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This is mostly a backport of some of the same modifications made in Decred along with a few additional things cleaned up. In particular, this updates the code to make use of the new chainhash package. Also, since this required API changes anyways and the hash algorithm is no longer tied specifically to SHA, all other functions throughout the code base which had "Sha" in their name have been changed to Hash so they are not incorrectly implying the hash algorithm. The following is an overview of the changes: - Remove the wire.ShaHash type - Update all references to wire.ShaHash to the new chainhash.Hash type - Rename the following functions and update all references: - wire.BlockHeader.BlockSha -> BlockHash - wire.MsgBlock.BlockSha -> BlockHash - wire.MsgBlock.TxShas -> TxHashes - wire.MsgTx.TxSha -> TxHash - blockchain.ShaHashToBig -> HashToBig - peer.ShaFunc -> peer.HashFunc - Rename all variables that included sha in their name to include hash instead - Update for function name changes in other dependent packages such as btcutil - Update copyright dates on all modified files - Update glide.lock file to use the required version of btcutil |
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README.md |
database
[] (https://travis-ci.org/btcsuite/btcd) ![ISC License] (http://img.shields.io/badge/license-ISC-blue.svg) [] (http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database)
Package database provides a block and metadata storage database.
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).
However, this package could be extremely useful for any applications requiring Bitcoin block storage capabilities.
The default backend, ffldb, has a strong focus on speed, efficiency, and robustness. It makes use of leveldb for the metadata, flat files for block storage, and strict checksums in key areas to ensure data integrity.
Feature Overview
- Key/value metadata store
- Bitcoin block storage
- Efficient retrieval of block headers and regions (transactions, scripts, etc)
- Read-only and read-write transactions with both manual and managed modes
- Nested buckets
- Iteration support including cursors with seek capability
- Supports registration of backend databases
- Comprehensive test coverage
Installation and Updating
$ go get -u github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database
Examples
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[Basic Usage Example] (http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database#example-package--BasicUsage)
Demonstrates creating a new database and using a managed read-write transaction to store and retrieve metadata. -
[Block Storage and Retrieval Example] (http://godoc.org/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database#example-package--BlockStorageAndRetrieval)
Demonstrates creating a new database, using a managed read-write transaction to store a block, and then using a managed read-only transaction to fetch the block.
License
Package database is licensed under the copyfree ISC License.