bitcoin-s/website/versioned_docs/version-1.9.1/config/configuration.md

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Application Configuration	version-1.9.1-configuration	configuration

Bitcoin-S uses HOCON to configure various parts of the application the library offers. HOCON is a superset of JSON, that is, all valid JSON is valid HOCON.

All configuration for Bitcoin-S is under the bitcoin-s key.

If you have a file application.conf anywhere on your classpath when using bitcoin-s, the values there take precedence over the ones found in our reference.conf. We also look for the file bitcoin-s.conf in the current Bitcoin-S data directory.

The resolved configuration gets parsed by AppConfig. AppConfig is an abstract class that's implemented by corresponding case classes in the wallet, chain and node projects. Here's some examples of how to construct a wallet configuration:

import org.bitcoins.wallet.config.WalletAppConfig
import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
import java.nio.file.Paths
import scala.util.Properties
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global

// reads $HOME/.bitcoin-s/
val defaultConfig = WalletAppConfig.fromDefaultDatadir()


// reads a custom data directory
val customDirectory = Paths.get(Properties.userHome, "custom-bitcoin-s-directory")
val configFromCustomDatadir = WalletAppConfig(customDirectory, Vector.empty)

// reads a custom data directory and overrides the network to be testnet3
val customOverride = ConfigFactory.parseString("bitcoin-s.network = testnet3")
val configFromCustomDirAndOverride = WalletAppConfig(customDirectory, Vector(customOverride))

You can pass as many com.typesafe.config.Configs as you'd like. If any keys appear multiple times the last one encountered takes precedence.

Command Line Options

There are a few command line options available that take precedence over configuration file.

• --datadir <directory>

  datadir sets the data directory instead of using the default $HOME/.bitcoin-s

• --rpcbind <ip>

  rpcbind sets the interface the rpc server binds to instead of using the default 127.0.0.1

• --rpcport <port>

  rpcport sets the port the rpc server binds to instead of using the default 9999

• --force-recalc-chainwork

  force-recalc-chainwork will force a recalculation of the entire chain's chain work, this can be useful if there is an incompatible migration or if it got out of sync.

• -Dlogback.configurationFile=/path/to/config.xml

  You can set a custom logback configuration. If you need help creating a custom logback file you can read the logback configuration documentation.

Internal configuration

Database connections are also configured by using HOCON. This is done in reference.conf inside the db-commons module. The options exposed here are not intended to be used by users of Bitcoin-S, and are internal only.

Database Migrations

All of our modules that require databases now have database migrations. The tool we use for these migrations is called flyway. To find your projects migraitons, you need to look inside of the [project-name]/src/main/resources/[database-name]/migration/. For example, the chain projects migrations live under the path chain/src/main/resources/chaindb/migration/V1__chain_db_baseline.sql.

Migrations can be executed by calling the DbManagement.migrate() method. Migrations are applied by default on server startup, via the AppConfig.start() method.

These migrations are setup so that project's databases and migrations are independent of each other. Therefore if you want to use the bitcoin-s-chain project, but not the bitcoin-s-wallet project, wallet migrations are not applied. It should be noted if you are using a module as a library, you are responsible for configuring the database via slick's configuration and calling AppConfig.start() to ensure the entire module is initialized correctly.

Example Configuration File

bitcoin-s {
    # the network your bitcoin-s node is running on
    network = "testnet3" # regtest, testnet3, mainnet, signet

    # specify what backend you are using with bitcoin-s
    # by default we do neutrino, but you can also connect
    # bitcoind with the configuration settings in bitcoin-s.bitcoind-rpc
    node.mode = neutrino # neutrino, bitcoind
    
