mboyd1/bells-rpc-explorer

Simple, database-free, self-hosted Bitcoin blockchain explorer, via RPC. Built with Node.js, express, bootstrap-v4.

Bells Blockchain Explorer

Simple, database-free blockchain explorer, via RPC. Built with Node.js, express, bootstrap-v4.

This tool is intended to be a simple, self-hosted explorer for Bitcoin-style blockchains, driven by RPC calls.

Live demo available at:

• BEL: https://explorer.minebells.com

Features

• Browse blocks
• View block details
• View transaction details, with navigation "backward" via spent transaction outputs
• View JSON content used to generate most pages
• Search supports transactions, blocks, addresses
• Mempool summary, with fee, size, and age breakdowns

Prerequisites

1. Install and run a full, archiving node. Ensure that your node has full transaction indexing enabled (txindex=1) and the RPC server enabled (server=1).
2. Synchronize your node with the network.
3. "Recent" version of Node.js (18+ recommended).

Instructions

1. Clone this repo: git clone https://github.com/mboyd1/bells-rpc-explorer
2. npm install
3. npm run
4. Edit the "rpc" settings in app/credentials.js to target your node
5. Optional: Change the "coin" value in app/config.js.
6. Optional: Add an ipstack.com API access key to app/credentials.js. Doing so will add a map to the /peers page.
7. npm start to start the local server
8. Visit http://127.0.0.1:3002/

Run via Docker

1. docker build -t bells-rpc-explorer .
2. docker run -p 3002:3002 -it bells-rpc-explorer