1) Prerequisites

Run a full Bitcoin node

1. Make sure your full node has finished downloading and verifying all blocks and transactions up to the most recent. You can check the status by using the command bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo and checking the "headers" and "blocks" numbers. If they're equal, then you're up to date.

Tip: If you are running your node on an external hard drive you will need to specify your data directory with -datadir=/volumes/drivename after typing in the command.

1. Find your transaction: Use the following command to get information about your transaction. bitcoin-cli getrawtransaction <transaction_id> true > tx.json Replace <transaction_id> with your Transaction ID provided on your certificate.

This will give you a JSON output with details about the transaction. The location of the .json file will be located in your current directory. This will contain the hexadecimal we will parse and translate into your digital artifact.