handshaker - Perform P2P handshake with Bitcoin node

Table of Content

1. Quick Start
2. Contribution
3. License

Quick Start

Prerequisites:

• Rust toolchain
• Docker (optional)

Perform P2P handshake to one or more Bitcoin nodes by running the following command:

cargo run 75.30.104.234:8333 185.78.209.28:8333

In case you want to run your local Bitcoin node, follow the next steps:

1. Build Docker image

docker build docker/ -t bitcoin-node

2. Run Docker container

docker run -p 18444:18444 --name btc bitcoin-node

Port 18444 is used in the regtest Bitcoin network by default.

If you wish to run the node in Bitcoin network other than regtest (possible values: main, test, signet, regtest), set the environment variable like:

docker run -e BTC_CHAIN=main ...

3. Perform P2P handshake

cargo run 0.0.0.0:18444 -n testnet

Note: Checksum check might fail sometimes during handshake.

Contribution

Feel free to contribute.

If you find that any of the tests fail, please create a ticket in the issue tracker indicating the following information:

• platform
• architecture

License

The project is available under the MIT license.