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Edition 135
Thursday · July 16, 2026
BSV Network · 24 hours ending July 16, 09:28 UTC

Edition 135

Edited by Bridget Doran · Scanned 09:36 UTC, July 16 · Blocks 957,953 → 958,096 · 1,895,889 transactions
Largest move
$1.11M
84,977 BSV · whale tier
Avg block time
10.2min
near schedule
Throughput
22tx/s
peak 282 tx/s
BSV price
$13.10
▼ 3.0% · 24h
№ 01 Chain Health

10 pools, on schedule

10 pools produced today's 144 blocks at an average interval of 10.2 min — on schedule relative to the 10-minute target.

6.1 min
Median interval
half the blocks faster
55
Fast blocks1
under 5 min
156,828 txs
Busiest block
block 958,056
Fast and slow blocks are an expected feature of Proof of Work, not a defect. Block timing follows a Poisson process (random spacing around a steady average), so clusters of fast or slow blocks happen even when hashrate is unchanged.
Block cadence · 144 blocks · 24.2h
Fast (<5 min) · 55 Normal · 68 Slow (>20 min) · 21
For the technical reader

Block timing. Mean interval 610.0 seconds (10.2 min) over 143 measured intervals across 144 blocks; median 366 seconds (6.1 min). Range 5 s to 3300 s (55.0 min).

Cadence. Average interval 10.2 min — on schedule relative to the 10-minute target. 10 pools produced today's blocks.

Largest block. Block 958,056 at 156,828 transactions, the peak load in the window. Avg tx/block across all 144 blocks was 13,166.

№ 02 Teranode Network

8 Teranode operators visible on the public network

At least 8 operators are announcing on the public gossip network (2 acting as public relays), running versions from v0.13.1 to v0.15.5. This is the publicly-visible set only; others almost certainly run Teranode without announcing.

8
Visible
announcing on mesh
2
Public relays
accept external tx
6
Caught up → tip
synced to latest block
Versions in use · 8 operators
v0.13.1 1 · v0.15.2 2 · v0.15.3 1 · v0.15.5-beta-1 1 · v0.15.5 3
For the technical reader

Source: node_status messages on the public BSV gossip layer, observed by our own libp2p listener and deduplicated by peer ID. This counts the publicly-announcing set only — a node that does not broadcast status, or runs inside a private cluster, will not appear, so read it as a floor, not a full census.

“Caught up” means within one block of the chain tip (currently 958,106). Stalled or still-syncing nodes are excluded from that count. “Public relay” here means a node that publicly forwards gossip to the rest of the mesh; only two do, and both announce under the same operator label and share infrastructure, so the public mesh’s reachability appears to lean on a single operator.

№ 03 Mining Distribution

10 pools produced today's 144 blocks

SA100 led at 18.8%. Distribution within normal range.

SA100 18.8%
Mining-Dutch 18.1%
CUVVE 13.9%
qdlnk 11.1%
GorillaPool 10.4%
taal.com 9%
molepool.com 5.6%
taal.com_Teranode 4.9%
Bitofsin 4.9%
Kryptex 3.5%
For the technical reader

Pool identification is by coinbase signature; pools that don't sign or use unrecognized tags appear as untagged producers. The _Teranode suffix (e.g., taal.com_Teranode) marks blocks attributed to a pool running the Teranode node software — based on observable signals in the block data, not a formal protocol marker. GorillaPool.io may also be running a Teranode (observed in the Teranode explorer); when blocks become attributable to that node, they would appear with the suffix as well.

Block counts: SA100 27, Mining-Dutch 26, CUVVE 20, qdlnk 16, GorillaPool 15, taal.com 13, molepool.com 8, taal.com_Teranode 7, Bitofsin 7, Kryptex 5. 144 of 144 blocks identified.

№ 04 Capital Flow

319 movements crossed the chain

3 of them moved more than 10,000 BSV, a combined ~$2.3 million at today's price.

