Add BDK RPC backend tutorial #54
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Looks cool. I didn't execute the code, but the text is easy to follow and understand. |
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Very good article, made a few minor suggestions. @dennisreimann can we set up preview links? |
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@ConorOkus Yes, I just messaged you on Slack with details on how to set it up. |
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Thanks @ConorOkus for the feedback and corrections. Updated with all those changes.. |
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@dennisreimann let me know if I have to update anything in the text to pass the netlify deployment.. |
| Unlike other tutorials, we will not use `bdk-cli` tools, but instead write rust code directly using `BDK` devkit. In the end we will end up with our own simple bitcoin wallet. | ||
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| To run with this tutorial you would need to have a bitcoin core node running in regtest mode. Get the bitcoin core binary either from the [bitcoin core repo](https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.21.1/) or [build from source](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.21.1/doc/build-unix.md). Alternatively you can use the `bitcoin-regtest-box` docker file maintained by BDK project [here](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bitcoin-regtest-box). |
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It looks like the bitcoin-regtest-box has been updated to support cookie auth now. I had to use the docker images before this commit to get it working.
What can we do to make this a bit clearer?
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Ah ok, I need to update the tutorial to handle cookie auth i think..
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I'd like archive bitcoin-regtest-box and update our docs/blogs to not use it. As a start I've created bitcoindevkit/bitcoin-regtest-box#12 with alternative instructions for local regtest testing.
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Opted for using Polar which is basically using Docker under the hood. We could probably remove mentioning bitcoin-regtest-box as it's no longer maintained. Some docs around setting up a regtest bitcoind locally would be handy but that could be separate from this tutorial IMO.
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I actually use my own local regtest node instead of bitcoin-regtest-box. Do you think we should add local regtest setup somewhere? Or shift to Polar?
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I think we should add local regtest setup somewhere, but I think we can do it in another PR 👍
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@rajarshimaitra this is great! I was able to get through this pretty easy. I would just double check you are rebased with master. Still working on the preview links to see it on the actual site and make sure the formatting is okay. |
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@ConorOkus updated with latest suggestions and rebased on current master. Regarding this #54 (comment), I decided to remove the
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@rajarshimaitra left a last comment on the link to the v0.10.0 release, I checked this out locally and everything LGTM 👍 |
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Thanks @ConorOkus.. Updated.. |
Added a tutorial to work with BDK wallet using the recently added RPC backend.
Unlike other tutorials I haven't used
bdk-cli. Instead its a walk through of writing BDK wallet code to work with the backend.Hope this will help new developers to start working with BDK.
Comments and review welcome. :)