What is BTCCC?
Bitcoin Copy Cat Chain (BTCCC) is a blockchain network platform that supports P2P Transactions and can act as a payment system/cryptocurrency. It is originally and still is made for experimental and educational purposes, the project is under development.
Setup a node
Dependencies
- NodeJS v16 or higher.
- Latest release of npm.
Requirements
A system that is running Windows, Linux, or MacOS with a dual-core CPU and 8GB of RAM with a mediocre SSD/HDD should be enough.
Installation
First, download the latest Repository
Extract the zip file, in the BTCCC folder, open up your terminal and install the required packages through npm:
npm install
Generate your keys
If you haven't had a BTCCC key pair before, hop over to ./utils/, on the command line, type:
node keygen.js
And it will generate an address, a public key and a private key for you.
Configure your node
In config.json, change the props for your needs:
{
"PORT": /*PORT that your node will run on, default is 3000*/,
"RPC_PORT": /*PORT that the RPC server will run on, default is 5000*/,
"PEERS": /*An array containing peers' address that the node will connect with, default is an empty array*/,
"MY_ADDRESS": /*A string containing the node's address, default is "localhost:3000"*/,
"PRIVATE_KEY": /*A string containing a private key*/,
"ENABLE_MINING": /*Leave true if you want to mine, default is false*/
"ENABLE_LOGGING": /*Leave true if you want to log out contract logs, default is false*/,
"ENABLE_RPC": /*Leave true if you want to run a RPC server, default is false*/,
"ENABLE_CHAIN_REQUEST": /*Leave true if you want to sync chain from others, default is false*/
}To see an example, config.json already has some data set for you to have a look at.
Running the node
After everything is all set, simply type node . to run the node.
Interacting with the node through JSON-RPC apis
This process will need you to run an RPC server, basically leave true in ENABLE_RPC in config.json to enable it.
To properly interact with the node, you should use the JSON-RPC apis, especially if you are creating dapps. To get started, check out docs for JSON-RPC APIs here.
Note: This feature is still in its early stages, things might change when a stable release is ready.
Run BTCCC Chain node publicly
Just do some port-forwarding, drop your public IP + the port you forwarded in and you are set!
If you don't know how to forward port, just search it up online, each router model should have its own way to do port-forwarding.
Smart contracts?
Smart contract is still a fairly new feature in BtCCc-Chain. It is only a proof of concept currently and is likely going to change in the future.
Economy
Note that this is an experimental project which is still under development, and an agreed BTCCC network hasn't been formed yet, so this section is with testing data.
Units
| Unit | Cat |
|---|---|
| Bit | 1 |
| CatBit | 1,000 |
| BitCat | 1,000,000 |
| Copybit | 1,000,000,000 |
| MicroCat | 1,000,000,000,000 |
| MilliCat | 1,000,000,000,000,000 |
| CopyCat | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
Tokenomic
- 100000000 Copycat is minted originally.
- Current mining reward is 0.202297 CopyCat.
- Minimum transation fee is 1000000000000 CopyCat.
- Minimum contract execution fee is 10000000 CopyCat.
Todos
Asana List will be published soon.
Copyrights and License
Copyrights © 2022-23 Mr. JOE and his ORG
This project is licensed under the GPL 3.0 License.