3
Major
> 10K BSV
~$131,000+
55
Notable
1K – 10K BSV
~$13,100 – 131,000
261
Significant
100 – 1K BSV
~$1,310 – 13,100
Top movements
84,977.05BSV
≈ $1,113,199 6f9239dab4…
2 → 2 Neutral
72,019.07BSV
≈ $943,450 cd7ab92b5f…
2 → 2 Neutral
17,668.00BSV
≈ $231,451 ddbd8f16da…
1 → 4 Neutral
5,957.56BSV
≈ $78,044 3a52b0d5f4…
10 → 1 Consolidation
For the technical reader

Tier thresholds. Major > 10K BSV; Notable 1K – 10K BSV; Significant 100 – 1K BSV. Counts are unique transactions in the 24-hour window moving value within these bands; the 100-BSV floor excludes ordinary day-to-day payments.

Shape is input-count → output-count. Pattern is heuristic:

Neutral: typical payment shape (1→2 or 2→2, one payment + change).
Consolidation: many inputs, few outputs (UTXO cleanup or sweep).
Distribution: few inputs, many outputs (payouts, faucet, batch send).

№ 05 Address Intelligence

74 tracked addresses across 137 days

7 new addresses on the radar today. (what does this mean?)

New to the radar
1J33gEkeaqYF6PDHuS… 84,977 BSV First appearance
1J33gEkeaqYF6PDHuS… 72,019 BSV First appearance
13DUeYZvt6dH2ca64J… 4,041 BSV First appearance
Recurring addresses
Address Behavior Confidence Active
6,666,650 BSV · 263 txs
Exchange-Like High 03-04 → 07-16
3,020,499 BSV · 107 txs
Exchange-Like High 03-02 → 07-12
2,564,064 BSV · 99 txs
Exchange-Like High 03-02 → 07-16
12,097,327 BSV · 77 txs
Exchange-Like High 03-08 → 07-16
0 BSV · 76 txs
Accumulator High 03-08 → 07-16
How to read this

New to the radar flags addresses from today's top whale movements that have not appeared in any whale-tier transaction during the observation window. This could indicate a new large holder, a previously sub-threshold address crossing into whale territory, or a long-dormant address reactivating.

Recurring addresses are identified by tracking output scripts across all whale transactions (≥ 100 BSV) over the full 137-day observation window. An address appearing here has been involved in large-value movements on multiple separate days.

Behavior is based on whether an address predominantly receives (Accumulator), predominantly sends (Distributor), or does both in roughly equal measure (Exchange-Like).

Confidence reflects how many indicators align: transaction frequency, directional balance, and tier presence. High = 3+ indicators; Medium = 2; Low = 1.

All classifications are probabilistic. No identity or ownership claims are made. Addresses are derived from transaction output scripts.

№ 06 Throughput & Market
BSV / USD
$13.10
▼ 3.0% over 24h
Throughput, avg
22tx/s
peak 282 tx/s · 10-min window
Avg tx / block13,166
Max tx / block156,828
Total transactions1,895,889
10-min peak169,065
For the technical reader

TPS is computed over the 24.2 hours of the scan window in 10-minute intervals, not per block. The peak is the busiest 10-minute window observed (169,065 transactions, ≈ 282 tx/s for that window).

Price source: real-time quote at scan completion. 24h change is from a rolling 24-hour spot reference.

№ 07 Transaction Velocity

Activity by hour, across 26 hours

1,895,889 transactions mapped to 10-minute windows. The brightest cell is the busiest window of the day.

