> Interesting!

> 
> Is it related to libcoin? https://github.com/ceptacle/libcoin

Nope. libcoin is a fairly recent new project. libbitcoin is older.

> Does it (unlike Bitcoin) work on bigendian architectures?

Yes it works on big-endian architectures. Also Bitcoin is MIT licensed, whereas 
this is GPL.

> I can help you, but am already involved in way too many packages[1] so 
> would prefer that you (or others) stay in the loop and participate in 
> the ongoing maintainance of the packaging.

I'd be willing to help engage and maintain the package, and work with the 
author of the package. I've got to make the software accessible to developers 
(as it is a library) so I'll do my best to help the Debian developers.

> Are you also considering packaging some of those projects that use this 
> library?

Yes, eventually. I really like this project Electrum: 
http://ecdsa.org/electrum/ - I think it has massive potential in the future. 
Compared to other Bitcoin clients, there is no blockchain download and yet it 
remains secure. So it fixes the biggest usability problems existing currently 
with Bitcoin. However to get these projects working, the first step is to get 
their core dependencies out there. Electrum has mainstream appeal.

Another cool project using libbitcoin is subvertx which is a handy set of 
command line tools for working with Bitcoin. The ImageMagick of Bitcoin. Things 
like create private keys, download the blockchain into an SQL database, 
construct transactions and dump them offline to stdout, read from pipe and send 
raw transaction dump to network, examine private keys for addresses, check 
balances against the blockchain, ... .etc all these low level advanced 
commands. However it's not a priority since the usage is pretty niche, but I 
have a personal bias for anything command line :)

First step: libbitcoin.


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