    # configurations for connecting to bitcoind
    bitcoind-rpc {
        # bitcoind rpc username
        rpcuser = user
        # bitcoind rpc password
        # If your password contains the characters  '$','{', '}', '[', ']', ':', '=', ',', '+', '#', '`', '^', '?', '!', '@', '*', '&', whitespace
        # or the string "//", enclose it in double quotes
        # rpcpassword = "password=" if the original password is password=, rpcpassword = "passwo//rd" if the original password is passwo//rd etc.
        # If it contains '\' or '"', escape it with '\'
        # rpcpassword = "pass\\word" if the original password is pass\word, rpcpassword = "pass\"word" if the original password is pass"word
        rpcpassword = password

        # Binary location of bitcoind
        binary = ${HOME}/.bitcoin-s/binaries/bitcoind/bitcoin-0.20.1/bin/bitcoind
        # bitcoind datadir
        datadir = ${HOME}/.bitcoin
        # bitcoind network host
        connect = localhost
        # bitcoind p2p port
        port = 8333
        # bitcoind rpc host
        rpcconnect = localhost
        # bitcoind rpc port
        rpcport = 8332
        # bitcoind zmq raw tx
        zmqpubrawtx = "tcp://127.0.0.1:28332"
        # bitcoind zmq raw block
        zmqpubrawblock = "tcp://127.0.0.1:28333"
        # bitcoind zmq hash tx
        zmqpubhashtx = "tcp://127.0.0.1:28330"
        # bitcoind zmq raw block
        zmqpubhashblock = "tcp://127.0.0.1:28331"
        
        #If you have a bitcoind instance that is running remotely on another machine, you should set it to true
        isRemote = false
    }
    
    # settings if you are using a neutrino node in bitcoin-s
    node {

        # a list of peer addresses in form "hostname:portnumber"
        # Port number is optional, the default value is 8333 for mainnet,
        # 18333 for testnet and 18444 for regtest.
        # by default we provide a testnet peer to connect to
        peers = ["neutrino.testnet3.suredbits.com:18333"] 

        
        hikari-logging = true
        hikari-logging-interval = 10 minute
        
        # whether to have p2p peers relay us unconfirmed txs
        relay = false
    }

    proxy {
        # You can configure SOCKS5 proxy to use Tor for outgoing connections
        enabled = false
        socks5 = "127.0.0.1:9050"
    }

    # tor settings
    tor {
        # You can enable Tor for incoming connections
        enabled = false
        control = "127.0.0.1:9051"
        
        # Tor daemon can be provided by the node operator.
        # If this parameter set to true, bitcoin-s will connect the provided Tor daemon.
        # Otherwise bitcoin-s will start its own pre-packaged daemon.
        provided = false

        # This parameter allows to use random port numbers for pre-packaged Tor daemon,
        # which is useful if another Tor daemon instance already bound SOCKS5 and control ports.
        # In this case bitcoin-s.tor.control and bitcoin-s.proxy.socks5
        # addresses will be automatically changed to "localhost:<random port>"
        use-random-ports = true

        # The password used to arrive at the HashedControlPassword for the control port.
        # If provided, the HASHEDPASSWORD authentication method will be used instead of
        # the SAFECOOKIE one.
        # password = securePassword

        # The path to the private key of the onion service being created
        # privateKeyPath = /path/to/priv/key
    }
    
    # settings for the chain module
    chain {
        force-recalc-chainwork = false
        neutrino {
            filter-header-batch-size.default = 2000
            filter-header-batch-size.regtest = 10
            # You can set a network specific filter-header-batch-size
            # by adding a trailing `.networkId` (main, test, regtest)
            # It is recommended to keep the main and test batch size high
            # to keep the sync time fast, however, for regtest it should be small
            # so it does not exceed the chain size.

            filter-batch-size = 1000
        }
        
        hikari-logging = true
        hikari-logging-interval = 10 minute
    }

    # settings for wallet module
    wallet {
        # You can have multiple wallets by setting a different
        # wallet name for each of them. They will each have
        # their own unique seed and database or schema,
        # depending on the database driver.
        # The wallet name can contain letters, numbers, and underscores '_'.
        # walletName = MyWallet0

        defaultAccountType = segwit # legacy, segwit, nested-segwit

        bloomFalsePositiveRate = 0.0001 # percentage

        # the number of consecutive addresses that we do not
        # discover funds in before we mark as rescan as exhausted
        # this is needed because we can never truely tell how many addresses
        # the wallet has used when executing a rescan from a seed
        addressGapLimit = 100
        
