Install Ruby 2.5.3 through a version manager such as RVM. Install the bundler and foreman gems, then run bundler:
gem install bundler foreman
bundle install --without production
Create a file .env and add node connection info:
NODE_1=BTC:host:port|username|password|name
NODE_2=...
...
To check if nodes are reachable:
rake debug:node_info
Run the server:
foreman start -f Procfile.dev -p 3000
To manually query a node:
rails c
info = BitcoinClient.nodes[0].getblockchaininfo
info["blocks"]
=> 548121
To get the list of RPC commands and execute an arbitrary command:
puts BitcoinClient.nodes[0].help
BitcoinClient.nodes[0].client.request("getblock", )