#How to use ? With nuget :
Install-Package NBitcoin
Go on the nuget website for more information.
To complile it by yourself, you just have to git clone, open the project and hit the compile button on visual studio. How to get started ? Check out this article on CodeProject to do some basic crypto operations.
##What is it about ? This is the most complete and faithful porting I know of bitcoin.
##Description Why is it a big deal ? Because you can run it and debug into it without any linux-voodoo-setup to make bitcoin running. Visual studio express for free, XUnit and you are up to go.
- Full port of the test suite of bitcoin core with their own data
- Full script evaluation and parsing
- RPC Client
- Payment Protocol (BIP 70)
- Payment URL (BIP 21,BIP 72)
- Two Factor keys (BIP 38)
- Stealth Address (Also on codeproject)
- Recognize standard script and permit to create them
- Object model faithful to the C++ API but with C# goodness
- Simpler API (here is how to generate a key and get the address : new Key().PubKey.Address.ToString())
- Bloom filter, partial merkle tree
- Serialization of Blocks, Transactions, Script
- Signing/verification with private keys, support compact signature for prooving ownership
- Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets (BIP 32)
Public classes are clean and easy to use, but the implementation is a little messy due to the fact that I'm using C# convention and C++ and the same time. (I will clean that up after the RPC client implementation)
I ported directly from the C++, except the OpenSSL part where I'm using BouncyCaslte instead. (BitcoinJ helped me a lot on the implementation) I also ported OpenSSL bugs (you can't believe how much time it took me) ;)
Mono.NAT is used to open port if you intent to use host a node, SqLite is a database used.
Please, use the code to explore/learn/debug/play/sharing/create the licence is LGPL v3, so you should be good to go. This is the simple way and most complete way to see the internal of bitcoin without going to C++ madness.
With no so much work, it should be Mono compliant. there is not a lot of dependency on the Windows.
Info : github : https://github.com/NicolasDorier/NBitcoin bitcoin address : 15sYbVpRh6dyWycZMwPdxJWD4xbfxReeHe if you want to contact me : http://nicolas-dorier.com/Contact will do the rest by email :)
Useful link : Visual studio express : http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-express-vs.aspx XUnit runner (only if using vs express) : http://xunit.codeplex.com/releases