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MicroTrxChannels is a bitcoin micro-payment channel example.

Do not use this code for anything production related, since there is almost no error condition checking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmYP-7pcdhM&spfreload=10

Quick setup

1. Clone repository and change to microtrxchannels directory
2. Run npm install
3. Create config by copying *_template files to their respective *.js files and adjust config
4. Please note TIMELOCK_PREFER in config.js - the default TTL for a channel, set at 10mins(600secs).
5. Run bin/www to start application (use DEBUG=microtrxchannels bin/www or DEBUG=* bin/www for different levels of debug output)
6. Point browser to http://localhost:3000/client

Requirements

1. Bitcoin Core running on testnet, example bitcoin.conf:

   testnet=1
   daemon=1
   server=1
   rpcuser=your_user
   rpcpassword=your_pass
   

2. node.js

3. MongoDB