bitchat
v0.0.5
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realtime chat over bitcoin
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Bitchat
Realtime chat over Bitcoin.
Powered by:
- Bitdb: For reading OP_RETURN messages from Bitcoin SV
- Bitsocket: For subscribing to OP_RETURN messages from Bitcoin SV
- Bitpipe: A Bitpipe Light node For broadcasting transactions.
Uses the Bitcoin SV blockchain.
Key Management
This package includes key management by default.
When you run npm start
, it will ask you for a private key.
This will be stored in a private .env
file and used for sessions to send transactions.
Unlike the web version, this terminal version uses YOUR KEY to send transactions.
How to Use
Step 1. Download the code
git clone https://github.com/unwriter/bitchat.git
(or just download the zip file)
Step 2. Run
Open your terminal and go to the bitchat folder. Then run:
npm start
And that's it!
It will ask you to enter your WIF private key the first time, which will be stored LOCALLY in your .env
file (it's a hidden file).
See in Action
1. Terminal to Browser
You can send from terminal to browser
2. Terminal to Terminal
Bitchat terminal edition ships with native push notification for its parent OS. So you'll get a push notification when there's a new message.
3. Browser to Terminal
Too lazy to do a demo for this one. But it works.
Internal
Internally it's powered by a Bitpipe Light node, which lets you post to Bitcoin even withoout a Bitcoin node.
Which means, anyone can run this.