09121518210003060910:00:10:20:30:40:5009:00 UTC — 0 txs09:10 UTC — 748 txs09:20 UTC — 10 txs09:30 UTC — 1,839 txs09:40 UTC — 0 txs09:50 UTC — 0 txs10:00 UTC — 68,365 txs68k10:10 UTC — 0 txs10:20 UTC — 127,870 txs128k10:30 UTC — 9,994 txs10:40 UTC — 738 txs10:50 UTC — 898 txs11:00 UTC — 0 txs11:10 UTC — 0 txs11:20 UTC — 3,058 txs11:30 UTC — 508 txs11:40 UTC — 0 txs11:50 UTC — 1,608 txs12:00 UTC — 0 txs12:10 UTC — 1,762 txs12:20 UTC — 0 txs12:30 UTC — 0 txs12:40 UTC — 37,127 txs12:50 UTC — 47,634 txs13:00 UTC — 0 txs13:10 UTC — 21,259 txs13:20 UTC — 0 txs13:30 UTC — 0 txs13:40 UTC — 41,961 txs13:50 UTC — 0 txs14:00 UTC — 62,057 txs14:10 UTC — 0 txs14:20 UTC — 0 txs14:30 UTC — 80,594 txs81k14:40 UTC — 0 txs14:50 UTC — 124,339 txs124k15:00 UTC — 1,281 txs15:10 UTC — 890 txs15:20 UTC — 0 txs15:30 UTC — 0 txs15:40 UTC — 4,096 txs15:50 UTC — 2,283 txs16:00 UTC — 1,272 txs16:10 UTC — 334 txs16:20 UTC — 0 txs16:30 UTC — 0 txs16:40 UTC — 119,521 txs120k16:50 UTC — 0 txs17:00 UTC — 0 txs17:10 UTC — 87,881 txs88k17:20 UTC — 1,930 txs17:30 UTC — 0 txs17:40 UTC — 2,053 txs17:50 UTC — 1,876 txs18:00 UTC — 1,440 txs18:10 UTC — 995 txs18:20 UTC — 133 txs18:30 UTC — 0 txs18:40 UTC — 0 txs18:50 UTC — 0 txs19:00 UTC — 1,661 txs19:10 UTC — 210 txs19:20 UTC — 43 txs19:30 UTC — 57 txs19:40 UTC — 47 txs19:50 UTC — 0 txs20:00 UTC — 81,623 txs82k20:10 UTC — 81,812 txs82k20:20 UTC — 37,593 txs20:30 UTC — 0 txs20:40 UTC — 487 txs20:50 UTC — 0 txs21:00 UTC — 310 txs21:10 UTC — 127 txs21:20 UTC — 108 txs21:30 UTC — 0 txs21:40 UTC — 0 txs21:50 UTC — 0 txs22:00 UTC — 0 txs22:10 UTC — 118,215 txs118k22:20 UTC — 0 txs22:30 UTC — 82,828 txs83k22:40 UTC — 212 txs22:50 UTC — 0 txs23:00 UTC — 0 txs23:10 UTC — 0 txs23:20 UTC — 1,831 txs23:30 UTC — 78,211 txs78k23:40 UTC — 17,424 txs23:50 UTC — 99,648 txs100k00:00 UTC — 0 txs00:10 UTC — 0 txs00:20 UTC — 0 txs00:30 UTC — 0 txs00:40 UTC — 21 txs00:50 UTC — 13,587 txs01:00 UTC — 1,162 txs01:10 UTC — 1,967 txs01:20 UTC — 842 txs01:30 UTC — 1,061 txs01:40 UTC — 349 txs01:50 UTC — 80,711 txs81k02:00 UTC — 37,584 txs02:10 UTC — 60,684 txs02:20 UTC — 0 txs02:30 UTC — 21,541 txs02:40 UTC — 171 txs02:50 UTC — 107 txs03:00 UTC — 8 txs03:10 UTC — 6 txs03:20 UTC — 5 txs03:30 UTC — 0 txs03:40 UTC — 169,065 txs169k03:50 UTC — 0 txs04:00 UTC — 34,844 txs04:10 UTC — 483 txs04:20 UTC — 1,460 txs04:30 UTC — 0 txs04:40 UTC — 489 txs04:50 UTC — 272 txs05:00 UTC — 0 txs05:10 UTC — 0 txs05:20 UTC — 1,899 txs05:30 UTC — 478 txs05:40 UTC — 0 txs05:50 UTC — 0 txs06:00 UTC — 0 txs06:10 UTC — 0 txs06:20 UTC — 3,072 txs06:30 UTC — 22 txs06:40 UTC — 632 txs06:50 UTC — 0 txs07:00 UTC — 306 txs07:10 UTC — 87 txs07:20 UTC — 0 txs07:30 UTC — 312 txs07:40 UTC — 139 txs07:50 UTC — 138 txs08:00 UTC — 93 txs08:10 UTC — 230 txs08:20 UTC — 0 txs08:30 UTC — 360 txs08:40 UTC — 177 txs08:50 UTC — 0 txs09:00 UTC — 309 txs09:10 UTC — 245 txs09:20 UTC — 170 txs09:30 UTC — 0 txs09:40 UTC — 0 txs09:50 UTC — 0 txs10:00 UTC — 0 txs10:10 UTC — 0 txs10:20 UTC — 0 txs10:30 UTC — 0 txs10:40 UTC — 0 txs10:50 UTC — 0 txsActivity:High
Peak 10-min window: 169,065 txs Coverage: 144 blocks · 24.2h 07-15 09:14 UTC → 07-16 09:28 UTC
For the technical reader

Dark cells indicate 10-minute windows where no block was mined: a natural result of the Poisson process governing Proof of Work.2 Transactions broadcast during those windows appear in the next mined block.

