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bitcoin_hashes

v0.21.0 Growing

Hash functions used by the rust-bitcoin ecosystem

CC0-1.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.74.0
AlgorithmsCryptographyNo standard library #hash#crypto#bitcoin#digest

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 0d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (2.9K crates depend on it)

Security

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Downloads
37.3M
Dependents
2.9K
Releases
38
Size
86KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

3.1M downloads in the last 30 days (102.6K/day), up 14% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

2.9K crates depend on bitcoin_hashes. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 50 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 7+ years old, bitcoin_hashes hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Notable yanked versions

11% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include secp256k1, bitcoin-io, bip39, bitcoin, parity-bip39. When high-quality crates choose bitcoin_hashes, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 18/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
92K/day avg+22%
050K100K150K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.14.0
62%
v0.14.1
36%
v0.15.0
1%
v0.16.0
1%
v0.13.1
0%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*allocserdesmall-hash

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
2.9K
crates depend on bitcoin_hashes

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