Setting up and using a Bitcoin Core server (2024)

WLanguage offers several functions for manipulating a Bitcoin Core server. This help page explains how to:

• Setting up a Bitcoin Core server to use WLanguage functions.
• Configuring the server from client computers using WLanguage.

Prerequisites

To use a Bitcoin Core server, you must have:

• a server with 1 TB of free disk space,
• access to this server, either through a local network or via an SSH tunnel. For security reasons, it is not recommended to use public networks.

Setting up a Bitcoin server

To set up a Bitcoin server:

1. Download the program from: https://bitcoin.org/en/download.
2. Install the software and follow the steps.
3. Once setup is complete, click "Settings" and then select "Options". In the "Main" tab, check "Start Bitcoin Core on system login".
4. Run "bitcoin-qt.exe". Let the program synchronize with the Bitcoin network (this may take several days).

RPC server configuration

To enable RPC calls:

1. Click "Settings" and then select "Options".
2. In the "Main" tab, check "Enable RPC server".
3. Also, modify the Bitcoin Core configuration file via one of the following methods:
   • in the "Options" window, "Main" tab, click "Open Configuration File".
   • edit the "bitcoin.conf" file directly (in the "%APPDATA%\Bitcoin" folder). For example: "C:\Users\bob\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\bitcoin.conf"
4. Add the following lines in the file:
   

   # Enable JSON/RPC API
   server=1
   # Server IP address, found with IPConfig, for example
   rpcbind=172.17.1.255
   # IP addresses of clients allowed to make calls:
   # All computers with address 172.17.2.xxx
   rpcallowip=172.17.2.1/255.255.255.1
   # Port number
   rpcport=8332
   # Username and password
   rpcuser=username
   rpcpassword=password

Server access configuration