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Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API

#1

Post by eordano » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 4:24 PM UTC

Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API
bitcore.io

Re: Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API

#2

Post by PhrosTT » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 5:33 PM UTC

Looks awesome. Cryptocurrency development has seemed pretty intimidating to me but this is probably the going to be the push that gets me started supporting tip sharing features on my site.

Re: Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API

#3

Post by panhandlr » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 5:43 PM UTC

Looks like they built their NSA spy module out of coffeescript, neato

Re: Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API

#4

Post by jxm262 » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 6:20 PM UTC

This looks very well done! Starred on github :)

Re: Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API

#5

Post by knowaveragejoe » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 6:28 PM UTC

panhandlr wrote: post #3

Looks like they built their NSA spy module out of coffeescript, neato

Huh?

Re: Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API

#6

Post by panhandlr » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 6:38 PM UTC

knowaveragejoe wrote: post #5

panhandlr wrote: post #3

Looks like they built their NSA spy module out of coffeescript, neato

Huh?

In today's climate I would be extremely weary of npm installing any core bitcoin tech without a serious line by line audit of the source.

Re: Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API

#7

Post by taylorwc » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 6:41 PM UTC

panhandlr wrote: post #6

knowaveragejoe wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh?

In today's climate I would be extremely weary of npm installing any core bitcoin tech without a serious line by line audit of the source.

Why would this be more true of npm than any other package manager for any scripting language?

Re: Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API

#8

Post by afandian » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 6:41 PM UTC

This looks more like a library than an API. I wonder why the decision was made to market it this way.

Re: Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API

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Post by haakon » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 6:56 PM UTC

afandian wrote: post #8

This looks more like a library than an API. I wonder why the decision was made to market it this way.

All libraries expose an API, which is its set of public functions.

Re: Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API

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Post by afandian » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 7:04 PM UTC

haakon wrote: post #9

afandian wrote: post #8

This looks more like a library than an API. I wonder why the decision was made to market it this way.

All libraries expose an API, which is its set of public functions.

Sure but it seems strange way to discuss it. Unless it's an API that wraps some existing library.