bsv_decodeTransaction
Decodes and analyzes Bitcoin SV transactions to provide detailed insights. This powerful tool accepts either a transaction ID or raw transaction data and returns comprehensive information including inputs, outputs, fee calculations, script details, and blockchain context. Supports both hex and ba...
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What bsv_decodeTransaction does on Bitcoin SV MCP Server
AI agents call bsv_decodeTransaction to retrieve information from Bitcoin SV MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why bsv_decodeTransaction is rated Low
This tool performs read-only operations on blockchain data. It accepts transaction identifiers or raw transaction data as input and returns analytical information without modifying any state, creating financial obligations, or triggering external transactions. The 'fetch' of on-chain data is a retrieval operation.
From the tool's definition The tool 'decodes and analyzes Bitcoin SV transactions to provide detailed insights' and 'returns comprehensive information including inputs, outputs, fee calculations, script details, and blockchain context.' The description uses passive analysis verbs…
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The rule that runs bsv_decodeTransaction safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Bitcoin SV MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For bsv_decodeTransaction, this is the rule to start with:
bsv_decodeTransaction is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Bitcoin SV MCP Server, apply this rule, and every bsv_decodeTransaction call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about bsv_decodeTransaction
Decodes and analyzes Bitcoin SV transactions to provide detailed insights. This powerful tool accepts either a transaction ID or raw transaction data and returns comprehensive information including inputs, outputs, fee calculations, script details, and blockchain context. Supports both hex and base64 encoded transactions and automatically fetches additional on-chain data when available. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Bitcoin SV MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Bitcoin SV MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for bsv_decodeTransaction: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Bitcoin SV MCP Server. Nothing to install.
bsv_decodeTransaction is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the bsv_decodeTransaction rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for bsv_decodeTransaction. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
bsv_decodeTransaction is provided by the Bitcoin SV MCP Server MCP server (b-open-io/bsv-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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