Decision Workspace
bitcoin-units vs bitcoin-consensus-encoding vs bip21
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
64
bitcoin-units
growingv0.3.0
Basic Bitcoin numeric units such as amount
57
bitcoin-consensus-encoding
growingv0.1.0
Consensus encoding and decoding
47
bip21
growingv0.5.0
Rust-idiomatic, compliant, flexible and performant BIP21 crate.
Core Metrics
| bitcoin-units | bitcoin-consensus-encoding | bip21 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 64 | 57 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 3.1M | 13.8K | 264.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 329.1K | 6.3K | 29.1K |
| Dependents | 103 | 17 | 65 |
| Releases | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 32d ago | 32d ago | 603d ago |
| Age | 2y 10m | 2y 10m | 4y 4m |
Health Breakdown
bitcoin-units
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
bitcoin-consensus-encoding
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
bip21
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| bitcoin-units | bitcoin-consensus-encoding | bip21 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.1.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | CC0-1.0 | CC0-1.0 | MITNFA |
| Dependencies | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 87KB | 23KB | 10KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.74.0 | 1.74.0 | — |
| Owners | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bitcoin-units leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bitcoin-units is depended on by 103 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bip21 has not been updated in over a year.