Goal: Take block hash as input and get all the block information represented on a UI.
How to use
Download bitcoin core https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node
modify your bitcoin.conf Example:
server=1
dbcache=1536
par=1
maxuploadtarget=137
maxconnections=16
rpcuser=ozioma
rpcpassword=password
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
debug=tor
prune=550
mintxfee=0.001
txconfirmtarget=1
[test]
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
rpcport=18332
[main]
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
rpcport=8332
[regtest]
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
rpcport=18443
Install bitcoin-cli and Run bitcoin core as a daemon process See https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#other-linux-daemon
Clone project and from the project root folder run gradle assemble, From the project root folder run
gradlew assemble
if permission is denied, run
chmod 755 gradlew first before gradlew assemble
this would build a .jar file that in the build folder that you can then run using
java -jar /build/libs/com.ozioma.bitcoinexplorer-all.jar
goto: http://127.0.0.1:8080/block/full/{block_hash}/ to view the information about a block.
Http calls are made to the bitcoin node using https://ktor.io
Block information is rendered using FreeMarker https://ktor.io/docs/freemarker.html
This project is for experimenting and learning how to use the block chain, not for production.