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Bitcoin Testnet3

A web application using blockcypher's api which allows the user to fund an account with "testnet bitcoins" and transfer coins to a specific address.

App Features

  • Fund a specific address with testnet bitcoins
  • Send testnet bitcoins to an address
  • Transaction History

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and/or testing purposes.

Prerequisites

You will need to install Node.js. See below for the download link.

Installing

  1. Run $ git clone https://github.com/aemc/bitcoin-testnet3.git on the cli, or download the source code to a local directory of your choice.
  2. Run $ npm install within the root folder to install all the necessary libraries.
  3. Copy & paste the files creds.json and keys.json provided via email into the project root folder.

Running

  1. Run $ npm start on the cli within the root of the project folder.
  2. Open your browser and navigate to localhost:3000 to see the app running.

Note: Due to rate limits on the API (for free tier), the endpoints may not work temporarily. Give it a few minutes before using the application again.

Built With

  • Node.js - JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine
  • Express - Backend framework
  • Bootstrap 4 - Frontend framework