How to Download Blockchain Data?

Question

I wish to download every transaction that happened on blockchain since the genesis. In particular, I want to download data for BSC.* How do I download blockchain data?, e.g. Is there an API or a protocol I can use? * Once I've dowloaded the data to date... How do I subscribe to new transactions?

wmf · Accepted Answer

Install a full node and perform a full sync: https://docs.binance.org/smart-chain/developer/fullnode.htmlThen use the RPC API (looks like BSC is a clone of Ethereum so it uses the same API): https://eth.wiki/json-rpc/API

gajus · Answer

For anyone discovering this later, here is a more detail answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/67057078/368691

arthurcolle · Answer

For what protocol?

How to Download Blockchain Data?

I wish to download every transaction that happened on blockchain since the genesis. In particular, I want to download data for BSC.
* How do I download blockchain data?, e.g. Is there an API or a protocol I can use? * Once I've dowloaded the data to date... How do I subscribe to new transactions?

Install a full node and perform a full sync: https://docs.binance.org/smart-chain/developer/fullnode.html
Then use the RPC API (looks like BSC is a clone of Ethereum so it uses the same API): https://eth.wiki/json-rpc/API

For anyone discovering this later, here is a more detail answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/67057078/368691

For what protocol?