[HN Gopher] Launch HN: SimpleHash (YC W22) - API to query digita...
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Launch HN: SimpleHash (YC W22) - API to query digital assets
Hi HN! We're Alex Kilkka and Olly Wilson, co-founders of SimpleHash
(https://www.simplehash.com). We allow developers to fetch
comprehensive NFT / digital asset data from many blockchains at
once. Using our API, developers don't have to worry about how
different chains like Ethereum, Solana, and Flow implement digital
assets under the hood. We collect, standardize, and cache all this
information for you, so you can retrieve it in a single request.
There has been a lot of controversy and hype around NFTs, but we're
focused on solving the technical challenges that our customers
(software developers working with digital assets) deal with on a
day-to-day basis. We don't hold, transfer, mint or issue any form
of crypto or digital asset ourselves-instead we aim to be the most
comprehensive data provider for people who need to programmatically
access this kind of information and media. Working with digital
asset data is harder than other kinds of blockchain data. For a
given item, you typically have to go to 3 separate places to get
data-which oftentimes includes a decentralized storage system (such
as IPFS or Arweave) that may time out or be unavailable. To pull
the ownership history requires parsing through the extensive log
history of a blockchain. And that's just for one NFT on one chain.
We're building SimpleHash because our co-founder Alex experienced
these pain points at his last startup, an NFT showcasing product
called showtime.xyz. While there he built out an in-house indexer
because no suitable alternatives existed for getting cross-chain
data. After leaving showtime, Alex teamed up with me (we're friends
from college) to help fill this gap in developer tooling. As
digital asset activity has moved across chains and ecosystems, it's
become increasingly difficult for companies to deal with this data
in-house. Our indexer has now ingested half a billion assets across
16 blockchain networks, including testnets, and the volume and
complexity is only growing. SimpleHash is doing a number of things
differently than other solutions. We generate thumbnails and
blurhashes for images, along with SVG to PNG conversion (to improve
compatibility with mobile apps). We pull in marketplace data, like
floor prices and sales transactions, even from sources that do
listings off-chain. We provide a spam score to help apps like
wallets filter out unwanted NFTs. We provide enterprise-grade
support and integration assistance, which many companies expect in
web2, but is hard to find in web3. We're one of the few options to
have comprehensive coverage of both mainnets and testnets. If
you're a developer building in the space, we'd love for you to try
the API. You can read the full documentation here:
https://simplehash.readme.io/reference/overview, and generate API
keys here: https://app.simplehash.com/. We have a free tier for
experimentation and testing, and beyond that our pricing model is
request based, similar to other APIs. If you need help with
anything, feel free to contact us at founders@simplehash.com. We
launched the initial version of the API coming out of YC and have
had strong reception so far--we're now serving some of the leading
web3 wallets, like Phantom and Rainbow, and dozens of other
players. Please don't hesitate to share your feedback and
questions. Thank you!
Author : owfwduke
Score : 40 points
Date : 2022-11-01 16:49 UTC (6 hours ago)
| omarish wrote:
| Congrats on the launch!
| kkielhofner wrote:
| Congratulations on the launch Olly, Alex, and team!
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| We use SimpleHash at Tovera for our NFT anti-fraud platform
| (shameless plug):
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| https://fnftf.io/
|
| I can vouch for the level of support from the team at SimpleHash
| - they have been an absolute pleasure to work with!
| owfwduke wrote:
| Thanks so much, we love Tovera's mission too!
| thecleaner wrote:
| Congratulations on the launch ! Could you share the use-cases for
| this sort of datafeed ? For example for what do people use
| ownership history ?
| owfwduke wrote:
| Thank you. There are a couple of common use cases for ownership
| history. One is to build up the trail of how high profile NFT
| collections have changed hands. Another is to understand what
| certain wallets paid for a certain NFT over time to predict
| future prices. Or to be able to analyze how holders of
| different types of NFT collections are connected.
| thecleaner wrote:
| I see. Helpful indeed. Congratulations again and best of luck
| !
| broooder wrote:
| Very cool!! Is there a way to search for 3D model types? Like
| STLs or GLB files? I am creating an API over at
| https://heyrobot.org for 3D models... mostly for 3D printing, but
| would be awesome to reference any 3D models on SimpleHash on
| HeyRobot, so people can view them in 3D.
| owfwduke wrote:
| We do pass through 3D files when the NFT metadata includes
| them, but we don't have an explicit search function. This is a
| great product suggestion though, to do search by media type in
| general.
| kureikain wrote:
| I worked on similar project https://openstory.io/data-api we
| can help you achive that. We're still in beta-testing right now
| but we do have capability to find 3D models.
| dwiner wrote:
| Awesome product, awesome team. Congrats on the launch guys!
| owfwduke wrote:
| Thank you!
| orliesaurus wrote:
| Serious question as someone who owns none: NFTs still a thriving
| thing?
| phphphphp wrote:
| https://dune.com/hildobby/NFTs
| owfwduke wrote:
| Fair question - overall volumes are certainly down from the
| 2021 highs, but there is growth in certain ecosystems (e.g.,
| Solana). Our view is we expect this space to be cyclical like a
| lot of emerging technologies, especially as new use cases
| develop beyond digital art and collectibles.
| xatxat wrote:
| congratulations on launching! we created a website builder for
| nft artists called butiq.art where we will test the simplehash
| api in the next weeks.
|
| on a side note, if you ever need nft data for the tezos
| blockchain, feel free to shoot me a message. i developed an nft
| indexer that covers that chain very well.
| owfwduke wrote:
| Thank you! Just sent you an email
| [deleted]
| alexmasmej wrote:
| Congrats :)
| owfwduke wrote:
| Thank you Alex!
| davidlee1435 wrote:
| We're very happy users of SimpleHash at Omni- congrats on the
| launch guys!
| owfwduke wrote:
| Thanks so much, we love what Omni is up to as well!
| todsacerdoti wrote:
| Congrats on the launch! We have integrated SimpleHash into
| Pipedream so developers can quickly building automations
| connecting SimpleHash with 1000+ other apps and APIs --
| https://pipedream.com/apps/simplehash
| owfwduke wrote:
| Thank you for the integration and highlighting this
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