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# Bitcore
-
**Infrastructure to build Bitcoin and blockchain-based applications for the next generation of financial technology.**
@@ -10,8 +9,6 @@
- Trusted P2P Peer
- MongoDB Server >= v3.4
-- Docker
-- nodejs >= 10
- make g++ gcc
### Checkout the repo
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```sh
git clone git@github.com:bitpay/bitcore.git
-cd bitcore
git checkout master
npm install
```
## Setup Guide
-### 1. Setup Docker
-
-Start Docker by running
-
-```sh
-dockerd
-```
-
-```sh
-docker-compose -f docker-compose.test.yml up
-```
-
-### 2. Setup Bitcore Node Config
-
-```sh
-docker ps
-
-# Get IP Addresses of the Dockers
-
-docker inspect deviceID | grep IPAddress
-
-# Enter your docker device ID in place of deviceID
-
-# Replace the hostname with that respective IP address of your docker in Bitcore-test.config.json
-
-mv Bitcore-test.config.json Bitcore.config.json
-```
-
-### 3. Start Bitcore
-
-```sh
-npm run node
-```
-
-## Example Config files
+### 1. Setup Bitcore config
Example bitcore.config.json
@@ -142,6 +104,8 @@ npm run node
+### 2. Setup Bitcoin Node
+
Example Bitcoin Mainnet Config
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+### 3. Run Bitcoin node
+
+
+Example Starting a Bitcoin Node
+
+```sh
+# Path to your bitcoin application and path to the config above
+/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt -datadir=/Users/username/blockchains/bitcoin-core/networks/mainnet/
+```
+
+
+
+### 4. Start Bitcore
+
+```sh
+npm run node
+```
## Applications
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+## Node Setup Guide
+
+### 1. Setup Docker
+
+Start Docker by running
+
+```sh
+dockerd
+```
+
+```sh
+docker-compose -f docker-compose.test.yml up
+```
+
+### 2. Setup Bitcore Node Config
+
+```sh
+docker ps
+
+# Get IP Addresses of the Dockers
+
+docker inspect deviceID | grep IPAddress
+
+# Enter your docker device ID in place of deviceID
+
+# Replace the hostname with that respective IP address of your docker in Bitcore-test.config.json
+
+mv Bitcore-test.config.json Bitcore.config.json
+```
+
+### 3. Start Bitcore
+
+```sh
+npm run node
+```
+
+## Example Config files
+
+
+Example bitcore.config.json
+
+
+```json
+{
+ "bitcoreNode": {
+ "chains": {
+ "BTC": {
+ "mainnet": {
+ "chainSource": "p2p",
+ "trustedPeers": [
+ {
+ "host": "127.0.0.1",
+ "port": 20008
+ }
+ ],
+ "rpc": {
+ "host": "127.0.0.1",
+ "port": 20009,
+ "username": "username",
+ "password": "password"
+ }
+ },
+ "regtest": {
+ "chainSource": "p2p",
+ "trustedPeers": [
+ {
+ "host": "127.0.0.1",
+ "port": 20020
+ }
+ ],
+ "rpc": {
+ "host": "127.0.0.1",
+ "port": 20021,
+ "username": "username",
+ "password": "password"
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ "BCH": {
+ "mainnet": {
+ "parentChain": "BTC",
+ "forkHeight": 478558,
+ "trustedPeers": [
+ {
+ "host": "127.0.0.1",
+ "port": 30008
+ }
+ ],
+ "rpc": {
+ "host": "127.0.0.1",
+ "port": 30009,
+ "username": "username",
+ "password": "password"
+ }
+ },
+ "regtest": {
+ "chainSource": "p2p",
+ "trustedPeers": [
+ {
+ "host": "127.0.0.1",
+ "port": 30020
+ }
+ ],
+ "rpc": {
+ "host": "127.0.0.1",
+ "port": 30021,
+ "username": "username",
+ "password": "password"
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+```
+
+
+
+
+Example Bitcoin Mainnet Config
+
+```sh
+whitelist=127.0.0.1
+txindex=0
+listen=1
+server=1
+irc=1
+upnp=1
+
+# Make sure port & rpcport matches the
+# bitcore.config.json ports for BTC mainnet
+
+# if using Bitcoin Core v0.17+ prefix
+# [main]
+
+port=20008
+rpcport=20009
+rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
+
+rpcuser=username
+rpcpassword=password
+```
+
+
+