Practical overview
When it fits
Use Blockchainbay when you want a command-line or local web interface for searching a blockchain-backed torrent catalog, or when you need its documented transaction-based listing upload workflow.
Who it is for
- People seeking to search a blockchain-backed torrent catalog and retrieve magnet links.
- Operators who want to submit torrent listings to a smart-contract database.
Documented uses
- Search torrent listings in a local cache or query the remote database.
- Retrieve a magnet link or launch a BitTorrent download from a search result.
- Upload formatted torrent records to a configured smart-contract database.
Requirements & limits
The tool is installable with pip. Read-only searching does not require account funds; uploading and voting consume balance. The README documents a command-line interface and a web mode served locally.
- The default configuration described in the README uses Polygon, an Ankr Web3 gateway and a deployed contract; other networks and gateways can be configured.
- The initial blockchain sync populates a local cache and may take some time.
- Direct download launch requires a BitTorrent client such as transmission-cli; magnet-link retrieval is a separate command.
- Uploads require a formatted input file and funds for transaction fees, which depend on the selected network.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Install Blockchainbay and search its torrent catalog
Set up the documented command-line tool and search listings locally or remotely.
Before you start
- Python package installation through pip.
- A configured Web3 gateway and blockchain network; the README describes Polygon with Ankr as the default.
- No funded account is required for read-only searching.
Steps
Install the package with pip install blockchainbay.
Run blockChainBay.py to start the command-line tool and sync listings to the local cache.
Enter a search string to search the local cache, or use /remote followed by a search term for remote results.
Use /link followed by a result number to display its magnet link.
Expected outcome
Search results from the catalog and a magnet link for a selected listing.
Guide limitations
- The initial sync may take some time.
- Downloading a torrent requires a BitTorrent client; transmission-cli is the documented option for launching downloads from the tool.
Prepare a torrent-listing file for upload
Format listings and submit them to the smart-contract database.
Before you start
- A configured Blockchainbay account with funds for blockchain transaction fees.
- A text file with semicolon-separated fields in this order: infohash, name, size_bytes, created_unix, seeders, leechers, completed, scraped_date.
Steps
Create a text file containing one semicolon-separated listing per line in the documented field order.
Run ./blockChainBay.py --upload followed by the file name.
The tool submits the listings to the smart-contract database specified in config.ini if configured correctly.
Expected outcome
Torrent listings are submitted as writes to the configured smart-contract database.
Guide limitations
- Uploading requires a funded account to cover transaction fees.
- Transaction costs vary by network; the README's dated Polygon example is not a current price quote.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 16 October 2026
- Original website title
- ortegaalfredo/blockchainbay · Official homepage title · retained in its source language