Bitcore Node Dash

A Dash 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 Dash Core with additional indexing 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-dash

Installation of bitcore-node-dash can also be performed using a Dockerfile. Please note that this Dockerfile is still under development and should be considered an 'Alpha' version, see docker-bitcore_insight_dash for more details.

Prerequisites

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

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

Please note that Dash Core with additional indexing must be compiled seperately. Once completed the dashd binary should be placed into the <dash-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:

Insight API Dash
Insight UI Dash
Bitcore Wallet Service (coming soon)

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.

License

Code released under the MIT license.

Jzarecta/bitcore-node-dash