Litecore Node
A Litecoin full node for building applications and services with Node.js. A node is extensible and can be configured to run additional services. At the minimum a node has an interface to Litecoin Core with additional indexing for more advanced address queries. Additional services can be enabled to make a node more useful such as exposing new APIs, running a block explorer and wallet service.
Install
npm install -g @owstack/ltc-node
ltcnode startPrerequisites
- GNU/Linux x86_32/x86_64, or OSX 64bit (for bitcoind distributed binaries)
- Node.js v0.10, v0.12 or v4
- ZeroMQ (libzmq3-dev for Ubuntu/Debian or zeromq on OSX)
- ~200GB of disk storage
- ~8GB of RAM
Configuration
Ltc-node includes a Command Line Interface (CLI) for managing, configuring and interfacing with your Ltc Node.
ltcnode create -d <bitcoin-data-dir> mynode
cd mynode
ltcnode install <service>
ltcnode install https://github.com/yourname/helloworldThis will create a directory with configuration files for your node and install the necessary dependencies. For more information about (and developing) services, please see the Service Documentation.
Add-on Services
There are several add-on services available to extend the functionality of Ltc-node:
Documentation
- Upgrade Notes
- Services
- Development Environment - Guide for setting up a development environment
- Node - Details on the node constructor
- Bus - Overview of the event bus constructor
- Release Process - Information about verifying a release and the release process.
Contributing
Please send pull requests for bug fixes, code optimization, and ideas for improvement. For more information on how to contribute, please refer to our CONTRIBUTING file.
License
Code released under the MIT license.
Copyright 2017 Open Wallet Stack
- bitcore: Copyright (c) 2013-2015 BitPay, Inc. (MIT License)
- bitcoin: Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Bitcoin Core Developers (MIT License)