multiprocess: Add -ipcbind option to bitcoin-node

Add `-ipcbind` option to `bitcoin-node` to listen on an IPC socket and accept
connections from other processes. In the future, there will be an `-ipcconnect`
option added to `bitcoin-wallet` and `bitcoin-node` to allow wallet and gui
processes to connect to the node and access it.

Example usage:

    src/bitcoin-node -regtest -debug -ipcbind=unix
    src/bitcoin-wallet -regtest -ipcconnect=unix info
    src/bitcoin-gui -regtest -ipcconnect=unix
    src/bitcoin-mine -regtest -ipcconnect=unix
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Russell Yanofsky
2018-08-23 13:42:31 -04:00
parent 73fe7d7230
commit 30073e6b3a
10 changed files with 34 additions and 7 deletions

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@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public:
virtual std::unique_ptr<WalletLoader> makeWalletLoader(Chain& chain) { return nullptr; }
virtual std::unique_ptr<Echo> makeEcho() { return nullptr; }
virtual Ipc* ipc() { return nullptr; }
virtual bool canListenIpc() { return false; }
};
//! Return implementation of Init interface for the node process. If the argv