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The Parity Bitcoin client.
THIS IS UNMAINTAINED HISTORICAL SOFTWARE
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Installing from source
Installing pbtc from source requires rustc and cargo.
Minimal supported version is rustc 1.23.0 (766bd11c8 2018-01-01)
Install rustc and cargo
Both rustc and cargo are a part of rust tool-chain.
An easy way to install the stable binaries for Linux and Mac is to run this in your shell:
curl -sSf https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | sh
Windows binaries can be downloaded from rust-lang website.
Install C and C++ compilers
You will need the cc and gcc compilers to build some of the dependencies.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Clone and build pbtc
Now let's clone pbtc and enter it's directory:
git clone https://github.com/paritytech/parity-bitcoin
cd parity-bitcoin
pbtc can be build in two modes. --debug and --release. Debug is the default.
# builds pbtc in debug mode
cargo build -p pbtc
# builds pbtc in release mode
cargo build -p pbtc --release
pbtc is now available at either ./target/debug/pbtc or ./target/release/pbtc.
Installing the snap
In any of the supported Linux distros:
sudo snap install parity-bitcoin --edge
Running tests
pbtc has internal unit tests and it conforms to external integration tests.
Running unit tests
Assuming that repository is already cloned, we can run unit tests with this command:
cargo test --all
Running external integration tests
Running integration tests is automated, as the regtests repository is one of the submodules. Let's download it first:
git submodule update --init
Now we can run them using the command:
./tools/regtests.sh
It is also possible to run regtests manually:
# let's start pbtc in regtest compatible mode
./target/release/pbtc --btc --regtest
# now in second shell window
cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/TheBlueMatt/test-scripts
cd test-scripts
java -jar pull-tests-f56eec3.jar
Going online
By default parity connects to bitcoind-seednodes. Full list is available here.
Before starting synchronization, you must decide - which fork to follow - Bitcoin Core (--btc flag) or Bitcoin Cash (--bch flag). On next start, passing the same flag is optional, as the database is already bound to selected fork and won't be synchronized using other verification rules.
To start syncing the main network, just start the client, passing selected fork flag. For example:
./target/release/pbtc --btc
To start syncing the testnet:
./target/release/pbtc --btc --testnet
To not print any syncing progress add --quiet flag:
./target/release/pbtc --btc --quiet
Importing bitcoind database
It is possible to import existing bitcoind database:
# where $BITCOIND_DB is path to your bitcoind database, e.g., "/Users/user/Library/Application Support"
./target/release/pbtc import "$BITCOIND_DB/Bitcoin/blocks"
By default import verifies imported the blocks. You can disable this, by adding --verification-level=none flag.
./target/release/pbtc --btc --verification-level=none import "$BITCOIND_DB/Bitcoin/blocks"
Command line interface
Full list of CLI options, which is available under pbtc --help:
pbtc 0.1.0
Parity Technologies <info@parity.io>
Parity Bitcoin client
USAGE:
pbtc [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]
FLAGS:
--bch Use Bitcoin Cash verification rules (BCH).
--btc Use Bitcoin Core verification rules (BTC).
-h, --help Prints help information
--no-jsonrpc Disable the JSON-RPC API server.
-q, --quiet Do not show any synchronization information in the console.
--regtest Use a private network for regression tests.
--testnet Use the test network (Testnet3).
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
--blocknotify <COMMAND> Execute COMMAND when the best block changes (%s in COMMAND is replaced by the block hash).
-c, --connect <IP> Connect only to the specified node.
-d, --data-dir <PATH> Specify the database and configuration directory PATH.
--db-cache <SIZE> Sets the database cache size.
--jsonrpc-apis <APIS> Specify the APIs available through the JSONRPC interface. APIS is a comma-delimited list of API names.
--jsonrpc-cors <URL> Specify CORS header for JSON-RPC API responses.
--jsonrpc-hosts <HOSTS> List of allowed Host header values.
