Tiny Bitcoin Explorer

Webserver -> json -> bitcoin rpc, the stuff.

Built with a preview version of bunny-components, my web components library 🐰

Requires: Python 3.6.3+

Dependencise

• aiohttp (rqeuired)
• ecdsa (optional; required for private key generation)
• base58 (optional, required for private key generation)

Structure

Sources are in

• main.py - starts the event loop.
• server/btcrpc.py - bitcoin node rpc connector.
• web.py - serves the website and api endpoints.

Web resources

• web/script/bitcoin.js - server api integration.
• index.html & web/script/bitcoin-explorer.js - web ui

Features

• create/import private keys (wif).
• key management in local storage.
• block/transaction explorer.
• spending of tx outputs.
• chain info/metadata.

⚠️ Security alert ⚠️

• No authentication to access the rpc node enabled (don't import keys into the wallet!)
• Private keys are stored in the browser using local-storage, NOT encrypted.
• For educational purposes only!

Bitcoin configuration

Make sure to enable the bitcoin nodes rpc server, example configuration (~/.bitcoin/bitcoinf.conf)

server=1
rpcuser=<my_rpc_user>
rpcpassword=<the_strong_and_very_long_password>
rpcthreads=128
rpcworkqueue=2048
txindex=1
reindex=1

Installing

pip install requirements.txt
python main.py # enter rpc user/password

Starts a HTTP server on port 8080.

Block explorer

Transaction dialog