Bitcoin Regtest with Electrum Server and Faucet API

• New blocks are mined automatically every 20 seconds
• Insight API: tls@55002, tcp@55001
• Faucet API: http://localhost:3001/faucet/

Requirement

• docker & docker-compose

Usage

Following commands are enabled under the root dir of the project.

• 1. build: docker-compose build
• 2. clean: ./clean-electrumx.sh
• 3. start daemon: docker-compose up -d
• 4. test: ./test.sh

Other commands

• stop & remove daemon: docker-compose down
• list process: docker-compose ps
• login to the server: docker-compose exec bitcoind bash
• run command: docker-compose exec bitcoind [command]

Electrum API example

after $ npm install, try $ node rpctest.js.

Faucet API example

curl -d "amount=10" http://localhost:3001/faucet/mnJQyeDFmGjNoxyxKQC6MMFdpx77rYV3Bo

Other examples

$ docker exec --user bitcoin electrumx-regtest_bitcoind_1 bitcoin-cli -rpcuser=electrum -rpcpassword=electrum -regtest getmininginfo

$ docker exec -it --user bitcoin electrumx-regtest_bitcoind_1 bash