Alveycore Node

A ALV full node for building applications and services with Node.js. A node is extensible and can be configured to run additional services.

Getting Started

1. Install nvm https://github.com/creationix/nvm

   nvm i v6
   nvm use v6

2. Install mongo https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/

3. Install alvey-bitcore https://github.com/alveycoin/alvey-bitcore - with ZMQ !

   # with ZMQ
   sudo apt-get install libzmq3-dev 

4. Install alveycore-node

   npm i https://github.com/alveycoin/alveycore-node.git#master
   
   $(npm bin)/alveycore-node create mynode
   
   cd mynode
   

5. Edit alveycore-node.json

   {
     "network": "livenet",
     "port": 3001,
     "services": [
       "alveyd",
       "web"
     ],
     "servicesConfig": {
       "alveyd": {
         "spawn": {
           "datadir": "/home/user/.alvey",
           "exec": "/home/user/alvey-bitcore/src/alveyd"
         }
       }
     }
   }

6. Edit alvey.conf

   server=1
   whitelist=127.0.0.1
   txindex=1
   addressindex=1
   timestampindex=1
   spentindex=1
   zmqpubrawtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:28332
   zmqpubhashblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:28332
   rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
   rpcuser=user
   rpcpassword=password
   rpcport=18332
   reindex=1
   gen=0
   addrindex=1
   logevents=1
   

7. Run Node

   $(npm bin)/alveycore-node start
   

Add-on Services

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

• ALV Insight API
• ALV Explorer

Contributing

License

Copyright (c) 2014-2015 BitPay, Inc.

Parts of this software are based on Bitcoin Core Copyright (c) 2009-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.