Tested with Ubuntu 16.04.1 x64.
sudo apt-get -qq update
sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev
sudo apt-get install -y gcc
sudo apt-get install -y python3-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libffi-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev
Setup bitcoin full node with addrindex patch
# Download and extract bitcoin full node
wget https://github.com/btcdrak/bitcoin/releases/download/v0.12.1-addrindex/bitcoin-0.12.1-addrindex-linux64.tar.gz
tar -zxvf bitcoin-0.12.1-addrindex-linux64.tar.gz
# Configure node to keep transaction and address indexes
cat ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
rpcuser=bitcoinrpcuser
rpcpassword=bitcoinrpcpass
daemon=1
server=1
txindex=1
addrindex=1
# Start bitcoin full node
bitcoin-0.12.1/bin/bitcoind -testnet -daemon -txindex
# It will take some time to download the full bitcoin blockchain.
# Use getinfo api call to check when it has synced.
bitcoin-0.12.1/bin/bitcoin-cli --rpcuser=bitcoinrpcuser --rpcpassword=bitcoinrpcpass --rpcport=18332 getinfo
Setup counterparty node with patched micropayments support. Best use a screen as the node does not run as a daemon.
# setup virtualenv
mkdir counterparty
cd counterparty
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 env
source env/bin/activate
pip install prettytable==0.7.2
pip install apsw==3.9.2-r1
pip install python-dateutil==2.5.3
pip install Flask-HTTPAuth==3.1.2
pip install Flask==0.11
pip install appdirs==1.4.0
pip install werkzeug==0.11.10
pip install colorlog==2.7.0
pip install json-rpc==1.10.3
pip install six==1.10.0
pip install pycoin==0.70
pip install pycrypto==2.6.1
pip install pysha3==0.3
pip install pytest==2.9.1
pip install pytest-cov==2.2.1
pip install jsonschema==2.5.1
pip install micropayment-core==0.4.3
pip install python-bitcoinlib==0.5.1
pip install requests==2.10.0
pip install tendo==0.2.8
pip install xmltodict==0.10.1
pip install cachetools==1.1.6
# install counterparty-lib with micropayments patch
wget https://transfer.sh/dhrzi/counterparty-lib-9.55.1-py3-none-any.whl
pip install --use-wheel --no-index --find-links=$PWD counterparty-lib
pip install counterparty-cli==1.1.2
# Start counterparty full node (will take time to process the blockchain)
counterparty-server --testnet --backend-port=18332 --backend-user=bitcoinrpcuser --backend-password=bitcoinrpcpass start
Setup picopayments node with patched micropayments support. Best use a screen as the node does not run as a daemon.
# setup virtualenv
mkdir picopayments_hub
cd picopayments_hub
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 env
source env/bin/activate
pip install prettytable==0.7.2
pip install apsw
pip install python-dateutil==2.5.3
pip install Flask-HTTPAuth==3.1.2
pip install Flask==0.11
pip install appdirs==1.4.0
pip install colorlog==2.7.0
pip install json-rpc==1.10.3
pip install six>=1.10.0
pip install pycoin==0.76
pip install pycrypto==2.6.1
pip install pysha3==0.3
pip install pytest==2.9.1
pip install pytest-cov==2.2.1
pip install jsonschema>=2.5.1
pip install micropayment-core==1.0.0
pip install python-bitcoinlib==0.5.1
pip install requests==2.10.0
pip install tendo==0.2.8
pip install xmltodict==0.10.1
pip install cachetools==1.1.6
# install counterparty-lib with micropayments patch
wget https://transfer.sh/dhrzi/counterparty-lib-9.55.1-py3-none-any.whl
pip install --use-wheel --no-index --find-links=$PWD counterparty-lib
pip install picopayments-hub
# Start picopayment hub (use generated self signed cert)
picopayments-hub --testnet --host=0.0.0.0 --cp_url=http://127.0.0.1:14000/api/
# Start picopayment hub (provide existing cert)
picopayments-hub --testnet --host=0.0.0.0 --cp_url=http://127.0.0.1:14000/api/ --ssl_cert_file=path/to.cert --ssl_pkey_file=path/to.key
Run from differnt network to ensure the hub is reachable from the internet.
curl -X POST https://your.hub.url.or.ip:15000/api/ -H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8' -H 'Accept: application/json, text/javascript' -k --data-binary '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 0, "method": "mph_status" }'