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https://github.com/libsv/go-bc

The go-to Bitcoin Block Chain (BC) Go library.
https://github.com/libsv/go-bc

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The go-to Bitcoin Block Chain (BC) Go library.

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# go-bc

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

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## Table of Contents

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Examples & Tests](#examples--tests)
- [Benchmarks](#benchmarks)
- [Code Standards](#code-standards)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Maintainers](#maintainers)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [License](#license)


## Installation

**go-bc** requires a [supported release of Go](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html#policy).

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


## 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)


### Features

- Block header building
- Coinbase transaction building (cb1 + cb2 in stratum protocol)
- Bitcoin block hash difficulty and hashrate functions
- Merkle proof/root/branch functions

Library Deployment

[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.

Makefile Commands

View all `makefile` commands

```shell script
make help
```

List of all current commands:

```text
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](examples) run via [Github Actions](https://github.com/libsv/go-bc/actions) and
uses [Go version 1.15.x](https://golang.org/doc/go1.15). View the [configuration file](.github/workflows/run-tests.yml).

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](CODE_STANDARDS.md).


## Usage

View the [examples](examples)


## Maintainers

| [JW](https://github.com/jadwahab) |
|:---:|
| [JW](https://github.com/jadwahab) |


## Contributors

| [JW](https://github.com/jadwahab) | [SO](https://github.com/ordishs) | [LM](https://github.com/liam) |
|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| [JW](https://github.com/jadwahab) | [SO](https://github.com/ordishs) | [LM](https://github.com/liam) |


## Contributing

View the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) and please follow the [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

### How can I help?

All kinds of contributions are welcome :raised_hands:!
The most basic way to show your support is to star :star2: the project, or to raise issues :speech_balloon:.
You can also support this project by [becoming a sponsor on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/libsv) :clap:
or by making a [**bitcoin donation**](https://gobitcoinsv.com/#sponsor) to ensure this journey continues indefinitely! :rocket:


## License

![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/libsv/go-bc.svg?style=flat&v=1)