GraphLinq Chain Blockchain Analytics System

A comprehensive real-time blockchain analytics system for the GraphLinq Chain network. This system extracts, processes, and analyzes blockchain data to provide insights into network activity, transaction patterns, DeFi usage, and more.

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12+ (recommended: Python 3.12 or higher)
• Operating System: Ubuntu Linux / WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
• GLQ Chain node running (Docker container glq-chain)
• InfluxDB 2.x running (Docker container lcw-influxdb)

Environment Setup

This project is optimized for Linux/WSL environments. If you're migrating from Windows, follow these steps:

1. Create Virtual Environment

   # Create a new virtual environment (Linux/WSL compatible)
   python3 -m venv venv
   
   # Activate the virtual environment
   source venv/bin/activate
   
   # Upgrade pip to latest version
   python -m pip install --upgrade pip
   ```bash
   

2. Install Dependencies

   # Install all required packages
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   ```bash
   

3. Configure Environment

   • Copy .env.example to .env and configure your settings:

     cp .env.example .env

   • Configure InfluxDB:

     • Go to http://localhost:8086
     • Create an organization called glq-analytics
     • Create a bucket called blockchain_data
     • Generate an API token

   • Update your .env file with the actual token:

     INFLUX_TOKEN=your_actual_token_here
     INFURA_PROJECT_ID=your_infura_project_id_here
     ```bash
     

4. Test the Setup

   python glq_analytics.py test
   # or directly:
   python tests/test_sync_setup.py
   ```bash
   

5. Run Full Blockchain Sync

   python glq_analytics.py sync
   ```bash
   

Virtual Environment Management

Important: If you're migrating from Windows to WSL/Linux, the existing virtual environment won't work due to different binary formats.

To recreate the virtual environment:

# Remove old Windows venv (if it exists)
rm -rf venv

# Create new Linux-compatible venv
python3 -m venv venv

# Activate and install dependencies
source venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
```bash

**Daily Usage:**

```bash
# Always activate the virtual environment before working
source venv/bin/activate

# When done working, deactivate (optional)
deactivate

📊 Current Status

✅ Completed Components

1. Project Structure & Dependencies - All necessary Python packages and directory structure
2. InfluxDB Schema Design - Comprehensive data model for blockchain analytics
3. Core Blockchain Client - High-performance RPC client with connection pooling
4. InfluxDB Integration - Database client optimized for blockchain data storage
5. Historical Data Processor - Complete historical sync (5.45M+ blocks processed)
6. Real-time Monitoring System - Live blockchain monitoring with web dashboard

🧪 System Test Results

✅ Configuration: PASS
✅ Blockchain: PASS (Chain ID: 614, Latest Block: 5.45M+)
✅ InfluxDB: PASS (Ready for data storage)
✅ Historical Processor: PASS (67+ blocks/sec processing rate)
✅ Real-time Monitor: PASS (Live monitoring with web dashboard)
```bash

### 🐧 Linux/WSL Compatibility

```text
✅ Ubuntu/WSL Environment: PASS
✅ Python 3.12+ Virtual Environment: PASS
✅ All Dependencies Installed: PASS
✅ Cross-Platform Compatibility: PASS
```bash

## 📁 Project Structure

```text
blockchain_data/
├── 📁 src/                    # Core source code
│   ├── 📁 analytics/          # Advanced analytics modules
│   ├── 📁 core/              # Core clients and configuration
│   └── 📁 processors/        # Data processing modules
├── 📁 scripts/               # Executable scripts
│   ├── full_sync_with_analytics.py
│   ├── start_realtime_monitor.py
│   └── start_monitor_service.py
├── 📁 tests/                 # Test files
├── 📁 docs/                  # Documentation
├── 📁 config/                # Configuration files
├── 📁 examples/              # Usage examples
├── 📁 venv/                  # Python virtual environment (Linux/WSL)
├── glq_analytics.py          # Main entry point
├── requirements.txt          # Dependencies
├── README.md                 # This file
└── WARP.md                   # WARP.dev development guide
```bash

## 🔧 System Architecture

### Data Flow

```text
GLQ Chain RPC → Blockchain Client → Data Processors → InfluxDB → Analytics
```bash

### Core Components

#### 1. Blockchain Client (`src/core/blockchain_client.py`)

- Async HTTP client with connection pooling
- Rate limiting and retry logic
- Batch block retrieval
- Transaction receipt fetching
- Event/log extraction

