https://github.com/copernet/copernicus

An alternative implementation of the Bitcoin Cash protocol, written in Golang
https://github.com/copernet/copernicus

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An alternative implementation of the Bitcoin Cash protocol, written in Golang

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/copernet/copernicus
• Owner: copernet
• License: bsd-2-clause
• Created: 2018-06-06T06:40:54.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-05-19T11:41:50.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T18:40:13.978Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: bitcoin, bitcoincash, blockchain, go, pow
• Language: Go
• Homepage: https://copernet.io
• Size: 35 MB
• Stars: 85
• Watchers: 26
• Forks: 34
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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## Copernicus  

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/copernet/copernicus.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/copernet/copernicus) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/copernet/copernicus)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/copernet/copernicus) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/copernet/copernicus/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/copernet/copernicus)

Copernicus is an alternative implementation of the Bitcoin Cash protocol, written in Golang .

Why Go? Go has the following advantages:

* Multi-platform compilation

* Simple deployment, direct compilation to machine code

* High performance

* Built-in support for high concurrency

* Garbage Collection

* Rich standard library

* Static type

* Type judgment

* C support friendly

* Clean code 

* Go is a well-designed programming language , eg: Code Style , Tool Chain ...

* ...

A driven team of architects are heading the development, we welcome all developers to join the development of Bitcoin to contribute to the Bitcoin Community.

## Quick Start

  Read the [Quick Start](/docs/QUICKSTART.md) 

## Documentation

All documentation will be continually updated and can be found at [docs](https://www.copernicuscore.org)

[Website](https://copernet.io/)

## Acknowledgments

* Thank [btcd](https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd) for full node bitcoin implementation with Go. [Click here for more details](https://www.copernicuscore.org/btcd.html)

* Thank [secp256k1-go](https://github.com/btccom/secp256k1-go) for bindings to lib-secp256k1 for golang

* Thank [testify](https://github.com/stretchr/testify) for convenient testing support