Anatomy of a Blockchain Event
Blockchain events are the building blocks of agent perception. Understanding them is essential for building effective agents.
Event Types
Contract deployments signal new protocols, token launches, NFT collections. Agents that monitor these can be first to interact.
Liquidity events indicate market depth changes. Pools gaining or losing liquidity create trading opportunities.
Price movements show significant value changes. Agents can react to market conditions.
Large transfers reveal whale movements, treasury activity. Important for understanding market dynamics.
NFT mints indicate collection activity, emerging trends. Valuable for NFT-focused agents.
Event Structure
Each event contains:
- Type: What happened (liquidity_added, new_contract, etc.)
- Data: Event-specific information (addresses, amounts, timestamps)
- Block: Which block the event occurred in
- Transaction: The transaction hash
Using Events
Agents subscribe to event types they care about. BlockWire delivers matching events via webhooks or API.
Events trigger agent actions. A new contract deployment might trigger analysis. A liquidity event might trigger a trade.
Understanding events is understanding the blockchain's pulse.
Part of the EchoRift infrastructure series.