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  <p>A Bitcoin blockchain indexing and query service. Intended to be used with as a Bitcoin full node or in conjunction with a Bitcoin full node.</p>
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<p>From the first line of the README. It’s an out of date wrapper on Bitcoin that’s 3 years old at this point and would be inadvisable to use for anything. </p>

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2020-01-24T15:33:46.723Z
2020-01-24T15:33:46.723Z
Claris
<p>I'm trying to understand how does <a href="https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore-node" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bitcore-node</a>, the javascript implementation of Bitcoin protocol, get its data? Can it connect to Bitcoin Core, the original C++ implementation of the Bitcoin protocol, or does it have to connect to other bitcore-nodes ?</p>

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How does bitcore-node get its data?
Vivek Teega
# How does bitcore-node get its data?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-24)

I'm trying to understand how does [bitcore-node](https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore-node), the javascript implementation of Bitcoin protocol, get its data? Can it connect to Bitcoin Core, the original C++ implementation of the Bitcoin protocol, or does it have to connect to other bitcore-nodes ?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, blockchain, bitcore, bitpay


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-01-24. Score: 3

> A Bitcoin blockchain indexing and query service. Intended to be used with as a Bitcoin full node or in conjunction with a Bitcoin full node.

From the first line of the README. It’s an out of date wrapper on Bitcoin that’s 3 years old at this point and would be inadvisable to use for anything.


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