diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fe51d532..822f1f8e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ # *insight API* -*insight* is an open-source bitcoin blockchain explorer with complete REST -and websocket APIs. Insight runs in NodeJS and use LevelDB for storage. +*insight API* is an open-source bitcoin blockchain REST +and websocket API. Insight API runs in NodeJS and use LevelDB for storage. -Check some screenshots and more details at [insight's project homepage](http://insight.bitcore.io). +*Insight API* allows to develop bitcoin related applications such as wallets that +require certain information from the blockchain that bitcoind does not provide. + +A blockchain explorer front-end have been developed to top of *Insight API*, it can +be downloaded at (Github Insight Repository)[https://github.com/bitpay/insight] ## Prerequisites