bitcoin-merkle
v0.1.16-alpha.0 Growingcontains two primary interfaces: 1) PartialMerkleTree -- represents a subset of the txid's of a known block, in a way that allows recovery of the list of txid's and the merkle root in an authenticated way. 2) MerkleBlock, used to relay blocks as header + Vec<MerkleBranch> to filtered nodes
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
393 downloads in the last 30 days (13/day), up 6% from the previous period.
The primary maintainer publishes 625 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 3+ years old, bitcoin-merkle hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 44KB, bitcoin-merkle is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include bitcoin-peerman, bitcoin-indexed-chain, bitcoin-test, bitcoin-top. When high-quality crates choose bitcoin-merkle, it's a strong quality signal.
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