go-bc

The go-to Bitcoin Block Chain (BC) GoLang library

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Documentation
• Examples & Tests
• Benchmarks
• Code Standards
• Usage
• Maintainers
• Contributing
• License

Installation

go-bc requires a supported release of Go.

```shell script
go get -u github.com/libsv/go-bc

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## Documentation
View the generated [documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/libsv/go-bc)
[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/libsv/go-bc?status.svg&style=flat)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/libsv/go-bc)
For more information around the technical aspects of Bitcoin, please see the updated [Bitcoin Wiki](https://wiki.bitcoinsv.io/index.php/Main_Page)
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### Features
- Block header building
- Coinbase transaction building (cb1 + cb2 in stratum protocol)
- Bitcoin block hash difficulty and hashrate functions
- Merkle proof/root/branch functions
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<summary><strong><code>Library Deployment</code></strong></summary>
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[goreleaser](https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser) for easy binary or library deployment to Github and can be installed via: `brew install goreleaser`.
The [.goreleaser.yml](.goreleaser.yml) file is used to configure [goreleaser](https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser).
Use `make release-snap` to create a snapshot version of the release, and finally `make release` to ship to production.
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<summary><strong><code>Makefile Commands</code></strong></summary>
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View all `makefile` commands
```shell script
make help

List of all current commands:

all                  Runs multiple commands
clean                Remove previous builds and any test cache data
clean-mods           Remove all the Go mod cache
coverage             Shows the test coverage
godocs               Sync the latest tag with GoDocs
help                 Show this help message
install              Install the application
install-go           Install the application (Using Native Go)
lint                 Run the golangci-lint application (install if not found)
release              Full production release (creates release in Github)
release              Runs common.release then runs godocs
release-snap         Test the full release (build binaries)
release-test         Full production test release (everything except deploy)
replace-version      Replaces the version in HTML/JS (pre-deploy)
tag                  Generate a new tag and push (tag version=0.0.0)
tag-remove           Remove a tag if found (tag-remove version=0.0.0)
tag-update           Update an existing tag to current commit (tag-update version=0.0.0)
test                 Runs vet, lint and ALL tests
test-ci              Runs all tests via CI (exports coverage)
test-ci-no-race      Runs all tests via CI (no race) (exports coverage)
test-ci-short        Runs unit tests via CI (exports coverage)
test-short           Runs vet, lint and tests (excludes integration tests)
uninstall            Uninstall the application (and remove files)
update-linter        Update the golangci-lint package (macOS only)
vet                  Run the Go vet application

Examples & Tests

All unit tests and examples run via Github Actions and
uses Go version 1.15.x. View the configuration file.

Run all tests (including integration tests)

```shell script
make test

Run tests (excluding integration tests)
```shell script
make test-short

Benchmarks

Run the Go benchmarks:

shell script make bench

Code Standards

Read more about this Go project’s code standards.

Usage

View the examples

Maintainers

JW

Contributors

JW	SO	LM

Contributing

View the contributing guidelines and please follow the code of conduct.

How can I help?

All kinds of contributions are welcome !
The most basic way to show your support is to star the project, or to raise issues .
You can also support this project by becoming a sponsor on GitHub
or by making a bitcoin donation to ensure this journey continues indefinitely!

License