Bitcoin-wallet

This project is for demonstration purposes only. The project has the following functionalities :-

1. Generates wallet address for a user, which can be used to receive bitcoins in.
2. Shows Transaction history for the address.
3. Integrates a separate page for sending bitcoins (requires entering amount in BTC) to a user, using their bitcoin address.
4. Shows the current account balance.

Tech stack

Frontend :

HTML
Vanilla CSS
React.js

Backend :

> Node.js 
> Express.js ( for API building ) 
> dotenv ( for environment variables )
> bitcoinjs-lib ( for Bitcoin transactions ) 
> bip32, bip39 ( for generating wallet addresses ) 
> axios ( for making API requests ) 
> cors ( to allow frontend requests ) 
> body-parser ( to parse JSON requests )

Setting up backend :

Here, its presumed that you have node.js and node package manager (npm) installed. Open your backend directory and initialize a node.js project

npm init -y

Now run -

npm install express dotenv bitcoinjs-lib bip32 bip39 axios cors body-parser

Use server.js script and run -

node server.js 

The output should be something like -

Server running on port 5000

For frontend -

Install frontend dependencies by running -

npm install axios react-router-dom

Use the src/pages and all the scripts written there for the forntend setup. d o On the terminal run :-

npm start