Bitcore-node-pac NPM

Bitcore Node PAC

A PAC full node for building applications and services with Node.js. A node is extensible and can be configured to run additional services. At the minimum a node has an interface to PAC Core v0.12.1.x for more advanced address queries. Additional services can be enabled to make a node more useful such as exposing new APIs, running a block explorer and wallet service.

Install

npm install -g bitcore-node-pac

Prerequisites

PAC Core (v0.12.1.x) with support for additional indexing (see above)
Node.js v0.10, v0.12, v4 or v5
ZeroMQ (libzmq3-dev for Ubuntu/Debian or zeromq on OSX)
~20GB of disk storage
~1GB of RAM

Configuration

Bitcore includes a Command Line Interface (CLI) for managing, configuring and interfacing with your Bitcore Node.

bitcore-node-pac create -d <pac-data-dir> mynode
cd mynode
bitcore-node-pac install <service>
bitcore-node-pac install https://github.com/yourname/helloworld
bitcore-node-pac start

This will create a directory with configuration files for your node and install the necessary dependencies.

Please note that PAC Core v0.12.1.x will be downloaded automatically. Once completed the paccoind binary should be placed into the <pac-data-dir> folder specified during node creation.

For more information about (and developing) services, please see the Service Documentation.

Add-on Services

There are several add-on services available to extend the functionality of Bitcore:

Documentation

Upgrade Notes
Services
- Bitcoind - Interface to Bitcoin Core
- Web - Creates an express application over which services can expose their web/API content
Development Environment - Guide for setting up a development environment
Node - Details on the node constructor
Bus - Overview of the event bus constructor
Release Process - Information about verifying a release and the release process.

Contributing

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.