Zcash

Lightwalletd gRPC API

A bandwidth-efficient gRPC service that provides a compact block streaming interface to the Zcash blockchain, enabling lightweight mobile and web wallet clients to sync shielded transactions without downloading the full blockchain. Backed by either zcashd or zebrad full nodes. Implements the CompactTxStreamer service.

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API entry from apis.yml

name: Lightwalletd gRPC API
description: A bandwidth-efficient gRPC service that provides a compact block streaming interface to the
  Zcash blockchain, enabling lightweight mobile and web wallet clients to sync shielded transactions without
  downloading the full blockchain. Backed by either zcashd or zebrad full nodes. Implements the CompactTxStreamer
  service.
humanURL: https://github.com/zcash/lightwalletd
baseURL: https://mainnet.lightwalletd.com:9067/
tags:
- gRPC
- Lightclient
- Mobile
- Compact Blocks
- Streaming
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/zcash/lightwalletd
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/zcash/lightwalletd
- type: ProtoFile
  url: https://github.com/zcash/lightwalletd/blob/master/walletrpc/compact_formats.proto