Bitcoinn

clone the Repo

install Rust and confirm the version

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y

source $HOME/.cargo/env

rustc --version

Running Bitcoin Core

Download Bitcoin Core

wget https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-27.0/bitcoin-27.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

Extract

tar -xzf bitcoin-27.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

Move to a convenient location

sudo mv bitcoin-27.0/bin/* /usr/local/bin/

Verify

bitcoind --version

Create config and env files

1. locate bitcoin.conf at Bitcoinn/bitcoin-cli-rs/bitcoin-27.0/bitcoin.conf
2. replace the content of bitcoin.cong with:

   Global options
   server=1
   daemon=1
   
   Options for mainnet
   [main]
   
   Options for testnet
   [test]
   
   Options for signet
   [signet]
   
   Options for regtest
   
   [regtest]
   
   rpcport=18443
   
   rpcuser=<replace_with_user>
   
   rpcpassword=<replace_with_your_password>
   
   

create env file

1. at Bitcoinn/.env, populate it with the values below:

RPC_URL=http://127.0.0.1:18443

RPC_USER=<replace with preferred user>
RPC_PASSWORD=<replace_with_your password>

WALLET=wallet.dat

Copy the configuration(content of bitcoin.conf) to Bitcoin Core's default location

1. Create directory: mkdir -p ~/.bitcoin

2. run cp /workspaces/codespaces-blank/Bitcoinn/bitcoin-cli-rs/bitcoin-27.0/bitcoin.conf \ ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf to make the copy (obtain the absolute path of your own bitcoin.conf)

3. Verify the content matches the content of the first bitcoin.conf using: cat ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf

Start bitcoind

bitcoind -regtest -daemon

Test wallet functionality

1. Create a wallet using: bitcoin-cli -regtest createwallet "wallet"
2. If it says wallet already exists, load it up using: bitcoin-cli -regtest loadwallet "wallet"

Generate some blocks

1. Create your wallet address using: bitcoin-cli -regtest getnewaddress

2. Generate the number of blocks you want. In this case, we created 300:

bitcoin-cli -regtest generatetoaddress 300 < address_gotten_from_"bitcoin-cli -regtest getnewaddress">

check your balance

cargo run -- balance

Test more RPC methods

cargo run -- rpc getdifficulty

cargo run -- rpc getblockchaininfo

cargo run -- rpc getbestblockhash

cargo run -- rpc getblockcount

cargo run -- rpc getnetworkinfo

cargo run -- rpc getblockhash 200

cargo run -- rpc getblock <hash>

use cargo clean if the need be