bitcoin-p2p-protocol

• ES6 implementation of the Bitcoin p2p protocol
• messages should be created from javascript objects or buffers (hex strings)
• Static Methods: Message.fromObject, Message.fromBuffer, Message.fromString
• Instance Methods: message.toObject, message.toBuffer, message.toString
• Reduce dependencies to a bare minimum: (buffer,crypto, biginteger)
• Compatibility with other javascript bitcoin libraries: (bitcore, bitcoinjs, cryptocoinjs)

Convention

• Build: From Buffer/Hex To Json/Object
• Serialize: From Json/Object To Buffer/Hex
• fromObject datatypes:
  • Hash: string or buffer
  • BigNumber: BN or number
  • timestamp: date object

Implementation status

Message	fromBuffer	toBuffer	fromObject	toObject
version	👍	👍	👍	👍
verack	👍	👍	👍	👍
addr	👍	👍	👍	👍
inv	👍	👍	👍	👍
getdata	👍	👍	👍	👍
notfound	👍	👍	👍	👍
getblocks	👍	👍	👍	👍
getheaders	👍	👍	👍	👍
tx	👍	👍	👍	👍
block	👍	👍	👍	👍
headers	👍	👍	👍	👍
getaddr	👍	👍	👍	👍
mempool	👍	👍	👍	👍
ping	👍	👍	👍	👍
pong	👍	👍	👍	👍
filterload	👍	👍	👍	👍
filteradd	👍	👍	👍	👍
filterclear	👍	👍	👍	👍
merkleblock	👍	👍	👍	👍
reject	👍	👍	👍	👍
sendheaders	👍	👍	👍	👍
alert	👎	👎	👎	👎

Run Tests

• npm install
• npm test

Contribute

Contributions are always welcome. Open issues are avaialbe: Issues