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Connect Bitcoind to Insight API with Bitcoin Core (BC) for Bitcoin Explorer

As a Bitcoin explorer, you need to be able to get and display information about the Bitcoin network. One way to accomplish this is by using the Insight API provided by Bitmain, a leading cryptocurrency hardware manufacturer. However, we can also use another popular Bitcoin protocol, Bitcoin Core (BC), to connect to Bitcoind.

In this article, we will explore how to create a Bitcoin explorer that uses BC to connect to Bitcoind and get information about the network using the Insight API.

Prerequisites

• You have a local instance of Bitcoind running on your system.

• You have Bitcoin Core (BC) installed on your system. If not, you can download it from the official website: <

• You have an active internet connection to access the Insight API.

Setting up Bitcoind and BC

Before we begin, let’s make sure that both Bitcoind and BC are running on your system. Here are some steps to follow:

• Start Bitcoind: bitcoind --server

• Start Bitcoin Core: bitcoincoredb -server

Connecting to Insight API using Bitcoind

Once you have started Bitcoind, we can use the --url option to specify the URL of the Insight API endpoint. For our purpose, we will use Here is an example:

bitcoind --server --url 

To create a Bitcoin explorer that connects to Bitcoind and gets information about the network using Insight API, we can use a simple Python script. We will create a new file called bitcoin_explorer.pyand add the following code:

import requests
def get_insight_data(url):
headers = {
'Accept': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
return response.json()
url = "
data = get_insight_data(url)
print(data)

Now that we have created the bitcoin_explorer.pyfile, let's run it using Python:

python bitcoin_explorer.py

• Start Bitcoind: bitcoind –server

bitcoincoredb -server

bitcoincoredb -rpcurl 

Now that we have connected Bitcoind to the Insight API, let's create another Bitcoin explorer that uses BC to connect to Bitcoind. We can use the same bitcoin_explorer.pyfile as before:

import requests
def get_bc_data(url):
headers = {
'Accept': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
return response.json()
url = "
data = get_bc_data(url)
print(data)

Now that we have created the bitcoin_explorer.pyfile, let's run it using Python:

“bash

python bitcoin_explorer.