Merge pull request #211 from CounterpartyXCP/regtestnode

Add documentation for regtest node scripts

docs/advanced/how-to/regtest-node.md

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+# Test Counterparty Server on Regtest network
+
+# Prerequisites
+
+You must have the following three applications installed and available in the $PATH:
+
+* Bitcoin Core
+* Addrindexrs
+* Counteparty Core
+
+You can follow the instructions here [https://docs.counterparty.io/docs/basics/manual-installation/](https://docs.counterparty.io/docs/basics/manual-installation/) to install them.
+
+
+# Start the regtest node
+
+## Method 1
+
+Use the `regtestnode.py` script:
+
+```
+$ python3 counterpartcore/test/regtest/regtestnode.py
+```
+
+This script does the following:
+
+* Starts Bitcoin Core and Addrindexrs
+* Generates 10 addresses containing BTC
+* Starts `counterparty-server`
+* Uses the generated addresses to burn BTC and obtain XCP.
+
+Once finished you have a node ready to use. You can check with:
+
+```
+$ curl [http://localhost:24000/v2/](http://localhost:24000/v2/)
+$ bitcoin-cli -regtest -rpcuser rpc -rpcpassword rpc -getinfo
+```
+
+
+## Method 2
+
+If you need a server containing sample data you can use:
+
+```
+$ python3 counterpartcore/test/regtest/testscenarios.py serve
+```
+
+This script performs the same operations as `regtestnode.py` but also executes all scenario transactions found in `counterpartcore/test/regtest/scenarios`.
+
+# Interact with the regtest node
+
+You can use `curl` and `bitcoin-cli` or the `tools/xcpcli.py` tool.
+This tool is very easy to use and the help contains complete documentation for each command. It allows:
+
+* To query the API
+* to compose, sign and send a transaction across the network in a single command.
+
+Examples:
+
+```
+$ python3 tools/xcpcli.py -h
+$ python3 tools/xcpcli.py get_asset_balances -h
+$ python3 tools/xcpcli.py get_asset_balances --asset XCP
+$ python3 tools/xcpcli.py send_send -h
+$ python3 tools/xcpcli.py send_send --address bcrt1qusq9znaxgfn8klvw77np3tchv2g0djzf6v3zfn --asset XCP --destination mjts5dr3JwF7U5MMNWkG8dYffEAXEhayFn --quantity 10
+```

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