Topic: [ANN] cbitcoin 1.0 Alpha 4 Released. - page 3. (Read 4136 times)

No, there is no IRC bootstrapping. Developers that use the library will need to specify starting network addresses and cbitcoin will take care of the communication for these peers.

cbitcoin also contains some compatibility issues with the test network because the test network has some different behaviour to the live network which I'll get around to fixing. I should have done that before I considered it alpha really. Oh well.


Thanks, hopefully things will progress faster considering I've learned a lot but testing is often the most tedious part.

I'm quite amazed by how fast you've been coding this.  Congrats.

Do you support IRC bootstrapping in the test network ?  I've searched occurrences of "irc" in your code and I've found nothing relevant.

Download cbitcoin 1.0-alpha-4 here: http://cbitcoin.com/

cbitcoin is an open-source bitcoin library written in C99. It is designed to make developing bitcoin applications easier. It provides a set of fundamental bitcoin functions which allow developers to create a diverse range of bitcoin software. This library will be the foundation for a new bitcoin client currently under the code-name BitEagle.

I've posted this in "Bitcoin Discussion" with a new topic because I would like to appeal for funding from the wider community. Luckily one person has volunteered to provide some design elements for cbitcoin (which is pending), but there will almost certainly be other costs involved. Unless I can find volunteers, I will need to pay for some programming work which I am unable to complete personally. I may need to fund some additional design work and I may also use some donations to offer bounties for those that can find critical bugs. Excess donations will likely go towards projects that use cbitcoin, including BitEagle which will involve a lot more work.

If anyone would like to support the project please donate to -> 1D5A1q5d192j5gYuWiP3CSE5fcaaZxe6E9

I would also appreciate if anyone can aid with the testing of cbitcoin or make improvements to the code. Contributions can be made through the github repository: https://github.com/MatthewLM/cbitcoin/ and feedback or questions can be sent to [email protected]. Contributors will have their name added to the README and website.

I welcome comments and questions.

Thank you.