Bitcoinfs: A minimal full Bitcoin node in F#

by homeroot • 11 years ago

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billpg• 11 years ago

But... but... if its minimal, it can't be full.

"Full node" has a specific meaning in Bitcoin. It's a node that validates the entire blockchain and all incoming transactions, and relays transactions to peers. This is different than a "light" node or just a wallet, neither of which relay transactions, for example

rubyrescue• 11 years ago

i believe that there is also a full node in Erlang, so it's not the first functional language client per the blog post. still, very cool!

lightlike• 11 years ago

Also in Haskell: https://github.com/haskoin/haskoin

xkarga002• 11 years ago

From their README:

   Features: 
   * [...]
   * Headerchain implementation (Blockchain with headers only)
   * [...]

This makes Haskoin more of an SPV client rather than a full-node client.

xkarga002• 11 years ago

There is this repository[1] but I am not sure of its proper functionality plus it hasn't been updated for a long time.

[1] https://github.com/r-willis/biten

dominotw• 11 years ago

Good to see F# on hackernews.

jacquesm3• 11 years ago

Agreed, it'd be nicer if it wasn't a spammer though (and a pretty prolific one at that):

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=homeroot

jafaku• 11 years ago

Shouldn't submissions and comments stand on their own merit? What does it matter who submitted it?

jackfoxy• 11 years ago

The OP seems to have interest in a particular topic in what he posts, and they are all from the same source. This is possibly his blog. I don't see a problem with that.

DennisP• 11 years ago

From the github: "I didn't want any wallet spending functionality"

Sure wish it did everything. This could be a pretty great educational project, or a nice start to building your own altchain.

dang• 11 years ago

Url changed from http://talkera.org/crypto/a-minimal-full-bitcoin-node-in-f/, which points to this.

Bitcoinfs: A minimal full Bitcoin node in F#

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