#### 2. InfluxDB Client (`src/core/influxdb_client.py`)

- Optimized for time-series blockchain data
- Measurements: blocks, transactions, events, token_transfers, contracts, etc.
- Efficient batch writing
- Query capabilities for analytics

#### 3. Historical Processor (`src/processors/historical_clean.py`)

- Parallel batch processing
- Progress tracking with Rich UI
- Resumable processing (checks database for latest block)
- Comprehensive error handling
- Performance metrics

## 📈 Analytics Capabilities

### Current Data Extraction

- **Block Data**: Gas usage, block times, transaction counts
- **Transaction Data**: Gas fees, transaction types, success/failure rates
- **Event Data**: Smart contract events and logs
- **Network Metrics**: Real-time network statistics

### Planned Analytics (Next Phase)

- **Token Analytics**: ERC-20/721/1155 transfer tracking
- **DEX Analytics**: Swap volumes, liquidity changes
- **DeFi Metrics**: Lending, staking, yield farming activity
- **Wallet Clustering**: Related address identification
- **Contract Analytics**: Popular contracts, gas usage patterns

## 🗃️ Data Schema

### InfluxDB Measurements

1. **`blocks`** - Block-level data with gas usage, timing, and metadata
2. **`transactions`** - Individual transaction details with fees and status
3. **`events`** - Smart contract events and logs
4. **`token_transfers`** - ERC token transfer tracking
5. **`contracts`** - Smart contract deployment and interaction data
6. **`network_metrics`** - Aggregated network-wide statistics

See `config/influxdb_schema.md` for complete schema documentation.

## ⚙️ Configuration

### Main Config (`config/config.yaml`)

- Blockchain connection settings
- InfluxDB configuration
- Processing parameters (batch size, workers, etc.)
- Analytics feature flags

### Environment Variables (`.env`)

- `INFLUX_TOKEN` - InfluxDB API token
- `INFLUX_ORG` - InfluxDB organization
- `INFLUX_BUCKET` - InfluxDB bucket name
- `MAX_WORKERS` - Processing parallelism

## 🔄 Processing Performance

### Current Performance (Production)

- **Processing Rate**: ~67 blocks/second (actual achieved)
- **Historical Sync**: 5.45M+ blocks completed (839K+ transactions)
- **Batch Size**: 1000 blocks (configurable)
- **Parallel Workers**: 8 (configurable)
- **Memory Efficient**: Complete sync achieved without issues
- **Real-time Monitoring**: 2-second polling with live dashboard

### Sync Status - COMPLETE ✅

- **Total Blocks Processed**: 5,450,971+ blocks
- **Total Transactions**: 839,575+ transactions
- **Actual Sync Time**: ~22.4 hours (much better than estimated!)
- **Real-time Updates**: Active - processing new blocks as they arrive

## 🚧 Next Development Phase

### Priority 1: Real-time Monitoring ✅ COMPLETE

- [x] Polling-based real-time block monitor
- [x] Immediate processing of new blocks
- [x] Live dashboard with real-time updates

### Priority 2: Advanced Analytics

- [ ] ERC token transfer decoder
- [ ] DEX swap detection and analysis
- [ ] DeFi protocol interaction tracking
- [ ] Wallet clustering algorithms

### Priority 3: Dashboard & Visualization

- [ ] Grafana dashboard setup
- [ ] Key metrics visualization
- [ ] Real-time monitoring alerts
- [ ] Historical trend analysis

### Priority 4: Advanced Features

- [ ] Machine learning for anomaly detection
- [ ] Transaction pattern analysis
- [ ] Network health monitoring
- [ ] Automated reporting

