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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>
To: Wendell <w@grabhive.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] SPV client in pure JavaScript?
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 09:08:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJHLa0NxcRHP+hoa1Drie6gfLqCJpnB17+0QsYVO6KQ7gZzYqA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B4D8D241-E758-4806-8B12-C9A78BF1470B@grabhive.com>

On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Wendell <w@grabhive.com> wrote:
> To those of you in the know about modern browser tech:
>
> Does it seem at all conceivable that an SPV wallet could be built entirely in JavaScript? And if indeed it is within the realm of the possible, how would such a thing be safely distributed for use? Would a signed Chrome Plugin be an ideal vehicle?

Certainly.  BitPay is working on such a wallet:
https://github.com/jgarzik/wally

wally uses node.js JavaScript, and not browser JavaScript, so not
exactly what you're talking about...

-- 
Jeff Garzik
Senior Software Engineer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc.      https://bitpay.com/



  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-08-09 13:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-09 11:32 [Bitcoin-development] SPV client in pure JavaScript? Wendell
2013-08-09 11:48 ` Mike Hearn
2013-08-09 12:05   ` Wendell
2013-08-09 12:10     ` Mike Hearn
2013-08-09 12:14       ` Mike Hearn
2013-08-09 13:05         ` Wendell
2013-08-13  5:26         ` Chris Double
2013-08-09 13:08 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2013-08-09 17:58   ` Wendell
2013-08-09 18:09     ` Jeff Garzik

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