Each row = one hour of the scan. Each column = a 10-minute bucket within that hour. Read left-to-right within a row, then down to the next hour.

Poisson process. A random event process where events occur independently at a stable average rate, but with unpredictable spacing. Block times have a 10-minute average but individual intervals scatter widely; that's not a bug, it's how the math works.
№ 08 On-chain Activity

3.9 million outputs, by purpose

The TxBlaster service produced 96.2% of transactions, posting paired payment and data-publication outputs continuously. The breakdown below isolates the remaining 3.8% so other activity is readable.

A note on storage. OP_RETURN data is prunable: nodes can discard it without breaking consensus, but reading it back requires running an indexer. UTXO-resident patterns (STAS tokens, spendable metadata, ordinal envelopes) remain in the chain's state and are recoverable from any pruned node. As BSV scales, the architectural direction is toward UTXO-resident data, not OP_RETURN.
All transactions, by source
TxBlaster · 96.2%
3.8%
1,823,404 tx 72,485 tx · all other
Excluding TxBlaster3 · 297,282 outputs
Payment 64.8% 192,510
P2PKH 187,675 · P2PK 4,792 · Multisig 43
Data Publication 32.5% 96,754
OP_RETURN 96,074 · Ordinal envelopes 423 · Spendable metadata 257
Contracts & Tokens 2.70% 8,018
STAS Gen 3: 151 · Custom locking: 7,867 · 16 unique structures

Of 104,772 non-payment outputs in this window, 91.7% were prunable (OP_RETURN) and 8.3% were UTXO-resident. Pruning is permitted by consensus today but not generally practiced — the architectural advantage of UTXO-resident data materializes as throughput scales toward Teranode-class capacity.

Method · how non-payment outputs are embedded
OP_RETURN 96,074Spendable metadata 257Ordinal envelope 423STAS Gen 3 151Custom locking 7,867
TxBlaster is an identified, automated service that posts paired P2PK + OP_RETURN transactions continuously. We count it separately not because it's less legitimate (every fee-paid valid transaction is real chain activity), but because at 96% of transaction count today, it would visually overwhelm everything else. The numbers above show what the other activity looks like.
For the technical reader

Purpose classifies outputs by what they're locked to:

Payment: P2PKH, P2PK, multisig (spendable value).
Data Publication: OP_RETURN, ordinal envelopes, spendable metadata (carrying data).
Contracts: STAS tokens, custom locking scripts (programmable spend conditions).

Spendable metadata (heuristic): scripts with signature verification followed by data removed via OP_DROP. Metadata isn't consumed by validation logic but remains on-chain in the UTXO set.

Unique structures: a contract structure is a normalized script skeleton with variable data (hashes, signatures, pubkeys) removed. 16 unique structures observed today across 8,018 contract outputs.

№ 09 Protocols & Content

What people published, and how it was framed

Open standards used to format data on-chain, and the MIME types declared in those publications.

Protocol · open standards defining data format
B:// 9,283MAP 4,765AIP 3,899Metanet4 2,6981Sat-Ordinal 439BSV-21 249STAS 45
Metanet (the original). The 2018-2019 nChain protocol: a 4-byte "meta" push in OP_RETURN that defines a DAG of parent-txid-linked records. Not to be confused with the newer BRC-100 "Metanet" wallet/overlay ecosystem, which uses the same word for a different thing.
Content Type · MIME types in declared inscriptions
image/jpeg 3,326image/png 2,553text/markdown 2,546image/gif 526application/bsv-20 249text/plain 242image/webp 149image/svg+xml 60
For the technical reader

Content Types are MIME declarations sourced from two structures: ordinal envelopes (1Sat-style spendable inscriptions) and B:// protocol OP_RETURN publications. Outputs that don't declare a MIME type aren't counted here.

application/bsv-20 covers both BSV-20 and BSV-21: both protocols declare "p":"bsv-20" in their JSON and most inscriptions inherit the legacy MIME type. Protocol differentiation happens via JSON fields (tick = BSV-20 ticker mode; sym/id = BSV-21 tickerless mode).

