Welcome to altcoinj

The altcoinj (forked from libdohj) library is a lightweight Java library around the bitcoinj, with updated support for Litecoin and Dogecoin.

Pull requests for support for other altcoins would be welcomed.

Getting started

You should be familiar with bitcoinj first, as this library simply adds minor changes to extend bitcoinj. Generally using altcoinj is equivalent to using bitcoinj, except with different network parameters (reflecting altcoin consensus in place of Bitcoin).

Add the following to your gradle.build file:

repositories {
	maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}
dependencies {
	compile 'com.github.jjos2372:altcoinj:f26e20bb13'
	compile 'org.bitcoinj:bitcoinj-core:0.15.6'
}

Be aware however that altcoin blocks have their own class, AltcoinBlock, which adds support for features such as AuxPoW.

Building from the command line

Simply run on the command line

./gradlew jar

The outputs are under the build directory.

Building from an IDE

Alternatively, just import the project on your preferred IDE as a gradle project.