Bitcore

Infrastructure to build Bitcoin and blockchain-based applications for the next generation of financial technology.

Getting Started

Requirements

• Trusted P2P Peer
• MongoDB Server >= v3.4

Checkout the repo

git clone [email protected]:bitpay/bitcore.git
git checkout master
npm install

Setup Guide

1. Setup Bitcore config

Example bitcore.config.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"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

2. Setup Bitcoin Node

Example Bitcoin Mainnet Config

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

3. Run Bitcoin node

Example Starting a Bitcoin Node

# 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

npm run node

Applications

• Bitcore Node - A full node with extended capabilities using Bitcoin Core
• Bitcore Wallet - A command-line based wallet client
• Bitcore Wallet Client - A client for the wallet service
• Bitcore Wallet Service - A multisig HD service for wallets
• Bitpay Wallet - An easy-to-use, multiplatform, multisignature, secure bitcoin wallet
• Insight - A blockchain explorer web user interface

Libraries

• Bitcore Channel - Micropayment channels for rapidly adjusting bitcoin transactions
• Bitcore ECIES - Uses ECIES symmetric key negotiation from public keys to encrypt arbitrarily long data streams
• Bitcore Lib - A pure and powerful JavaScript Bitcoin library
• Bitcore Lib Cash - A pure and powerful JavaScript Bitcoin Cash library
• Bitcore Message - Bitcoin message verification and signing
• Bitcore Mnemonic - Implements mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys
• Bitcore P2P - The peer-to-peer networking protocol for BTC
• Bitcore P2P Cash - The peer-to-peer networking protocol for BCH
• Crypto Wallet Core - A coin-agnostic wallet library for creating transactions, signing, and address derivation

Extras

• Bitcore Build - A helper to add tasks to gulp
• Bitcore Client - A helper to create a wallet using the bitcore-v8 infrastructure

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md on the main bitcore repo for information about how to contribute.

License

Code released under the MIT license.

Copyright 2013-2019 BitPay, Inc. Bitcore is a trademark maintained by BitPay, Inc.