Bivcore Node

A full node with extended capabilities using Bitcoin Value Core.

Setup Guide

Example bivcore.config.json

Set up your bivcore.config.json file in ./bivcore

{
  "bivcoreNode": {
    "chains": {
      "BIV": {
        "mainnet": {
          "chainSource": "p2p",
          "trustedPeers": [
            {
              "host": "127.0.0.1",
              "port": 8332
            }
          ],
          "rpc": {
            "host": "127.0.0.1",
            "port": 8333,
            "username": "admin",
            "password": "1"
          }
        },
        "regtest": {
          "chainSource": "p2p",
          "trustedPeers": [
            {
              "host": "127.0.0.1",
              "port": 8332
            }
          ],
          "rpc": {
            "host": "127.0.0.1",
            "port": 8333,
            "username": "admin",
            "password": "1"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Then start the node

npm run start

// TO-DO: update docs

API Documentation

• REST API parameters and example responses

• Websockets API namespaces, event names and parameters

• Testing Bitcore-node in RegTest

Contributing

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

License

Code released under the MIT license.

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