PyBlock v0.3.0

Dashboard Bitcoin information program

A simple Python Block Clock to check the Blockchain information.

• This will fully work on a node that has Bitcoin Core and LND installed
• We fully tested and worked perfect on MyNodeBTC

First Start

• You will need to find the path of the files tls.cert and admin.macaroon to do the REST connection to have access to LND.

  From local node

  Open the Terminal

  • Type these commands:
  • a@A:~> git clone https://github.com/curly60e/pyblock.git
  • a@A:~> cd pyblock
  • a@A:~> pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  • a@A:~> python3 PyBlock.py
  
  
  • This is how we continue.
  
  
  
  • It will ask you for the IP:PORT (REST PORT) in this case use: localhost instead of the IP.
  
  
  
  • Then it will ask you for the path to the tls.cert.
  
  
  
  • Then it will ask you for the path to the admin.macaroon.
  
  
  
  • Then it will ask you for the path to bitcoin-cli or if you have already installed just put: bitcoin-cli.
  
  
  
  • And you are in.
  
  
  

  From remote computer with Bitcoin Core installed

  • You will need to have tls.cert and admin.macaroon already downloaded from your LND node.

  • Open the Terminal.

  • Type these commands:

    • a@A:~> git clone https://github.com/curly60e/pyblock.git
    • a@A:~> cd pyblock
    • a@A:~> pip3 install -r requirements.txt
    • a@A:~> python3 PyBlock.py
    
    
    • This is how we continue.
    
    
    
    • It will ask you for the IP:PORT (REST PORT).
    
    
    
    • Then it will ask you for the path to the tls.cert.
    
    
    
    • Then it will ask you for the path to the admin.macaroon.
    
    
    
    • Then it will ask you for the path to bitcoin-cli or if you have already installed just put: bitcoin-cli.
    
    
    
    • And you are in.
    
    
    

Dependencies

• Install Hexyl

How to execute

• python3 PyBlock.py

Connect to an external node first steps

WARNING! THIS IS NOT A SECURE METHOD OF CONNECTION. DO IT BY YOUR OWN RISK. THE BEST WAY IS DOING IT LOCALLY.

• First log in on A as user a and generate a pair of authentication keys. Do not enter a passphrase:

1. a@A:~> ssh-keygen -t rsa
  Generating public/private rsa key pair.
  Enter file in which to save the key (/home/a/.ssh/id_rsa): 
  Created directory '/home/a/.ssh'.
  Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
  Enter same passphrase again: 
  Your identification has been saved in /home/a/.ssh/id_rsa.
  Your public key has been saved in /home/a/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
  The key fingerprint is:
  3e:4f:05:79:3a:9f:96:7c:3b:ad:e9:58:37:bc:37:e4 a@A

• Now use ssh to create a directory ~/.ssh as user b on B. (The directory may already exist, which is fine):

2. a@A:~> ssh b@B mkdir -p .ssh
   b@B's password: 

• Finally append a's new public key to b@B:.ssh/authorized_keys and enter b's password one last time:

3. a@A:~> cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh b@B 'cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys'
   b@B's password: 

• From now on you can log into B as b from A as a without password:

4. a@A:~> ssh b@B

After this process you can execute Python-Blockclock.py

How make it work

It will appear a place you can put your Bitcoin-cli path

• "Path to your Bitcoin-cli: " #Add the path and shoot Enter.

Contributors

@Curly60e @SamouraiDev

Testers

@B__T__C