Show HN: NEP – Ethereum JSON-RPC transform that beats ZSTD by 12%

Category: library

Tags: ethereum, compression, json-rpc, blockchain, data-encoding

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 5, Utility: 6)

NEP is a structured binary encoding layer for Ethereum JSON-RPC block data that improves zstd compression by 12-21%. It applies deterministic transforms like hex-to-binary conversion and schema stripping before compression, offering significant storage and bandwidth savings for blockchain data.

Target audience: blockchain developers, data engineers

Repository: https://github.com/Louw115/nep-ethereum-compression · Python · NOASSERTION

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