Re: [bitcoin-dev] Libconsensus separated repository (was Bitcoin Core and hard forks)

[Tamas Blummer <tamas@bitsofproof.com>]

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Every re-implementation, re-factoring even copy-paste introduces a risk of disagreement,
but also open the chance of doing the work better, in the sense of software engineering.

> On Aug 20, 2015, at 10:06, Jorge Timón <jtimon@jtimon.cc> wrote:
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> But the goal is not reimplementing the consensus rules but rather
> extract them from Bitcoin Core so that nobody needs to re-implement
> them again.



My goal is different. Compatibility with Bitcoin is important as I also want to deal with Bitcoins,
but it is also imperative to be able to create and serve other block chains with other rules and for those
I do not want to carry on the legacy of an antique tool set and a spaghetti style.

Bits of Proof uses scala (akka networking), java (api service), c++ (leveledb and now libconsensus)
and I am eager to integrate secp256k1 (c) as soon as part of consensus. The choices were
made because each piece appears best in what they do.

Tamas Blummer


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