dtctools

This tool connects to a local Datacoin daemon and uses RPC commands to dump the data extracted from the transactions into files. It supports :

• Envelope protol buffers format as defined by the original Datacoin author. This will create a file with the original filename.
• Raw data with a wild guess on the data type. The tool will output the data to a filename consisting in the TX id and an extension based on the MIME type of the file (a guess). Data is dumped to the current working dir.

Datacoin configuration

You must set the server variable to 1 in order to allow RPC connections (by default only localhost will be able to connect). Example contents of the datacoin.conf file :

rpcuser=a_username
rpcpassword=a_random_password
server=1

Usage

In order to build this tool you will need a working GO environment, and then :

git clone https://github.com/datacoinproject/dtctools
cd dtctools
go get github.com/golang/protobuf/proto
go install

For help using dtctools type :

dtctools --help

Provided the above example datacoin.conf file is used, this command would dump the data found in blocks 7000000 to 720000 (provided there is any) :

dtctools -user=a_username -password=a_random_password -fromblock=700000 -toblock=720000