        # the number of addresses that get generated everytime
        # we need to rescan. If a match occurs within the addressGapLimit
        # we generate another discoveryBatchSize addresses and then rescan again
        discoveryBatchSize = 100

        requiredConfirmations = 6

        # Expected average fee rate over the long term
        # in satoshis per virtual byte
        longTermFeeRate = 10

        # How big the address queue size is before we throw an exception
        # because of an overflow
        addressQueueSize = 10

        # How long we attempt to generate an address for
        # before we timeout
        addressQueueTimeout = 5 seconds
        
        # Allow external payout and change addresses in DLCs
        # By default all DLC addresses are generated by the wallet itself
        allowExternalDLCAddresses = false

        # How often the wallet will rebroadcast unconfirmed transactions
        rebroadcastFrequency = 4 hours
        
        hikari-logging = true
        hikari-logging-interval = 10 minute
   }

    keymanager {
        # You can optionally set a BIP 39 password
        # bip39password = "changeMe"

        # Password that your seed is encrypted with
        # aesPassword = changeMe
        
        # At least 16 bytes of entropy encoded in hex
        # This will be used as the seed for any
        # project that is dependent on the keymanager
        # entropy = ""
    }

    # Bitcoin-S provides manny different fee providers
    # You can configure your server to use any of them
    # Below is some examples of different options
    fee-provider {
        # name = mempoolspace # Uses mempool.space's api
        # The target is optional for mempool.space
        # It refers to the expected number of blocks until confirmation
        # target = 6

        # name = bitcoinerlive # Uses bitcoiner.live's api
        # The target is optional for Bitcoiner Live
        # It refers to the expected number of blocks until confirmation
        # target = 6

        # name = bitgo # Uses BitGo's api
        # The target is optional for BitGo
        # It refers to the expected number of blocks until confirmation
        # target = 6

        # name = constant # A constant fee rate in sats/vbyte
        # target = 1 # Will always use 1 sat/vbyte
    }

    dlcnode {
        # The address we are listening on for incoming connections for DLCs
        # Binding to 0.0.0.0 makes us listen to all incoming connections
        # Consider using 127.0.0.1 listen address if Tor is enabled.
        # listen = "0.0.0.0:2862"
        
        # The address our peers use to connect to our node. 
        # By default it's the same as the listen address, 
        # or if Tor is enabled, the hidden service's onion address.
        # You can specify a port number like this "192.168.0.1:12345", 
        # The default port number is the same as in the listen adrress  
        # external-ip = "192.168.0.1"  
    }

    server {
        # The port we bind our rpc server on
        rpcport = 9999

        # The ip address we bind our server too
        rpcbind = "127.0.0.1"
        
        # The port we bind our websocket server on
        wsport = 19999
        
        # The ip address we bind the websocket server too
        wsbind = "127.0.0.1"
        
        # The basic auth password. It must me must be non empty.
        password = topsecret
    }

    oracle {
        # The port we bind our rpc server on
        rpcport = 9998

        # The ip address we bind our server too
        rpcbind = "127.0.0.1"

        # The basic auth password. It must me must be non empty.
        password = supersecret

        hikari-logging = true
        hikari-logging-interval = 10 minute

        db {
          path = ${bitcoin-s.datadir}/oracle/
        }
    }
    
    dbDefault = {
      dataSourceClass = slick.jdbc.DatabaseUrlDataSource
      profile = "slick.jdbc.SQLiteProfile$"
  
      db {
        # for information on parameters available here see
        # https://scala-slick.org/doc/3.3.1/api/index.html#slick.jdbc.JdbcBackend$DatabaseFactoryDef@forConfig(String,Config,Driver,ClassLoader):Database
        path = ${bitcoin-s.datadir}/${bitcoin-s.network}/
        driver = org.sqlite.JDBC
        user = ""
        password = ""
        host = localhost
        port = 5432
  
