index the blockchain like block explorers do, so you’ll have an updated list of addresses and UTXOs. Otherwise, you're stuck with third-party services, which can be limiting.

Check out Blockchair.com for data dumps. They have a link for Bitcoin addresses, but it’s a big file. You can filter for legacy addresses later.

Thanks for the tips, everyone!

You could also set up a block explorer or an Electrum server. Then you can access the database directly. But yeah, the LoyceV site seems to be down for me. Pretty annoying.

It’s working for me! I accessed it via Tor. Just can’t get to it normally, which is odd.

I had to restart Apache2 on my end. Took way too long, not sure why. Try dropping the "http://" part. That worked for me.

Thanks for that, LoyceV. Super helpful! Is there a command to filter Base58 addresses from the TSV file into a text file?

Just use grep for that. I made a file for you: legacy_and_balance.tsv. But it’ll be deleted in a day.

Thanks, LoyceV! This is great, now I can do it myself.