example usage missing require, priv key creation

a few changes that i needed to make to the example to make it run for me
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Gregg Zigler 2014-11-05 10:46:56 -08:00
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@ -13,11 +13,20 @@ compiling a binding to an ECDSA library is not even required for node.js).
satoshi protocol, which will also optionally give the user the ability download
the entire blockchain.
## Prerequisites
```
$ npm install bcoin
$ npm install levelup
$ npm install leveldown
```
## Example Usage
``` js
var bcoin = require('bcoin');
var net = require('net');
var fs = require('fs');
// Standard bitcoin seeds
var seeds = [
@ -86,14 +95,26 @@ pool.on('block', function(block, peer) {
pool.on('tx', function(tx, peer) {
var hash = bcoin.utils.revHex(tx.hash('hex'));
var ip = peer.socket.remoteAddress;
console.log(block);
console.log(tx);
console.log('Received transaction %s from %s.', hash, ip);
});
// Open our ecdsa private key (our bitcoin address is derived from this)
// `priv` can be a hex string, a binary array, or a big number (bn.js)
var privkeyfile = process.env.HOME + '/.bcoin/priv';
if (!fs.existsSync(privkeyfile)) {
try {
var privkey = bcoin.wallet().getPrivateKey('base58');
fs.writeFileSync(privkeyfile, privkey);
}
catch(err) {
console.log('Error creating private key file: '+err);
return;
}
}
var wallet = new bcoin.wallet({
priv: fs.readFileSync(process.env.HOME + '/.bcoin/priv'),
priv: fs.readFileSync(privkeyfile),
storage: pool.storage
});