Improve docs, show version on startup

Author: NicolasDorier

NBXplorer.Tests/ServerTester.cs

@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ private void StartNBXplorer()
 				keyValues.Add(("rmqblockex", RabbitMqTestConfig.RabbitMqBlockExchange));
 			}
 			var args = keyValues.SelectMany(kv => new[] { $"--{kv.key}", kv.value }
-			.Concat(new[] { $"--{CryptoCode.ToLowerInvariant()}hastxindex" }))
 			.Concat(AdditionalFlags)
 			.Concat(additionalFlags).ToArray();
 			Host = new WebHostBuilder()

NBXplorer/Configuration/DefaultConfiguration.cs

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ protected override CommandLineApplication CreateCommandLineApplicationCore()
 				app.Option($"--{crypto}startheight", $"The height where starting the scan (default: where your rpc server was synched when you first started this program)", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
 				app.Option($"--{crypto}minutxovalue", $"The minimum value of tracked UTXOs, any UTXO with value less than this is ignored. (default: 1 (satoshi))", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
 				app.Option($"--{crypto}nodeendpoint", $"The p2p connection to a Bitcoin node, make sure you are whitelisted (default: default p2p node on localhost, depends on network)", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
-				app.Option($"--{crypto}hastxindex", "If true, NBXplorer will try to fetch missing transactions from the local node. If the node support getindexinfo, this setting is ignored. (default: false)", CommandOptionType.BoolValue);
 				app.Option($"--{crypto}exposerpc", $"Expose the node RPCs through the REST API (default: false)", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
 			}
 

NBXplorer/Configuration/ExplorerConfiguration.cs

@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ public ExplorerConfiguration LoadArgs(IConfiguration config)
 						}
 					}
 
-					chainConfiguration.HasTxIndex = config.GetOrDefault<bool>($"{network.CryptoCode}.hastxindex", false);
 					chainConfiguration.ExposeRPC = config.GetOrDefault<bool>($"{network.CryptoCode}.exposerpc", exposeRPCGlobal);
 					chainConfiguration.NoWarmup = config.GetOrDefault<bool>($"nowarmup", false);
 					ChainConfigurations.Add(chainConfiguration);

NBXplorer/Program.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using CommandLine;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Reflection;
 
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("NBXplorer.Tests")]
 namespace NBXplorer
@@ -15,8 +16,11 @@ public class Program
 	{
 		public static void Main(string[] args)
 		{
+			var version = typeof(Program).Assembly.GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>();
 			var processor = new ConsoleLoggerProcessor();
 			Logs.Configure(new FuncLoggerFactory(i => new CustomerConsoleLogger(i, (a, b) => true, null, processor)));
+			if (version is { InformationalVersion: { } v })
+			Logs.Configuration.LogInformation($"NBXplorer version {v.Split('+')[0]}");
 			IWebHost host = null;
 			try
 			{

NBXplorer/wwwroot/api.json

@@ -3844,7 +3844,7 @@
     "/cryptos/{cryptoCode}/node/rpc": {
       "post": {
         "summary": "Proxy RPC call to the underlying node",
-        "description": "Allows you to make RPC calls to the underlying cryptocurrency node (e.g., Bitcoin Core) via NBXplorer. This endpoint acts as a proxy, forwarding your RPC requests to the node and returning the node's responses. Go to https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification and https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc for more info.",
+        "description": "Allows you to make RPC calls to the underlying cryptocurrency node (e.g., Bitcoin Core) via NBXplorer. This endpoint acts as a proxy, forwarding your RPC requests to the node and returning the node's responses.\n\nBy default, only a handful of RPC methods are authorized. You can use [configuration](https://github.com/dgarage/NBXplorer/blob/master/docs/API.md#configuration) `--btcexposerpc` or `NBXPLORER_BTCEXPOSERPC=1` to allow all methods.\n\nGo to [The JSON-RPC specification page](https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification) and the [Bitcoin Core RPC page](https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc) for more information.",
         "tags": [
           "Blockchain"
         ],

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This explorer is not intended to be exposed to the internet; it should be used a
 4. `Electrum protocol` is cumbersome for HD wallets.
 5. `Bitcoin Core RPC` is inflexible and difficult to use. It also scales poorly when a wallet has too many addresses or UTXOs.
 6. `Bitcoin Core RPC` supports multiple wallets but isn't designed to handle thousands of them. Having too many wallets will not scale.
-7. While NBXplorer exposes an API, it also allows you to query the data using the most expressive and flexible language designed for this purpose: `SQL`.
+7. While NBXplorer exposes an [API](https://dgarage.github.io/NBXplorer/), it also allows you to query the data using the most expressive and flexible language designed for this purpose: [SQL](./docs/docs/Postgres-Schema.md).
 
 ## Typical usage