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Josh Rickmar 5f1fb8b874 Enable --mainnet flag. 
This change enables the --mainnet flag to connect to a mainnet btcd
instance and open and create mainnet wallets.  Attempting to connect
to a testnet btcd, or opening a testnet wallet when running in mainnet
mode will result in an error printed to the logging output.

Testnet (version 3) remains the default network for now.  btcwallet
will continue to receive fixes and new features, but at the moment we
believe that early adopters familar with using btcwallet on testnet
can safely use it for mainnet now as well.

Reminder: when dealing with mainnet coins, it is always a good idea to
keep backups of your wallet.  btcwallet uses a deterministic wallet,
and any later addresses for an account can be recreated with just the
account's original wallet file (this does *not* include imported
addresses).  Might we recommend Cyphertite for a backup solution?
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tx Send number of bitcoins, not satoshis, with listtransactions reply. 2013-11-27 13:55:14 -05:00
wallet Add wallet API to set better earliest block height. 2013-12-09 17:03:51 -05:00
.gitignore Initial commit. 2013-08-21 10:37:30 -04:00
.travis.yml TravisCI support 2013-12-08 22:15:16 -05:00
account.go Detect reorgs after btcd disconnect/reconnect. 2013-12-09 15:19:20 -05:00
accountstore.go Detect reorgs after btcd disconnect/reconnect. 2013-12-09 15:19:20 -05:00
CHANGES Prepare for release 0.1.0. 2013-11-13 14:08:35 -05:00
cmd.go Copy btcd RPC listening behavior. 2013-12-05 17:25:36 -05:00
cmdmgr.go Calculate the minimum tx fee when creating transactions. 2013-12-04 12:13:40 -05:00
config.go Enable --mainnet flag. 2013-12-09 17:44:19 -05:00
createtx.go Calculate the minimum tx fee when creating transactions. 2013-12-04 12:13:40 -05:00
createtx_test.go Calculate the minimum tx fee when creating transactions. 2013-12-04 12:13:40 -05:00
deps.txt Prepare for release 0.1.0. 2013-11-13 14:08:35 -05:00
disksync.go Remove some TODOs that have been finished. 2013-12-06 09:19:00 -05:00
log.go Remove unused const. 2013-10-29 11:02:30 -04:00
params.go Enable TLS support for btcd websocket connections. 2013-11-19 12:21:54 -05:00
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rename_unix.go Fix formatting. 2013-12-05 14:12:56 -05:00
rename_windows.go Add atomic rename functions for Windows and Plan 9. 2013-12-05 14:06:51 -05:00
sample-btcwallet.conf Copy btcd RPC listening behavior. 2013-12-05 17:25:36 -05:00
sockets.go Add wallet API to set better earliest block height. 2013-12-09 17:03:51 -05:00
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README.md

btcwallet

[Build Status] (https://travis-ci.org/conformal/btcwallet)

btcwallet is a daemon handling bitcoin wallet functions. It relies on a running btcd instance for asynchronous blockchain queries and notifications over websockets.

Full btcd installation instructions can be found here.

btcwallet runs as a daemon and provides no user interface for a wallet. A btcwallet frontend, such as btcgui, is required to use btcwallet.

In addition to the HTTP server run by btcd to provide HTTP and websocket RPC, btcwallet requires an HTTP server of its own to provide websocket connections to wallet frontends. Websockets allow for asynchronous queries, replies, and notifications between btcd and btcwallet, as well as between btcwallet and any number of frontends.

This project is currently under active development is not production ready yet. Because of this, support for using the main Bitcoin netowrk is currently disabled, and testnet must be used instead.

Installation

Windows - MSI Available

Install the btcd suite MSI here:

https://opensource.conformal.com/packages/windows/btcdsuite/

Linux/BSD/POSIX - Build from Source

  • Install Go according to the installation instructions here: http://golang.org/doc/install

  • Run the following commands to obtain btcwallet, all dependencies, and install it:

$ go get -u -v github.com/conformal/btcd/...
$ go get -u -v github.com/conformal/btcwallet/...
  • btcd and btcwallet will now be installed in either $GOROOT/bin or $GOPATH/bin depending on your configuration. If you did not already add to your system path during the installation, we recommend you do so now.

Updating

Windows

Install a newer btcd suite MSI here:

https://opensource.conformal.com/packages/windows/btcdsuite/

Linux/BSD/POSIX - Build from Source

  • Run the following commands to update btcwallet, all dependencies, and install it:
$ go get -u -v github.com/conformal/btcd/...
$ go get -u -v github.com/conformal/btcwallet/...

Getting Started

Windows (Installed from MSI)

Open Btcd Suite from the Btcd Suite menu in the Start Menu. This will also open btcgui, which can be closed if you only want btcd and btcwallet running.

Linux/BSD/POSIX/Source

  • Run the following command to start btcd:
$ btcd --testnet -u rpcuser -P rpcpass
  • Copy btcd's autogenerated rpc.cert to ~/.btcwallet/ so btcwallet can securely communicate with btcd over a TLS-encrypted websocket. This step is only necessary for the first time starting btcwallet or if btcd's autogenerated cert and key are removed and regenerated.
$ mkdir ~/.btcwallet/
$ cp ~/.btcd/rpc.cert ~/.btcwallet/btcd.cert
  • Run the following command to start btcwallet:
$ btcwallet -u rpcuser -P rpcpass

Frontend Usage

Frontends wishing to use btcwallet must connect to the websocket /frontend. Messages sent to btcwallet over this websocket are expected to follow the standard Bitcoin JSON API and replies follow the same API. The btcd package btcjson provides types and functions for creating messages that this API. However, due to taking a synchronous protocol like HTTP and using it asynchronously with websockets, it is recommend for frontends to use the JSON id field as a sequence number so replies can be mapped back to the messages they originated from.

TODO

  • Documentation (specifically the websocket API additions)
  • Code cleanup
  • Optimize
  • Much much more. Stay tuned.

GPG Verification Key

All official release tags are signed by Conformal so users can ensure the code has not been tampered with and is coming from Conformal. To verify the signature perform the following:

  • Download the public key from the Conformal website at https://opensource.conformal.com/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt

  • Import the public key into your GPG keyring:

    gpg --import GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt

  • Verify the release tag with the following command where TAG_NAME is a placeholder for the specific tag:

    git tag -v TAG_NAME

License

btcwallet is licensed under the liberal ISC License.