multichain application

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to build an application interface to use multichain in a test network with a couple of peers to simulate a private transaction environment.

I tried to use the bitcoinj library suggested by multichain's website, both on linux and on windows. Unfortunately, I'm getting trouble on both of them: there are some missing classes on the .jar that are preventing me of compiling an example on netbeans (windows); and I'm getting the followning message when trying to run the wallet demo on linux:

"java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: The BROWSE action is not supported on the current platform!"

I've already used multichain to implement test conceptual applications (as the examples on the tutorial) and my current goal is to create an example application interface (on java, for instance) that uses multichain as a private ledger for the network.

Is this the best way to achieve it? Or, is there a better (or easier) way to do it ?

We are also open for suggestions !

Thanks.

Answer 1

Thanks for your question. The BitcoinJ library can form the basis of a standalone lightweight node which connects to a network of MultiChain nodes. For your situation I think it makes much more sense to use MultiChain as the node directly, and then interact with MultiChain using its JSON-RPC API. Any Java library built to work with Bitcoin Core's JSON-RPC library should work with MultiChain immediately, and can then be adapted for MultiChain's additional commands and functionality.