Crate bitcoin_spv

This crate is part of the bitcoin-spv project.

This work is produced and copyrighted by Summa, and released under the terms of the LGPLv3 license.

It contains a collection of Rust functions and structs for working with Bitcoin data structures. Basically, these tools help you parse, inspect, and authenticate Bitcoin transactions.

It is extremely easy to write insecure code using these libraries. We do not recommend a specific security model. Any SPV verification involves complex security assumptions. Please seek external review for your design before building with these libraries.

Modules

btcspv	btcspv provides basic Bitcoin transaction and header parsing, as well as utility functions like merkle verification and difficulty adjustment calculation.
types	types exposes useful structs for headers and SPV proofs, and provides (de)serialization for these structs. It implements a standard JSON format that is compatible with all other bitcoin-spv implementations.
utils	utils contains utility functions for working with bytestrings, including hex encoding and decoding.
validatespv	validatespv provides higher-levels of abstraction for evaluating SPV proofs, transactions, and headers.
wasm	wasm contains versions of btcspv and validatespv that can be compiled and used in any standard wasm environment.