bitcoin-non-standard-server v0.2.2-alpha.0

Bitcoin Non-Standard server

A simple server to store p2sh script preimages. To be used in conjunction with BitcoinToken.

Installation

Using Docker Compose

Assuming Docker and Docker Compose are installed on the system run:

git clone https://github.com/BitcoinDB/bitcoin-non-standard-server.git
cd bitcoin-non-standard-server/
docker-compose up

After the compose has built the containers and started the stack the Bitcoin non standard server should be listening on localhost:3000.

Manually

Download and build the project

Type the following into a terminal window.

git clone https://github.com/BitcoinDB/bitcoin-non-standard-server.git
cd bitcoin-non-standard-server/
npm install
npm run build

Install PostgreSQL

See the PostgreSQL documentation for instructions

Set up database connection

Copy the .env.example file to .env and set the Postgres credentials (database name, user, pass, ...) in it.

Create a database

npm run init

If the database creation completed successfully you should see

Created database bitcoin_non_standard.
Successfully created required database tables.

Start the server

To start the server type

npm run serve

If everything went well, you should see the following output

Bitcoin non-standard server listening on port 3000

Test

To run the unit tests start the server by running npm run serve in one terminal window. Then open a second terminal and run npm test.

Get help

If you have any problems contact clemens@bitcointoken.com.