bitcoin-internals
v0.6.0 GrowingInternal types and macros used by rust-bitcoin ecosystem
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 0d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 118 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (17KB, 3 deps)
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Deep Insights
911.0K downloads in the last 30 days (30.4K/day), up 6% from the previous period.
118 crates depend on bitcoin-internals. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 51 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 3+ years old, bitcoin-internals hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 16KB, bitcoin-internals is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include bitcoin_hashes, bitcoin-io, bitcoin-units, base58ck, bitcoin-consensus-encoding. When high-quality crates choose bitcoin-internals, it's a strong quality signal.
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