[shakna]

> Having a node set-up will allow you to more easily test and query the RPC/REST API, and begin monitoring new transactions added to the bitcoin blockchain/mempool.

> The default bcoin HTTP server listens on the standard RPC port (8332 for main, 18332 for testnet, 48332 for regtest, and 18556 default for simnet). It exposes a REST json api, as well as a JSON-RPC api.

Seems bcoin doesn't connect you directly, but rather to a node they're running elsewhere.

[jnbiche]

> It exposes a REST json api, as well as a JSON-RPC api.

So a bridge server.