NOTE: The latest release of bcoin contains a non-backward compatible change to the rest API. Please read the changelog's "migrating" section for more details.
Bcoin is an alternative implementation of the bitcoin protocol, written in node.js.
Bcoin is well tested and aware of all known consensus rules. It is currently used in production as the consensus backend and wallet system for purse.io.
Try it in the browser: http://bcoin.io/browser.html
$ git clone git://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin.git
$ cd bcoin
$ npm install
$ ./bin/bcoin
See the Beginner's Guide for more in-depth installation instructions.
Join us on freenode in the #bcoin channel.
Bcoin does not guarantee you against theft or lost funds due to bugs, mishaps, or your own incompetence. You and you alone are responsible for securing your money.
If you contribute code to this project, you are implicitly allowing your code
to be distributed under the MIT license. You are also implicitly verifying that
all code is your original work. </legalese>
See LICENSE for more info.
FAQs
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The npm package bcoin receives a total of 229 weekly downloads. As such, bcoin popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that bcoin demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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