Bitcore Node (BCH)

!! THIS IS STILL IN BETA, Please use with caution and check the open issues before using!!

Prerequisites

• Bitcoin Cash Full node (local/remote).
  • I used bitcoin-abc-0.17.2
• Node.js v8.2.0+
• build-essential and libzmq3-dev
  • You can use sudo apt-get install build-essential libzmq3-dev
• ~200 GB (only for the full blockchain livenet/testnet, for regtest you don't need much)
• ~4GB of RAM

Install

git clone -b cash https://github.com/osagga/bitcore-node.git && cd bitcore-node
npm install
./bin/bitcore-node start

Configuration

This Bitcore node will "attach" to a running full node (you need to specify the ip of the full node in the main configuration file "bitcore-node.json), you need to have the Bitcoin Cash node running before starting this node. I would recommend using the same setting in bitcoin.conf.sample to setup the full Bitcoin-Cash node (at least the RPC settings since Bitcore uses the same RPC credentials by default.)

The config file instructs bitcore-node for the following options:

• location of database files (datadir)
• tcp port for web services, if configured (port)
• bitcoin-cash network type (e.g. mainnet, testnet, regtest), (network)
• what services to include (services)
• the services' configuration (servicesConfig)
• ip of the bitcoin cash peer, along with its RPC settings.

Documentation

• Services
  • Fee - Creates a service to handle fee queries
  • Header - Creates a service to handle block headers
  • Block - Creates a service to handle blocks
  • Transaction - Creates a service to handle transactions
  • Address - Creates a service to handle addresses
  • Mempool - Creates a service to handle mempool
  • Timestamp - Creates a service to handle timestamp
  • Db - Creates a service to handle the database
  • p2p - Creates a service to handle the peer-to-peer network
  • Web - Creates an express application over which services can expose their web/API content
• Development Environment - Guide for setting up a development environment
• Node - Details on the node constructor
• Bus - Overview of the event bus constructor
• Release Process - Information about verifying a release and the release process.

License

Code released under the MIT license.

Copyright 2013-2017 BitPay, Inc.

• bitcoin: Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Bitcoin Core Developers (MIT License)