Can anyone explain why this website has missing data?

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I was trying to use the api that is located at:

However, for every address I look up, they seem to be missing some transactions and subsequently have incorrect balances for each address.

Adam · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-15 01:03:25Z

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bitcoinchain.com is currently under maintenance, Please consider changing the website until they're back.

answered Jan 15, 2018 at 1:03

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Kyle Graham · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-14 20:12:38Z

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One possible answer to this:

The API queries the blockchain on a specific node. This node for whatever reason could not be up to date with the blockchain.

It could have even stopped synchronising with the blockchain from some date and therefore has outdated information.

answered Jan 14, 2018 at 20:12

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Preet · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-14 20:28:20Z

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Yeah, node from which api is fetching the data in not in sync with bitcoin blockchain.

Current block height - 504230 (blockchain.info)

gives height - 464428

Last block node got synced with had height 464428, which is far behind the lastest 504230 block.

answered Jan 14, 2018 at 20:28

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Shame, they had a really good API, that did not cut off the inputs/outputs when there were like hundreds. Should have checked that before i developed the code to interact with their api :)
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