## 📝 Usage Examples

### Environment Activation (Always First!)

```bash
# Activate virtual environment before any commands
source venv/bin/activate

Run Historical Sync (COMPLETED)

# Process all historical blocks (COMPLETED - 5.45M+ blocks processed)
python src/processors/historical_clean.py

Start Real-time Monitoring

# Using main entry point
python glq_analytics.py monitor    # Real-time monitoring
python glq_analytics.py service    # Web dashboard service

# Or directly:
python scripts/start_realtime_monitor.py
python scripts/start_monitor_service.py
# Then visit: http://localhost:8000/dashboard

Test with Limited Blocks

# In historical_clean.py, modify the main() function:
success = await processor.run_historical_processing(max_blocks=1000)

Query Analytics Data

from core.influxdb_client import BlockchainInfluxDB
from core.config import Config

config = Config()
db = BlockchainInfluxDB(...)

# Get recent block data
blocks_df = db.query_block_range(5400000, 5400100)

# Get address activity
activity_df = db.query_address_activity("0x123...", days=7)

🛠️ Maintenance

Log Files

• System logs: logs/test_setup.log
• Historical processing: logs/historical_processing.log
• Application logs: logs/blockchain_analytics.log

Data Retention

• Raw blockchain data: 1 year
• Aggregated analytics: 5 years
• Real-time monitoring: 30 days

Health Monitoring

• Blockchain RPC connectivity
• InfluxDB connection status
• Processing lag detection
• Error rate monitoring

🐧 Linux/WSL Specific Notes

System Requirements

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04+ or compatible Linux distribution
• WSL: WSL2 recommended for Windows users
• Python: Python 3.12+ (install via sudo apt install python3.12 python3.12-venv)
• Git: Version control (sudo apt install git)

Common Linux/WSL Commands

# Check Python version
python3 --version

# Install Python pip if missing
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pip

# Check virtual environment status
which python  # Should show path in venv when activated

# List installed packages
pip list

# Check disk space for database
df -h

File Permissions

All scripts and configuration files should have appropriate permissions:

# Make scripts executable if needed
chmod +x scripts/*.py

# Verify file permissions
ls -la

📚 Documentation

This project includes comprehensive documentation:

• DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md - Complete documentation navigation guide
• PROJECT_STATUS_REPORT.md - Current project status and analysis
• CONTRIBUTING.md - Development guidelines
• docs/ANALYTICS.md - Detailed analytics modules documentation
• docs/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md - Project architecture guide
• WARP.md - WARP.dev development environment guide

🤝 Contributing

This system is designed for extensibility. Key areas for contribution:

1. New Analytics Modules - Add processors for specific DeFi protocols
2. Dashboard Components - Create visualizations for new metrics
3. Performance Optimizations - Improve processing speed and efficiency
4. Data Quality - Add validation and monitoring features

See CONTRIBUTING.md for detailed development guidelines.

📞 Support & Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. InfluxDB "Organization not found"

   • Create the organization in InfluxDB UI
   • Verify the token has proper permissions

2. Blockchain connection failures

   • Check GLQ chain container is running
   • Verify port 8545 is accessible

3. Slow processing

   • Increase MAX_WORKERS in .env
   • Reduce batch size if memory limited

4. Virtual Environment Issues

   # If venv activation fails
   rm -rf venv
   python3 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   ```bash
   

5. Permission Errors (Linux/WSL)

   # Fix file permissions
   chmod +x glq_analytics.py
   chmod +x scripts/*.py
   ```bash
   

Getting Help

• Check logs in logs/ directory
• Run python test_setup.py to verify setup
• Review configuration in config/config.yaml
• Ensure virtual environment is activated: source venv/bin/activate

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🎯 Current Status Summary

MAJOR MILESTONE: Full System Operational on Linux/WSL! 🎉

✅ Production-Ready Analytics Platform:

• Complete Historical Data: 5.45M+ blocks processed (839K+ transactions)
• Real-time Monitoring: Live blockchain monitoring with web dashboard
• High-Performance Processing: 67+ blocks/sec achieved
• Zero Downtime: Robust error handling and automatic recovery
• Comprehensive Analytics: Foundation for advanced DeFi/DEX analytics
• Cross-Platform: Now fully compatible with Linux/WSL environments

✅ System Status: OPERATIONAL

1. ✅ InfluxDB setup complete with full dataset
2. ✅ Historical sync complete (all 5.45M+ blocks)
3. ✅ Real-time monitoring active and functional
4. ✅ Linux/WSL environment compatibility verified
5. ⭯ Advanced analytics modules (next priority)

🚀 What's Working Right Now:

• Complete GLQ Chain blockchain history in InfluxDB
• Real-time block processing as new blocks arrive
• Web dashboard at http://localhost:8000/dashboard
• API endpoints for programmatic access
• Command-line monitoring tools
• Full Linux/WSL compatibility with proper virtual environment

The system is now a fully operational blockchain analytics platform capable of handling the complete GLQ Chain dataset with real-time updates, optimized for Linux/WSL environments. Ready for advanced analytics development!

Migration Notes

If migrating from Windows to WSL/Linux:

1. ✅ Virtual environment recreated for Linux compatibility
2. ✅ All dependencies reinstalled and verified
3. ✅ File permissions and paths updated for Linux
4. ✅ Documentation updated with Linux-specific instructions
5. ✅ Cross-platform compatibility maintained