bitcoinrpc-blockchain

The bitcoinrpc-blockchain Rust crate is a subcomponent of the Bitcoin system that provides a Rust interface to blockchain-related functionality. It is a direct translation from C++ to Rust of the Bitcoin Core, and as such, some function bodies may still be in the process of translation. This system will become testable once the translation process is complete.

The crate provides functionality to interact with the blockchain, including fetching block data, calculating difficulty and finding the best block hash, and managing the mempool. It also provides functionality for scanning and reserving coins, computing block statistics, and managing UTXO snapshots.

The crate includes several mathematical ideas, such as calculating percentiles by weight, truncated median calculation, and difficulty calculation.

Overall, bitcoinrpc-blockchain provides a powerful and flexible set of tools for interacting with the Bitcoin blockchain and managing its associated data.

104> which interactions do we want to perform?

The bitcoinrpc-blockchain crate provides a collection of functions that interact with the blockchain and its associated data structures in various ways. Some of the interactions that can be performed using this crate include:

• Retrieving information about the blockchain, such as the best block hash, the current block height, and the difficulty target.

• Retrieving information about specific blocks, such as block headers, block contents, and block statistics.

• Retrieving information about transactions in the mempool, such as transaction data and mempool statistics.

• Scanning the UTXO set for unspent outputs matching specific criteria.

• Performing various validation and verification tasks, such as verifying the blockchain's consistency, calculating difficulty targets, and validating transaction scripts.

• Modifying the blockchain state by invalidating or revalidating blocks, pruning old blocks, and syncing with the validation interface queue.

Overall, the bitcoinrpc-blockchain crate provides a wide range of functionality for interacting with the blockchain and its associated data structures, enabling developers to build powerful blockchain applications with ease.