Bitcointalk Scraper — Crypto Forum Posts, Threads & Profiles

Extract data from Bitcointalk — the original crypto forum where Bitcoin was announced — anonymously, no account required. Latest posts, board listings, full thread history, user profiles with rank/merit/activity, and keyword monitoring for OSINT, crypto research, scam tracking, and market intelligence.

Why Bitcointalk data matters

Bitcointalk is where crypto history lives: every major coin launched an ANN thread here, scammers get exposed in real time on the Scam Accusations board, and reputation (merit/trust/rank) drives a real economy of signature campaigns and account sales. Researchers, journalists, compliance teams, and token founders all need this data — and forum search requires a login. This actor doesn't.

Modes

Mode	Output	Use case
recent	Latest posts sitewide — board, thread, author, msg ID, excerpt	Real-time monitoring feed
board	Topics in a board: title, replies, views, starter, last post	Board/topic discovery (e.g. board 159 = Altcoin Announcements)
topic	Full post history: author, rank, merit, OP flag, dates, text	Thread archives, ANN thread analysis
user	Profile: posts, activity, merit, position, registered, last active	Reputation intel, account research
watch	Recent posts filtered by keywords and/or since-msg-ID	Scheduled alerts ("scam", token names)

Input examples

Sitewide firehose:

{ "mode": "recent", "maxResults": 50 }

Altcoin announcement board, 3 pages:

{ "mode": "board", "board": "159", "maxPages": 3 }

Full thread history:

{ "mode": "topic", "topic": "718124", "maxPages": 10 }

Profile intel:

{ "mode": "user", "users": ["35", "41911"] }

Keyword monitoring (schedule hourly — msg IDs are sequential, so sinceMsgId resumes exactly):

{ "mode": "watch", "keywords": ["scam", "exit scam", "rug"], "sinceMsgId": 67199000 }

Output fields

post — topicId, msgId, title, board, boardId, date, startedBy, lastPostBy, text, url topic — topicId, title, boardId, replies, views, sticky, startedBy, lastPostBy, lastPostDate, lastPostMsgId topic_post — topicId, msgId, poster, posterId, isOP, rank (Newbie→Legendary), meritReceived, date, text user — userId, username, posts, activity, merit, position, dateRegistered, lastActive

Useful boards

4 Bitcoin Discussion · 159 Altcoin Announcements · 67 Altcoin Discussion · 80 Scam Accusations · 52 Services · 83 Marketplace · 268 Trading Discussion · 7 Economics

Limits & caveats

• Anonymous access only — site search (search2) is login-walled, so watch mode scans the recent-posts firehose instead (use sinceMsgId + keywords to build your own search).
• recent returns ~20 posts/page — it's a firehose snapshot; schedule frequent runs for full coverage (forum gets hundreds of posts/hour).
• Dates like "Today at HH:MM" are forum-relative; msg IDs are strictly sequential and reliable for resumption.

Pricing

$1.00 per 1,000 results (pay-per-event). A daily keyword watchlist costs cents.

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