esotericnonsense/bitcoind-ncurses

DEPRECATED - see bitcoind-ncurses2

bitcoind-ncurses (deprecated)

NOTE - this repository is no longer maintained.

Development has moved to https://github.com/esotericnonsense/bitcoind-ncurses2

Release versions are tagged. v0.0.23 is the latest.

Python ncurses front-end for bitcoind. Uses the JSON-RPC API.

• esotericnonsense (the artist formerly known as azeteki)

Dependencies

• Developed with python 3.6.2, Bitcoin Core 0.15.0.1
• jgarzik's python-bitcoinrpc library (https://github.com/jgarzik/python-bitcoinrpc)
• (Windows only) Python ncurses library (http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#curses)

Features

• Updating ticker showing bitcoind's status
• Basic block explorer with fast seeking and no external database required
• View transactions in blocks, trace back through their inputs and display scripts (best with -txindex)
• View wallet transactions (txid, transaction value, cumulative balance)
• View connected peers and chain tips
• Network bandwidth monitor
• Basic debug console functionality (WARNING: do not use for transactions)

Installation

git clone https://github.com/esotericnonsense/bitcoind-ncurses
git clone https://github.com/jgarzik/python-bitcoinrpc
mv python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc bitcoind-ncurses/

Copy ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf to bitcoind-ncurses's folder, or alternatively run with the switch --config=/path/to/bitcoin.conf

This is an early development release. Expect the unexpected.

Launch

Note that bitcoind-ncurses now supports Python 3.

$ python main.py
$ python3 main.py

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