Bitcore

Infrastructure to build Bitcoin and blockchain-based applications for the next generation of financial technology.

Getting Started

Requirements

• Trusted P2P Peer
• MongoDB Server >= v3.4

Checkout the repo

git clone git@github.com:bitpay/bitcore.git
git checkout master
npm install

Setup Guide

1. Setup Bitcore config

Example bitcore.config.json

2. Setup Bitcoin Node

Example Bitcoin Mainnet Config

3. Run Bitcoin node

Example Starting a Bitcoin Node

4. Start Bitcore

npm run node

Applications

• Bitcore Node – A full node with extended capabilities using Bitcoin Core
• Bitcore Wallet – A command-line based wallet client
• Bitcore Wallet Client – A client for the wallet service
• Bitcore Wallet Service – A multisig HD service for wallets
• Bitpay Wallet – An easy-to-use, multiplatform, multisignature, secure bitcoin wallet
• Insight – A blockchain explorer web user interface

Libraries

• Bitcore Channel – Micropayment channels for rapidly adjusting bitcoin transactions
• Bitcore ECIES – Uses ECIES symmetric key negotiation from public keys to encrypt arbitrarily long data streams
• Bitcore Lib – A pure and powerful JavaScript Bitcoin library
• Bitcore Lib Cash – A pure and powerful JavaScript Bitcoin Cash library
• Bitcore Message – Bitcoin message verification and signing
• Bitcore Mnemonic – Implements mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys
• Bitcore P2P – The peer-to-peer networking protocol for BTC
• Bitcore P2P Cash – The peer-to-peer networking protocol for BCH
• Crypto Wallet Core – A coin-agnostic wallet library for creating transactions, signing, and address derivation

Extras

• Bitcore Build – A helper to add tasks to gulp
• Bitcore Client – A helper to create a wallet using the bitcore-v8 infrastructure

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md on the main bitcore repo for information about how to contribute.

License

Code released under the MIT license.

Copyright 2013-2019 BitPay, Inc. Bitcore is a trademark maintained by BitPay, Inc.