Bitcoin Staking dApp

The Bitcoin Staking dApp is a web application integrating with extension wallets that allows a user to stake their Bitcoin. It is hosted by Babylon and serves as a reference implementation for entities that want to set up their own staking website.

Develop

To set up a development environment, first specify the required environment variables in the .env.local file in the root directory:

cp .env.example .env.local

where,

• NEXT_PUBLIC_MEMPOOL_API specifies the mempool.space host to use for Bitcoin node queries
• NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL specifies the back-end API to use for the staking system queries
• NEXT_PUBLIC_NETWORK specifies the BTC network environment
• NEXT_PUBLIC_DISPLAY_TESTING_MESSAGES boolean value to indicate whether display testing network related message. Default to true
• NEXT_PUBLIC_FIXED_STAKING_TERM boolean value to indicate whether the staking term is fixed. Default to false
• NEXT_PUBLIC_STAKING_DISABLED boolean value to disable staking on the dashboard
• NEXT_PUBLIC_BBN_GAS_PRICE specifies the gas price for BABY. Default to 0.002
• NEXT_PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN specifies the Sentry DSN for error reporting
• NEXT_PUBLIC_SIDECAR_API_URL specifies the base URL for the sidecar API service
• NEXT_PUBLIC_BABY_RPC_URL specifies the RPC to override the default values
• NEXT_PUBLIC_BABY_LCD_URL specifies the LCD to override the default values
• NEXT_PUBLIC_COMMIT_HASH (Optional) The git commit hash, usually injected during CI build for reference.
• NEXT_PUBLIC_BABYLON_EXPLORER (Optional) specifies the URL for the Babylon block explorer.
• NEXT_PUBLIC_REPLAYS_RATE (Optional) specifies the sample rate for Sentry Session Replays (0.0 to 1.0).
• SENTRY_ORG (Optional) The Sentry organization slug, needed for source map uploads during build.
• SENTRY_PROJECT (Optional) The Sentry project slug, needed for source map uploads during build.
• SENTRY_URL (Optional) The URL to your self-hosted Sentry instance, needed for source map uploads during build.

Then, to start a development server:

npm run dev

Wallet Integration

Instructions for wallet integration can be found in the bbn-wallet-connect documentation.