|
|
| (9 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| An open-source Bitcoin solution written in Go language (golang).
| | #REDIRECT [[Gocoin]] |
| It can be built for every platform that has a working Go compiler.
| |
| It uses a proprietary license, though is free to use for non-commercial purposes.
| |
| | |
| ==Features==
| |
| | |
| Gocoin has a several unique features, that distinguish it from the original bitcoin client.
| |
| | |
| ===Node / Client===
| |
| * All the unspent outputs are kept in memory, which makes switching between different wallets, as well as checking a balance of any address, relatively fast (few seconds max).
| |
| * Allows a user to limit the upload and download network bandwidth used by the client.
| |
| * Can be monitored and controlled through a web interface (from a web browser).
| |
| * Works with its own implementation of a cold storage wallet.
| |
| | |
| ===Wallet===
| |
| * For security reasons, it is supposed to be used with a PC that has never been (and will never be) connected to a network.
| |
| * The wallet is deterministic and a seed-password based. As long as you can remember the password, there is no need for any backups.
| |
| * Additionally it can import private keys from an existing bitcoin wallet (that comes in the base58 format).
| |
| * Has very low hardware requirements. Can be run on i.e. Raspberry Pi
| |
| * Can generate [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=19137.0 Type-2] deterministic keys/addresses
| |
| * Supports signing of P2SH multisig transactions.
| |
| | |
| ===Node-less mode===
| |
| It is possible to use Gocoin's wallet, without a need to have a running client node.
| |
| | |
| In such a case the required balance files are fetched with a tool called '''FetchBal''', from two popular block explorer services; [[BlockChain.info]] and [[BlockExplorer.com]].
| |
| | |
| ==Requirements==
| |
| The client node requires 64-bit platform and at least 4GB of system memory. It also requires a file system that can handle files larger than 4GB.
| |
| | |
| ==Limitations==
| |
| * No GUI, though the online node has web interface
| |
| * No RPC API
| |
| * No IPv6
| |
| * No UPnP
| |
| | |
| ==History==
| |
| | |
| Gocoin was written by a single person for a private purposes. | |
| The software's first public release was announced in May 2013 on Bitcointalk forum.<ref>https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=199306.0</ref>
| |
| Ever since then, the software has been actively maintained and further developed, being armed with new features, further optimized and cleaned up from issues.
| |
| | |
| It happened twice that the client wasn't able to catch up with the block chain, because of the implementation difference of the chain protocol that was causing it to reject a valid block. In both cases the issue has been fixed within single days. The fist fix for such a critical issue was introduced in version 0.5.7 - the second one in 0.9.3.
| |
| | |
| ==External Links==
| |
| | |
| * [http://www.assets-otc.com/gocoin Homepage]
| |
| * [https://github.com/piotrnar/gocoin Github repo]
| |
| * [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=199306.0 Bitcointalk forum topic]
| |
| | |
| ==References==
| |
| <references />
| |
| | |
| [[Category:Software]]
| |
| [[Category:Clients]]
| |
| [[Category:Open Source]]
| |