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I Listened to a Blockchain in Real Time for the First Time. Here's What I Learned.

The Hook I'd read about blockchains plenty. Reading an explorer, querying past data — that felt familiar, like querying any other database.

  • Author sets up real-time blockchain pipeline using Anvil from Foundry toolchain
  • Subscribing to new block headers more efficient than polling for new blocks
  • Utilizes Go's select statement to manage subscription errors and headers

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