Guide to setup Decred edge-currency-plugin

decred-edge-currency-plugin-progress.md

Plugin Forked from Airbitz https://github.com/leongaban/edge-currency-decred

Challenges / Sprint items

• Setup and run a Decred full node locally

• Setup and run ElectrumX server (requires leveldb)

  • Install Python 3

  • Install ElectrumX Docker container and run (https://github.com/leongaban/electrumx)

  • Update ElectrumX code to contain Decred

• ISSUE: Can't run ElectrumX locally

• Connect ElectrumX to the Decred full node

• Obtain electrumServers for Decred to be used in edge-currency plugin

• Update the JavaScript plugin to use the ElectrumX Decred servers

• Build ReactNative app to test

• Move from local to hosted dev test

• Deploy servers to production, submit plugin PR 🚀

Running the ElectrumX Docker image:

docker run \
  -v /Users/leongaban/electrumx_docker:/data \
  -e DAEMON_URL=http://USER:PASSWORD@127.0.0.1:19119 \
  -e RPC_HOST=127.0.0.1 \
  -e COIN=Decred \
  -p 19119:19119 \
  cipherz/docker-electrumx

Steps to install and setup edge-react-gui && use the edge-cryptocurrency-bitcoin plugin:
https://gist.github.com/cipherzzz/65a46f3b1fd6194ef6a20c35de2986a8