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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @petertodd 29 Apr 2023 \ on: Show SN: Preturnio - a full-text search engine for Bitcoin bitcoin
You are missing a lot of text. You should index text in any type of transaction. Not just op_return and inscriptions.
Thanks for the comment - can you share an example of a transaction that would likely contain human readable text in a transaction other than an OP_RETURN, coinbase or Inscription transaction?
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For example, you are missing text published by: https://github.com/petertodd/python-bitcoinlib/blob/master/examples/publish-text.py
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Example tx?
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I don't have one handy. But look at https://bitcoinstrings.com/ You're obviously missing a lot.
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Ah I'm familiar with this project. Ok so as I understand it this goes through every single TX and looks for ASCII text. If you looks through many of the entries they are actually already indexed by Preturnio - in fact the vast majority so I'd dispute that it's 'a lot'. An initial scan looks like a bunch of transactions in the earlier days where stuff was hidden using a bunch of esoteric techniques but not a high number. I'll investigate this further and see if there's an easy way to categorize those and add them to the index. Thanks!
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