Concepts

electrs

Open-source index of every Bitcoin address — powers our address lookup

Category: Concepts Also known as: 3 Related terms: 2

Definition

A Rust-based "Electrum server" that indexes the Bitcoin chain and lets us query balances, UTXOs, and transaction history for any address fast. We run our own electrs so the address-lookup feature has no third-party rate limits.

Context anchor

Self-hosted = ~57 GB index; alternatives mempool.space / Blockchair use pooled limits

Example

Our local electrs node lets us look up any BTC address without rate-limits from a third party

Also known as

electrselectrum serverelectrs node