velmie/bitcoin-stake

BitcoinStake is an alternative to bitcoin legacy that uses delegated proof of stake instead of proof of work as its consensus algorithm.

Bitcoin Stake

Bitcoin Stake is an experimental digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin Stake uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. For protocol implementation was used Bcoin, written in node.js.

Prerequisites

• Node.js v8.2.0+
• ~500GB of disk storage
• ~4GB of RAM
• Configuration

Configuration

The main configuration file is called "bitcore-node.json". This file instructs node for the following options:

• location of database files (datadir)
• tcp port for web services, if configured (port)
• bitcoin network type (e.g. mainnet, testnet3, regtest), (network)
• what services to include (services)
• the services' configuration (servicesConfig)

Installation

Install the dependencies and devDependencies and start the server.

$ git clone git://github.com/bcoin-org/bitcoin-stake.git
$ cd bitcoin-stake/node1
$ npm install

Start node

$ node ./bitcore-node/bin/bitcore-node -- start

Implements

• Full Node
• SPV Node
• Wallet Backend
• Mining Backend
• Increasing block size