BTC Address Monitor

This is a simple proof of concept BTC address monitoring application. It should be provided with a watchlist of addresses. The application will then monitor transactions on the blockchain and watch for deposits into the addresses that are contained in the watch list.

Watchlist format example

{"addresses": ["n2unYMeXXpadkocVka1rPzGLpJ6PwLBgRy", "2N8jrpNnTzrYJMU4cLfmQudbRemyLyQKWnC"]}

Application usage

Start bitcoind

The application requires a connection to bitcoind. An example of starting bitcoind is as follows: bitcoind -testnet -datadir=testnet -server -rpcuser=user -rpcpassword=pass -txindex=1. This will run bitcoind on 127.0.0.1 and port 18332.

Running the application

To run the application execute python monitor.py user pass where user matches the -rpcuser for the RPC user of your bitcoind process and pass matches the -rpcpassword you set when starting bitcoind.