Hi community!
I’m Manuel, and I’ve submitted a grant application to build ZonChain, a platform designed to make Zcash onchain data more accessible to the community.
Solution overview:
- Real-time metrics via REST APIs
- Historical data analysis stored in optimized time-series and relational databases
- A web dashboard displaying key network metrics
- Cloud-native infrastructure
Phase 1 Features
Phase 1 should build the foundation for an advanced data analysis platform. The initial release should include something like:
- Current block height and network status
- Value pool distribution
- Network price and hashrate metric
- Next halving countdown
- Price Chart
- Shielded Pool
- Fully documented REST API for developers
Phase 2 can be extended to something like:
- Additional on chain data charts that might be helpful for trades
- Additional on chain data exposed via API that helps community developers to build
- GraphQL API
- News Feed, collecting new from different sources, using Zonchain as a platform to gain most important data and informations
Technical Approach
Built with Go/Rust backend, React frontend, running on Kubernetes with PostgreSQL + TimescaleDB. For now the idea is that the platform connects to managed Zcash node providers, indexes blockchain data, and exposes it through APIs.
Why I’m Posting Here
I’d love to hear from the community:
- What metrics or data would be most valuable to you?
- What use cases would you build with a Zcash analytics API?
- Any concerns or suggestions about the approach?
You can check out the full grant application here: Grant Application - ZonChain · Issue #121 · ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants · GitHub
