Releases: orange-org/orange
Orange v1.0.0-beta.6 (Migrate to btcd)
In this release, Orange is migrated to btcd and the ability to connect to a remote Bitcoin Core instance has been hidden behind a hardcoded feature flag.
Orange v1.0.0-beta.5 (May 2020 update)
Orange is an alternative UI for Bitcoin Core. It can talk to your Bitcoin Core full node and display information in a user friendly way.
Features
Blockchain explorer
Graphical representation the block chain that your full node is working with
Live block and mempool monitoring
Orange displays live detailed information about the mempool, like the required block space, current memory utilization, and the number of transactions.
It also updates automatically when new blocks are discovered.
Connect to a local or remote full node
If you're using the default Bitcoin Core settings, you just need to turn on your Bitcoin Core server and Orange will connect to it. Or you can configure Orange with your custom Bitcoin Core connection settings.
Search
You can search for a transaction ID (if you have txindex enabled), block height, or a block hash
Planned features
- Display issuance stats: halving dates, total bitcoin issued, etc
- Show mempool transactions details + fee estimation
- Display other known chain tips from
getchaintipsRPC command
Support
If you need help with Orange you can email me, open an issue, or tweet me.
Download
From the asset links below
Orange v1.0.0-beta.4 (Manual authentication support)
The main feature of this release is support of manual authentication for connecting to Bitcoin Core.
Orange v1.0.0-beta.3
Orange is a blockchain explorer for Bitcoin Core. It brings the functionality of a service like blockchain.com/explorer right to your desktop, powered by your own full node.
This is the first beta release of Orange. Please download it, use it, and tell me what features should be added!
To use Orange you have to have Bitcoin Core running with pruning turned off and the RPC server turned on.
For example, your bitcoin.conf file would have the following:
server=1
prune=0
If you need help getting setup, contact me at [email protected], @msafi, or open an issue.
Features
Blockchain Explorer
Search
You can search for a block by height or hash. And if you have transaction indexing enabled in Bitcoin Core (i.e. using txindex=1 in your bitcoin.conf) then you can also search by transaction ID.
Transaction view
You can also explore transactions
Orange v1.0.0-beta.2
Orange is a blockchain explorer for Bitcoin Core. It brings the functionality of a service like blockchain.com/explorer right to your desktop, powered by your own full node.
This is the first beta release of Orange. Please download it, use it, and tell me what features I should work on next.
Orange is only available on macOS for now. Download it here!
To use Orange you have to have Bitcoin Core running with pruning turned off and the RPC server turned on.
For example, your bitcoin.conf file would have the following:
server=1
prune=0
If you need help getting setup, contact me at [email protected], @msafi, or open an issue.
New features
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Blockchain explorer (#7)
Search
You can search for a block by height or hash. And if you have transaction indexing enabled in Bitcoin Core (i.e. using
txindex=1in yourbitcoin.conf) then you can also search by transaction ID. -
Transaction view (#9)
You can also explore transactions