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Dave Collins 750d657666 Update for recent btcutil Block.Sha API change.		2015-04-17 00:44:15 -05:00
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ldb	Update for recent btcutil Block.Sha API change.	2015-04-17 00:44:15 -05:00
memdb	Update for recent btcutil Block.Sha API change.	2015-04-17 00:44:15 -05:00
testdata	Fix #340 and DropAfterBlockBySha/NewestSha bug.	2015-03-30 16:35:38 -05:00
common_test.go	Update btcnet path import paths to new location.	2015-02-05 23:24:53 -06:00
cov_report.sh	Import btcdb repo into database directory.	2015-01-27 13:15:15 -06:00
db.go	Fix #303 and #346 and change addrindex sort order	2015-03-23 13:05:54 -04:00
db_test.go	Fix #340 and DropAfterBlockBySha/NewestSha bug.	2015-03-30 16:35:38 -05:00
doc.go	Import btcdb repo into database directory.	2015-01-27 13:15:15 -06:00
example_test.go	Update btcnet path import paths to new location.	2015-02-05 23:24:53 -06:00
interface_test.go	Update btcwire path import paths to new location.	2015-02-05 15:16:39 -06:00
log.go	Import btcdb repo into database directory.	2015-01-27 13:15:15 -06:00
README.md	Clarify how the database package is used.	2015-01-27 18:58:27 -06:00
reorg_test.go	Fix #340 and DropAfterBlockBySha/NewestSha bug.	2015-03-30 16:35:38 -05:00

README.md

database

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Package database provides a database interface for the bitcoin block chain and transactions.

Please note that this package is intended to enable btcd to support different database backends and is not something that a client can directly access as only one entity can have the database open at a time (for most database backends), and that entity will be btcd.

When a client wants programmatic access to the data provided by btcd, they'll likely want to use the btcrpcclient package which makes use of the [JSON-RPC API] (https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/tree/master/docs/json_rpc_api.md).

Documentation

[] (http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database)

Full go doc style documentation for the project can be viewed online without installing this package by using the GoDoc site here.

You can also view the documentation locally once the package is installed with the godoc tool by running godoc -http=":6060" and pointing your browser to http://localhost:6060/pkg/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database

Installation

$ go get github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database

Examples

[CreateDB Example] (http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database#example-CreateDB)
Demonstrates creating a new database and inserting the genesis block into it.
[NewestSha Example] (http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database#example-Db--NewestSha)
Demonstrates querying the database for the most recent best block height and hash.

TODO

Increase test coverage to 100%

GPG Verification Key

All official release tags are signed by Conformal so users can ensure the code has not been tampered with and is coming from Conformal. To verify the signature perform the following:

Download the public key from the Conformal website at https://opensource.conformal.com/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
Import the public key into your GPG keyring:
```
gpg --import GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
```
Verify the release tag with the following command where TAG_NAME is a placeholder for the specific tag:
```
git tag -v TAG_NAME
```

License

Package database is licensed under the copyfree ISC License.