Pitcore P2P

pitcore-p2p adds Pitcoin protocol support for Pitcore.

See the main pitcore repo for more information.

Getting Started

npm install pitcore-p2p

In order to connect to the Pitcoin network, you'll need to know the IP address of at least one node of the network, or use Pool to discover peers using a DNS seed.

var Peer = require('pitcore-p2p').Peer;

var peer = new Peer({host: '127.0.0.1'});

peer.on('ready', function() {
  // peer info
  console.log(peer.version, peer.subversion, peer.bestHeight);
});
peer.on('disconnect', function() {
  console.log('connection closed');
});
peer.connect();

Then, you can get information from other peers by using:

// handle events
peer.on('inv', function(message) {
  // message.inventory[]
});
peer.on('tx', function(message) {
  // message.transaction
});

Take a look at the pitcore guide on the usage of the Peer class.

Contributing

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

License

Code released under the MIT license.

Copyright 2013-2015 BitPay, Inc. Bitcore is a trademark maintained by BitPay, Inc. Copyright 2016 The Pitcore Core Developers

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