Pandacash CLI

When developing applications for Bitcoin Cash, it is important that its functionality is well-tested, as the app can potentially be dealing with large amounts of money. For testing purposes, there is a public Bitcoin Cash testnet, but this testnet can not be used without an internet connection, and obtaining larger amounts of BCH can be cumbersome. Finally, in earlier stages of development, many developers would rather not be using a public network already, and would rather develop locally until development has furthered.

This is where pandacash-cli comes in. pandacash-cli is a one-click Bitcoin Cash blockchain with pre-funded BCH addresses, enabling developers to quickly start working with BCH without any hassle. pandacash-cli is similar to ganache-cli, but for Bitcoin Cash. pandacash-cli is a wrapper around pandacash-core.

Prerequisites

To run pandacash-cli, make sure that Node.js is installed.
On macOS these tools can be installed through Homebrew.

brew install node

Installation

npm install --global pandacash-cli

Usage

After installing pandacash-cli, it can be used as a command-line tool to quickly spin up a local development BCH blockchain with a single command. The local blockchain comes with ten pre-funded BCH addresses, which can be used in the local development process.

Command Line

$ pandacash-cli <options>

Options:

-a or --accounts: Specify the number of accounts to generate at startup.
-m or --mnemonic: bip39 mnemonic phrase for generating a PRNG seed, which is in turn used for hierarchical deterministic (HD) account generation.
-p or --port: Specify the port at startup
-w or --walletPort: Specify the walletPort at startup
--debug: Show debug output from the bitcoin node.

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 |_|      \__,_| |_| |_|  \__,_|  \__,_|  \____|  \__,_| |___/ |_| |_|
Restarting Bitcoin Cash Client
Bitcoin Cash Client restarted and listens at port 48332
Seeding accounts
Advancing blockchain to enable spending
Starting BITBOX API at port 3000
    PandaCash CLI v0.4.2
    Available Accounts
    ==================
    (0) bchreg:qpk8s58gaal6gwhvyulxszzecws539g27c50v0nk6t
    (1) bchreg:qqm2nlulp8ulnnhxqpmmtkvvwmkr8usrhggh3z5uwl
    (2) bchreg:qrl5aqss5e7av0606zl5ajnj2xurkf280gwyqff9v6
    (3) bchreg:qqahjdfalxw9j2t57ajs5jctl9ayzp5yk553yvxwv3
    (4) bchreg:qp3qhranmxzpr42rn0sl3rqmvdhrcty9l5nugh9ysp
    (5) bchreg:qraulxcveneskyfayw78fyaxhvr6t8w3ssp7zclse8
    (6) bchreg:qqahhkf755uz3dz8g48d3dzgvee0p4c79ynffxevqh
    (7) bchreg:qr7tgfwz2gzcy424v7g34enhugs02e7qkukh96cfc7
    (8) bchreg:qps5zg80jh4lden2crvzr5uzra8tesfs2vjp4l6z0t
    (9) bchreg:qqc0pw9q5c7ssx6wxpug63w3y6vlw0zamqjjp3p5mr
    Private Keys
    ==================
    (0) cVABvrFC8MXZJHSCyULa99MXDsQdLeQwKHxjGXughgd6pXNtd558
    (1) cPZ2RbJK6UYVjeMwpgtd8EvnzjfdZraegcsddz6jPmajE4Qe848d
    (2) cSDUAHNne1ssgFsavbjp8mLBy7CEtqgYM874konLWiy4BVbf85PM
    (3) cT3ApxBWsoX62jUZiJcpzsXQHbXB4sTgdH8PF2qDTdHSgaLurcJJ
    (4) cV9tvwoc9iDpK2kWLLzxEdRFe68LNMTrZQ7xLiyhCuZGX8pQfpGH
    (5) cMmQyLbXeX9jcucMwr4GFQKwWr7knCPqnS6GU7b7HD1D6R8xR755
    (6) cQ2ULCzf2FwcUsV1rioHrEVUR1p4zUmjcpEVFHmBTdM6CJP7Si2H
    (7) cNYwTL8nFm9ckqwRMDuRuTUd1NraSkTs2Np87TuBCCnvNn3enVy6
    (8) cVY8RP3UXBrZksGPNhAR72qpGHkYmmLVu6ycgizSEAYWrhHvbhia
    (9) cUHqwE6oXE5dDQrn8bXwkYmm71vViwzjGseGeSPCyUjThEXZHpXG
    HD Wallet
    ==================
    Mnemonic:      evil sudden oven discover exist approve can catalog farm ivory mom rug
    Base HD Path:  m/44'/1/0/0/{account_index}
    Network: regtest
    ==================
    Bitcoin Cash Node Listening on http://localhost:48332
    Bitcoin Cash Wallet Listening on http://localhost:48333

More usage options - pandacash-core

In order to use pandacash in your tests or as a server, use pandacash-core.

Under the hood

PandaCash consists of the following components:

bcash implementation of bitcoin cash node in regtest mode
- Doesn’t sync with other Bitcoin nodes, and immediately creates new blocks on every transaction.
Prefunded addresses
- 10 addresses with spendable BCH each, generated from a random mnemonic.

Contributors

Adrian Barwicki
Rosco Kalis

Licence

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