--jsonrpc-interface <INTERFACE> The hostname portion of the JSONRPC API server.
--jsonrpc-port <PORT> Specify the PORT for the JSONRPC API server.
--only-net <NET> Only connect to nodes in network version <NET> (ipv4 or ipv6).
--port <PORT> Listen for connections on PORT.
-s, --seednode <IP> Connect to a seed-node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect.
--verification-edge <BLOCK> Non-default verification-level is applied until a block with given hash is met.
--verification-level <LEVEL> Sets the Blocks verification level to full (default), header (scripts are not verified), or none (no verification at all).
SUBCOMMANDS:
help Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
import Import blocks from a Bitcoin Core database.
rollback Rollback the database to given canonical-chain block.
JSON-RPC
The JSON-RPC interface is served on port :8332 for mainnet and :18332 for testnet unless you specified otherwise. So if you are using testnet, you will need to change the port in the sample curl requests shown below.
Network
The Parity-bitcoin network interface.
addnode
Add the node.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "addnode", "params": ["127.0.0.1:8888", "add"], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
Remove the node.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "addnode", "params": ["127.0.0.1:8888", "remove"], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
Connect to the node.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "addnode", "params": ["127.0.0.1:8888", "onetry"], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
getaddednodeinfo
Query info for all added nodes.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id":"1", "method": "getaddednodeinfo", "params": [true] }' localhost:8332
Query info for the specified node.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id":"1", "method": "getaddednodeinfo", "params": [true, "192.168.0.201"] }' localhost:8332
getconnectioncount
Get the peer count.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id":"1", "method": "getconnectioncount", "params": [] }' localhost:8332
Blockchain
The Parity-bitcoin blockchain data interface.
getbestblockhash
Get hash of best block.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getbestblockhash", "params": [], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
getblockcount
Get height of best block.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getblockcount", "params": [], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
getblockhash
Get hash of block at given height.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getblockhash", "params": [0], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
getdifficulty
Get proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getdifficulty", "params": [], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
getblock
Get information on given block.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getblock", "params": ["000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f"], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
gettxout
Get details about an unspent transaction output.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "gettxout", "params": ["4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b", 0], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
gettxoutsetinfo
Get statistics about the unspent transaction output set.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "gettxoutsetinfo", "params": [], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
Miner
The Parity-bitcoin miner data interface.
getblocktemplate
Get block template for mining.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getblocktemplate", "params": [{"capabilities": ["coinbasetxn", "workid", "coinbase/append"]}], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
Raw
The Parity-bitcoin raw data interface.
getrawtransaction
Return the raw transaction data.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getrawtransaction", "params": ["4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b"], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
decoderawtransaction
Return an object representing the serialized, hex-encoded transaction.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "decoderawtransaction", "params": ["01000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff4d04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73ffffffff0100f2052a01000000434104678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5fac00000000"], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
createrawtransaction
Create a transaction spending the given inputs and creating new outputs.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "createrawtransaction", "params": [[{"txid":"4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b","vout":0}],{"1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa":0.01}], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
sendrawtransaction
Adds transaction to the memory pool && relays it to the peers.
curl -H 'content-type: application/json' --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "sendrawtransaction", "params": ["01000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff4d04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73ffffffff0100f2052a01000000434104678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5fac00000000"], "id":1 }' localhost:8332
Logging
This is a section only for developers and power users.
You can enable detailed client logging by setting the environment variable RUST_LOG, e.g.,
RUST_LOG=verification=info ./target/release/pbtc --btc
pbtc started with this environment variable will print all logs coming from verification module with verbosity info or higher. Available log levels are:
errorwarninfodebugtrace
It's also possible to start logging from multiple modules in the same time:
RUST_LOG=sync=trace,p2p=trace,verification=trace,db=trace ./target/release/pbtc --btc
Internal documentation
Once released, pbtc documentation will be available here. Meanwhile it's only possible to build it locally:
cd parity-bitcoin
./tools/doc.sh
open target/doc/pbtc/index.html