halfin 0.3.0

A {regtest} bitcoin node runner 🏃‍♂️
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# halfin

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> A {regtest} bitcoin node runner 🏃‍♂️

This crate makes it simple to run regtest [`bitcoind`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin)
and [`utreexod`](https://github.com/utreexo/utreexod) instances from Rust code, useful in
integration testing contexts.

Pretty much [`bitcoind`](https://crates.io/crates/bitcoind)
with [`utreexod`](https://github.com/utreexo/utreexod) support.

## Supported Implementations and Versions

| Implementation | Version  | Feature Flag     |
|----------------|----------|----------------- |
| `bitcoind`     | `v30.2`  | `bitcoind_30_2`  |
|                |          |                  |
| `utreexod`     | `v0.5.0` | `utreexod_0_5_0` |

By default, the `bitcoind_30_2` and `utreexod_0_5_0` features are enabled.

Binaries are downloaded automatically at build time: see [`build.rs`](./build.rs).

## Running on CI

Since [`utreexod`](https://github.com/utreexo/utreexod) binaries are downloaded directly
from its GitHub releases page, we can get 403'ed by GitHub itself. To curb this, you need
to export the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable in your CI workflow as such:

```
env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```

## BitcoinD

```rs
use halfin::bitcoind::BitcoinD;

// Use downloaded/cached binaries
let bitcoind_alpha = BitcoinD::new().unwrap();
// Use a local binary
let bin_path = PathBuf::from_str("/usr/local/bin/bitcoind").unwrap();
let bitcoind_beta = BitcoinD::from_bin(&bin_path).unwrap();

// Connect peers
bitcoind_alpha.add_peer(bitcoind_beta.get_p2p_socket()).unwrap();

// Mine blocks
bitcoind_alpha.generate(100).unwrap();
// Wait for a node to catch up with the other
wait_for_height(&bitcoind_beta, 100).unwrap();

assert_eq!(bitcoind_alpha.get_height().unwrap(), 100);
assert_eq!(bitcoind_beta.get_height().unwrap(), 100);
```

## UtreexoD

```rust
use halfin::utreexod::UtreexoD;

let utreexod = UtreexoD::new().unwrap();

utreexod.generate(10).unwrap();
assert_eq!(utreexod.get_height().unwrap(), 10);
```

## Developing

This project uses [`just`](https://github.com/casey/just) for command running, and
[`cargo-rbmt`](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin-maintainer-tools/tree/master/cargo-rbmt)
to manage everything related to `cargo`, such as formatting, linting, testing and CI. To install them, run:

```console
~$ cargo install just

~$ cargo install cargo-rbmt
```

A `justfile` is provided for convenience. Run `just` to see available commands:

```console
~$ just
> halfin
> A regtest runner for `bitcoind` and `utreexod`

Available recipes:
    build       # Build `halfin` [alias: b]
    check       # Check code formatting, compilation, and linting [alias: c]
    check-sigs  # Checks whether all commits in this branch are signed [alias: cs]
    delete-bins # Delete binaries under `target/bin/` [alias: db]
    doc         # Generate documentation [alias: d]
    doc-open    # Generate and open documentation [alias: do]
    fmt         # Format code [alias: f]
    lock        # Regenerate Cargo-recent.lock and Cargo-minimal.lock [alias: l]
    pre-push    # Run pre-push suite: lock, fmt, check, and test [alias: p]
    test        # Run tests across all toolchains and lockfiles [alias: t]
```


## Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV)

This library should compile with any combination of features on Rust 1.85.0.

To build with the MSRV toolchain, copy `Cargo-minimal.lock` to `Cargo.lock`.

## License

Licensed under either of

* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE]LICENSE-APACHE or <https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT]LICENSE-MIT or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>)

at your option.

### Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally
submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0
license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or
conditions.