CKScope — Research & Design

Status: Early research phase · exploring the architecture, no release yet

CKScope is a local-first CKB explorer — an idea being researched to answer a simple question: can a lightweight, JavaScript-native tool read CKB chain data directly and present it through a clean web interface?

This repository is intentionally lightweight. It contains research notes, proposed architecture, and the intended project structure — not implementation code. The goal is to share direction and gather community feedback before committing to a full build.

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Why this project?

Public explorers depend on slow, rate-limited JSON-RPC endpoints. CKScope explores a different path:

• Local-first — you run it against a node you control
• Fast reads — eventually reading the node's RocksDB directly instead of RPC
• JS-native — built on the CCC ecosystem, no separate heavy toolchain

Research highlights

• PostgreSQL as the query store (recommended over SQLite for CKB's data volume)
• CCC for node access — the maintained, future-facing CKB JavaScript stack
• RocksDB reads identified as the performance path for full sync
• Proposed pipeline: CKB Node → Sync → Query Store → REST API → Web UI

Repository structure

research-repo/
├── README.md                # this file
├── research/                # research notes + references
│   ├── overview.md
│   └── references.md
├── docs/                    # proposed design
│   ├── architecture.md
│   ├── data-model.md
│   └── roadmap.md
└── packages/                # intended structure (skeleton)
    ├── backend/
    ├── frontend/
    └── shared/

Where this is heading

1. Gather community feedback on the direction
2. Build a minimal proof-of-concept to validate the architecture
3. If validated, develop it into a public explorer

Feedback and discussion are very welcome.