        # this needs to be set to 1 for SQLITE as it does not support concurrent database operations
        # see: https://github.com/bitcoin-s/bitcoin-s/pull/1840
        numThreads = 1
        queueSize=5000
        connectionPool = "HikariCP"
        registerMbeans = true
      }
      hikari-logging = false
      hikari-logging-interval = 10 minute
    }
    
    testkit {
      pg {
        #enabled postgres backend database for all test cases
        enabled = false
      }
    }
}


akka {
    loglevel = "OFF"
    stdout-loglevel = "OFF"
    http {
        client {
            # The time after which an idle connection will be automatically closed.
            # Set to `infinite` to completely disable idle connection timeouts.

            # some requests potentially take a long time, like generate and prune
            idle-timeout = 5 minutes
        }

        server {
            # The amount of time until a request times out on the server
            # If you have a large payload this may need to be bumped
            # https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/common/timeouts.html#request-timeout
            request-timeout = 10s
        }
    }


    actor {
        debug {
            # enable DEBUG logging of all AutoReceiveMessages (Kill, PoisonPill etc.)
            autoreceive= off
            # enable function of LoggingReceive, which is to log any received message at
            # DEBUG level
            receive = on
            # enable DEBUG logging of unhandled messages
            unhandled = off

            # enable DEBUG logging of actor lifecycle changes
            lifecycle = off

            event-stream=off
        }
    }
}

Database configuration

By default, bitcoin-s uses Sqlite to store its data. It creates three Sqlite databases in ~/.bitcoin-s/${network}: chain.sqlite for chain project, node.sqlite for node project and wallet.sqlite the wallet. This is the default configuration, it doesn't require additional changes in the config file.

bitcoin-s also supports PostgreSQL as a database backend. In order to use a PostgreSQL database for all project you need to add following into your config file:

bitcoin-s {
    common {
        profile = "slick.jdbc.PostgresProfile$"
        db {
            driver = org.postgresql.Driver

            # these 3 options will result into a jdbc url of
            # "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/database"
            name = database
            host = localhost
            port = 5432

            user = "user"
            password = "topsecret"
            numThreads = 5
            
            # http://scala-slick.org/doc/3.3.3/database.html
            connectionPool = "HikariCP"
            registerMbeans = true
        }
    }

    chain.profile = ${bitcoin-s.common.profile}
    chain.db = ${bitcoin-s.common.db}
    chain.db.poolName = "chain-connection-pool"

    node.profile = ${bitcoin-s.common.profile}
    node.db = ${bitcoin-s.common.db}
    node.db.poolName = "node-connection-pool"
    
    wallet.profile = ${bitcoin-s.common.profile}
    wallet.db = ${bitcoin-s.common.db}
    wallet.db.poolName = "wallet-connection-pool"

    oracle.profile = ${bitcoin-s.common.profile}
    oracle.db = ${bitcoin-s.common.db}
    oracle.db.poolName = "oracle-connection-pool"
}

The database driver will create a separate SQL namespace for each sub-project: chain, node and wallet.

Also you can use mix databases and drivers in one configuration. For example, This configuration file enables Sqlite for node project (it's default, so its configuration is omitted), and walletdb and chaindb PostgreSQL databases for wallet and chain projects:

bitcoin-s {
    chain {
        profile = "slick.jdbc.PostgresProfile$"
        db {
            driver = org.postgresql.Driver
            name = chaindb
            host = localhost
            port = 5432
            user = "user"
            password = "topsecret"
        }
    }
    wallet {
        profile = "slick.jdbc.PostgresProfile$"
        db {
            driver = org.postgresql.Driver
            name = walletdb
            host = localhost
            port = 5432
            user = "user"
            password = "topsecret"
        }
    }
}