№ 10 Overlay Directory

255 endpoints across the federation, 36 new this window

BRC-88 topic registrations announce who is hosting which overlay services on chain.

SHIP · intake side
128endpoints
across 76 topics
SLAP · query side
127endpoints
across 75 topics
Top topic managers · SHIP (of 76)
tm_plite 15tm_template 14tm_uhrp 12tm_users 11tm_zed 8
Top lookup services · SLAP (of 75)
ls_plite 15ls_template 13ls_uhrp 12ls_users 10ls_zed 8
Directory topics tm_ship (27) · tm_slap (27) · ls_ship (26) · ls_slap (26)
New this window · 36 advertisements
SHIP
tm_did
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_basketmap
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_anytx
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_helloworld
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_tokendemo
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_supplychain
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_monsterbattle
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_users
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_uhrp
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_tokendemo
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_supplychain
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_apps
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_walletconfig
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_desktopintegrity
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_certmap
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_did
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_identity
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_slackthread
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_identity
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_monsterbattle
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_fractionalize
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_fractionalize
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_walletconfig
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_basketmap
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_messagebox
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_slackthread
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_helloworld
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_uhrp
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_anytx
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_users
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_messagebox
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_protomap
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_protomap
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_apps
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SHIP
tm_desktopintegrity
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
SLAP
ls_certmap
operator 0377586f8b043455… · overlay-us-1.bsvb.tech
958,011
For the technical reader

BRC-88 SHIP/SLAP. Topic registrations on chain that announce which overlay services a node hosts. SHIP is the intake side (which topics this node accepts); SLAP is the query side (which topics this node can answer for).

endpoints = unique (URL, identity key) pairs. advertisements = signed unspent UTXOs on chain, each declaring one endpoint hosts one topic. topics = named overlay services like tm_uhrp or ls_ship.

Snapshot from 2026-07-16 11:15 UTC. Counts come from the four trackers hardcoded into the BSV SDK (overlay-us-1, overlay-eu-1, overlay-ap-1, users.bapp.dev). BSV apps query these to find which servers host the overlay topics they need.

№ 11 Identifiable Activity

Applications and tokens with recognizable fingerprints

TreeChat led identifiable activity at 2,376 transactions. Most chain activity carries no such identifier; the names below are services whose on-chain shape is recognizable from prior analysis.

TreeChat 2,376Twetch 2,209dxs 672Indelible 158OYO 138MNEE 117mintBlue 63memo.cash 483D Ordi 45BSV Feed/View 24BSV Live Master 20ButterCup 14CASHEIO 1
Application Token Media / NFT
For the technical reader

Patterns are matched against a curated catalog of known protocols and application signatures: MAP tags, B:// envelopes, AIP, OPUB, ordinal mime declarations, custom STAS structures. Some come from WoC tags; others are identified through analysis. New patterns are added editorially as they emerge.

Counts are unique transactions touching each application's recognizable structures. A transaction can match more than one pattern.

№ 12 Script of the Day

Programmable Contract

CONTRACT · selected from 7,867 candidates

Programmable Contract with a 1,446-byte payload

What it does. This script uses conditional logic (OP_IF/OP_ELSE), byte manipulation (OP_SPLIT/OP_CAT), or hash operations to enforce spending conditions beyond simple signature verification.

Why it matters. Demonstrates BSV's full scripting capability for programmable money and stateful applications.

TX 1371fe52b9… Block 957,955 1,446 script bytes
Opcodes used (top 16 of 23)
ANDBIN2NUMCATDIVELSEENDIFFROMALTSTACKGREATERTHANHASH256IFLESSTHANMODNOTIFNUM2BINOVERPICK
For the technical reader

Selection is editorial: one script per day from a curated category (Data Carrier, Token Mint, Complex Contract, Hash Puzzle, etc.). Candidate count shows how many similar scripts appeared in the same window.

The script preview above is the actual on-chain ASM (truncated for display); the skeleton normalizes pushes to <DATA> for pattern comparison across transactions. Opcodes shown are the unique ones present in the script, not the sequence order.

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