Developer Resources

• Code Contribution Guidelines
• JSON-RPC Reference
  • RPC Examples
• The btcsuite Bitcoin-related Go Packages:
  • btcrpcclient - Implements a robust and easy to use Websocket-enabled Bitcoin JSON-RPC client
  • btcjson - Provides an extensive API for the underlying JSON-RPC command and return values
  • wire - Implements the Bitcoin wire protocol
  • peer - Provides a common base for creating and managing Bitcoin network peers.
  • blockchain - Implements Bitcoin block handling and chain selection rules
  • blockchain/fullblocktests - Provides a set of block tests for testing the consensus validation rules
  • txscript - Implements the Bitcoin transaction scripting language
  • btcec - Implements support for the elliptic curve cryptographic functions needed for the Bitcoin scripts
  • database - Provides a database interface for the Bitcoin block chain
  • mempool - Package mempool provides a policy-enforced pool of unmined bitcoin transactions.
  • btcutil - Provides Bitcoin-specific convenience functions and types
  • chainhash - Provides a generic hash type and associated functions that allows the specific hash algorithm to be abstracted.
  • connmgr - Package connmgr implements a generic Bitcoin network connection manager.