diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0912586..c9aa772 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,14 +2,20 @@ A Bitcoin blockchain explorer web application service for [Bitcore Node](https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore-node) using the [Insight API](https://github.com/bitpay/insight-api). +## Quick Start + +Please see the guide at [https://bitcore.io/guides/full-node](https://bitcore.io/guides/full-node) for information about getting a block explorer running. This is only the front-end component of the block explorer, and is packaged together with all of the necessary components in [Bitcore](https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore). + ## Getting Started +To manually install all of the necessary components, you can run these commands: + ```bash npm install -g bitcore-node bitcore-node create mynode cd mynode -bitcore-node add insight-api -bitcore-node add insight-ui +bitcore-node install insight-api +bitcore-node install insight-ui bitcore-node start ```