pandacash-cli

Panda Suite is a suite of tools to make BCH development more accessible to every developer.

When developing applications for Bitcoin Cash, it is important that its functionality is well-tested, as the app can potentially be dealing with large amounts of money. For testing purposes, there is a public Bitcoin Cash testnet, but this testnet can not be used without an internet connection, and obtaining larger amounts of tBCH can be cumbersome. Finally, in earlier stages of development, many developers would rather not be using a public network already, and would rather develop locally until development has furthered.

This is where pandacash-cli comes in. pandacash-cli is a one-click Bitcoin Cash blockchain with pre-funded BCH addresses, enabling developers to quickly start working with BCH without any hassle. pandacash-cli is similar to ganache-cli, but for Bitcoin Cash.

Prerequisites

To run pandacash-cli, make sure that Node.js and Docker are installed. On macOS these tools can be installed through Homebrew.

brew install node
brew cask install docker

Installation

Make sure that Docker is running before installing pandacash-cli. pandacash-cli can then be installed through npm.

npm install --global pandacash-cli

Usage

After installing pandacash-cli, it can be used as a command-line tool to quickly spin up a local development BCH blockchain with a single command. The local blockchain comes with ten pre-funded BCH addresses, which can be used in the local development process. pandacash-cli will also spin up a REST API to interface with the local blockchain that is fully compatible with BITBOX.

pandacash-cli

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Restarting Bitcoin Cash Client
Bitcoin Cash Client restarted and listens at port 18332
Seeding accounts
Advancing blockchain to enable spending
Starting BITBOX API at port 3000

    PandaCash CLI v0.0.1

    Available Accounts
    ==================
    (0) bchreg:qr9mp5wlj0qey2es35j99kg0qn4lwj9jsqvwacyyfs
    (1) bchreg:qq7e82yqmlwf94u085vc402ecv26rvl09srlpjkf09
    (2) bchreg:qqpgxm3j008hlxqtjdxtxrpylvvasg7dpql2xrwhqz
    (3) bchreg:qrkw3ytggq4g5ng3v0n9efrnw9q9zvdrjy5xwjnncs
    (4) bchreg:qp9jzuvszclraqq7jh485pf3p2dn5cyw3gmpdnehzc
    (5) bchreg:qrkgyqf04a8x55a9juwm9k6evdysmzq2zgjcl4y93e
    (6) bchreg:qz540yauansl6lu32j0uhrlzzvyk4s2nlufw5jcrqz
    (7) bchreg:qpy7us0e6chgej3lhwrpr6rlvtlym5hrh5rsp63g68
    (8) bchreg:qpejwem46w6m4ah9lkr0v5gdaqy277dxdc7rgg4wl0
    (9) bchreg:qzeekdn8jwn48kaufzru4zhwuphme79695ln2kpmpy

    Private Keys
    ==================
    (0) cV59RxmDATEV3x66grEWGbWgvGHYCQoCu9uDwtF4uyQtxTm52Ptb
    (1) cSnTygYBZdbH2fNzoPzk9kARJNc6zaAsUyvpWfUbztFmYctaAw4E
    (2) cVEiVmNNs8W2nTqHkcM1Ghpga4SQijw3W86eEerBp5Ynxe8zWq8d
    (3) cN35RxP1bhyuoSnMF6DZSa6ZiVddZ6Rm5MFVQUSt1qTDua35jVR6
    (4) cV6ughqaPwG1DqqW8oWk7PC3PA9SUGCXfxxSyPe58pQivchVHR9i
    (5) cQ4cBokvYvSL8TWLiWGZESS2YVQDxXXpoqh3QAUizU2sBfJnsHiJ
    (6) cPbDNta1FNgvfKR44hS37aEQai6oS31LVDD6kpFZoGkuri64ULya
    (7) cR38r4hUmgfuyTEqkiWtaxwUWZyc6LA8M6JAb9pmjereWUhBwGJp
    (8) cW1HaJ2b5FrFA5ya5sHMciUC9WaQJQsZu5n5odWsSKJToXoGhMqr
    (9) cQb4ycXBeecZga3cvq18KEUxwxH1qARhQQ38KJvyX8QxLgEj5Bqe

    HD Wallet
    ==================
    Mnemonic:      unveil stadium curtain now network cabbage fun silly spider neither machine power
    Base HD Path:  m/44'/145'/0'/0/{account_index}

    Bitcoin Cash Listening on http://localhost:18332
    BITBOX API running at http://localhost:3000/v1/
    BITBOX API Docs running at http://localhost:3000/

The pandacash-cli blockchain can be reached through JSON-RPC on http://localhost:18332 and through a REST API on http://localhost:3000/. Most importantly, it can be used inside BITBOX applications, by defining a new local bitbox environment:

bitbox.js

exports.config = {
  networks: {
    development: {
      restURL: "https://trest.bitcoin.com/v1/"
    },
    production: {
      restURL: "https://rest.bitcoin.com/v1/"
    },
    local: {
      restURL: "http://localhost:3000/v1/"
    }
  }
};

Advanced Usage

Debugging the pandacash-cli blockchain

You can enter the running Docker container, and use regular bitcoin-cli commands.

docker exec -it pandacash /bin/bash
bitcoin-cli -regtest -rpcuser=regtest -rpcpassword=regtest help

Under the hood

PandaCash consists of the following components:

• Bitcoin-ABC in regtest mode
  • Doesn't sync with other Bitcoin nodes, and immediately creates new blocks on every transaction.
• Prefunded addresses
  • 10 addresses with 62.5 spendable BCH each, generated from a random mnemonic.
• rest.bitcoin.com REST API
  • A local version of the rest.bitcoin.com code that connects to the pandacash-cli blockchain.

Licence

Copyright 2018 Panda Suite

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