Maestro Launches Arch Network APIs

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⚫️ New Release: Maestro is the first provider to offer Arch Network APIs! 🎉 

Arch is an innovative bridgeless protocol that brings contract-like programmability onto Bitcoin L1.

Maestro has been working with Saturn and a dozen other projects building on Arch, helping them bring their dapp to life.

Try Maestro's Arch APIs Today. Let’s build the future of Bitcoin together

Find out more 👉 docs.gomaestro.org/arch-network

⚫️ New APIs: Mempool Metaprotocol Indexing

The adoption of Mempool tracking has led to a big improvement in the user experience on marketplaces like MagicEden and Satflow.

Maestro released its first wave of Mempool-aware Runes APIs:

➡️ Runes Balance by Address

➡️ Runes UTxO by Address

Supercharge your app with real-time mempool data visibility and create unparalleled app responsiveness 🎵

API Reference 👉 docs.gomaestro.org/bitcoin/mempool-runes-by-address

⚫️ New APIs: Bitcoin Inscription Activity

Now available, powerful Inscription Activity APIs for Bitcoin builders 

Track all your Ordinal activities, such as on-chain inscription and transfer events. This is especially useful for building Ordinal marketplaces and Ordinal analytics dashboards.

➡️ Inscription Activity by Transaction: docs.gomaestro.org/bitcoin/inscription-activity-by-transaction 

➡️ Inscription Activity by Block: docs.gomaestro.org/bitcoin/inscription-activity-by-block

⚫️ New Blog: What are Bitcoin Ordinals? A Guide to Bitcoin NFTs

Bitcoin Ordinals are a new way to create and track unique digital assets on the Bitcoin blockchain, enabling the creation of Bitcoin NFTs. This guide explains what ordinals are, how they work, and their impact on the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Full blogpost here

API Changelog

Bitcoin

ADDED

New Inscription Activity Endpoints

• /blocks/{height_or_hash}/inscriptions/activity

  • List of all inscription activity in the block

• /transactions/{tx_hash}/inscriptions/activity

  • List of all inscription activity in a transaction

New Block Volume and Miner Info

• /block/{height_or_hash}/miner

  • Block Miner information

• /block/{height_or_hash}/volume

  • Block volume in Satoshis

New Transaction Decode Endpoint

• rpc/transaction/decode

  • Decode Raw transaction

New Recent Transactions Endpoint

• rpc/transaction/recent/{count}

  • List of ordered recent transactions

Checkout full Bitcoin API Reference 

Arch Network

ADDED

New Recent Arch Transaction Endpoints

• /transaction/recent/{count}

  • List of recent transactions

• /transaction/recent/{count}/hex

  • List of recent transactions in HEX format

New Recent Arch Transaction Endpoints

• /transaction/{tx_hash}/hex

  • Processed Transaction info in Hex format

Checkout full Arch API Reference