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bitcore-node
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A Bitcoin blockchain indexing and query service. Intended to be used with as a Bitcoin full node or in conjunction with a Bitcoin full node.
There is no upgrade path from previous versions of Bitcore Node due to the removal of the included Bitcoin Core software. By installing this version, you must resynchronize the indexes from scratch.
npm install
./bin/bitcore-node start
Note: A default configuration file is placed in the bitcore user's home directory (~/.bitcore/bitcore-node.json). Or, alternatively, you can copy the provided "bitcore-node.json.sample" file to the project's root directory as bitcore-node.json and edit it for your preferences. If you don't have a preferred block source (trusted peer), Bcoin will be started automatically and synchronized with the mainnet chain.
The main configuration file is called "bitcore-node.json". This file instructs bitcore-node for the following options:
There are several add-on services available to extend the functionality of Bitcore:
Please send pull requests for bug fixes, code optimization, and ideas for improvement. For more information on how to contribute, please refer to our CONTRIBUTING file.
Code released under the MIT license.
Copyright 2013-2017 BitPay, Inc.
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A blockchain indexing node with extended capabilities using bitcore
The npm package bitcore-node receives a total of 182 weekly downloads. As such, bitcore-node popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that bitcore-node demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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