ℹ️About & Trust

Our Mission

Bitcoin is the most important monetary network in human history, but understanding its mechanics remains deeply inaccessible to non-engineers. Our mission is to bridge this gap by providing an Interactive Bitcoin Lab that allows anyone to visually debug node consensus, mempool flows, and cryptography without running complex CLI commands.

Open-Source Transparency

Raw Block is committed to radical transparency. The entire frontend architecture, charting layer, and RPC proxy logic are fully open-source. Anyone can audit the code, run it locally, or contribute to its educational curriculum.

Operator Model

The project is maintained by a small independent team under the Raw Block identity. Public communication currently happens through the channels below.

Data Stack

Raw Block is built to run on Bitcoin Core plus an electrs-backed index. During the current rollout (index compaction and hardening), some views may temporarily use public telemetry fallbacks for continuity.

Fallback Policy

If our node gateway is unreachable, some dashboards may temporarily fall back to public telemetry providers to keep the UI responsive. When you see a fallback source label, treat it as an availability measure, not the default mode.

RPC / Node Security Guidance

• •Never expose Bitcoin Core RPC to the public internet.
• •Use dedicated read-only credentials for explorer tooling whenever possible.
• •Prefer localhost or private network tunnels with strict firewall controls.
• •Do not paste wallet secrets, seed phrases, or private keys into browser tools.

Known Limits

Educational modules and dashboards may evolve quickly. When metrics look suspicious, cross-check against primary sources and treat anomalies as potential display bugs.

Project Roadmap