🦀 bitcoin_rust

A simplified, developer-friendly Bitcoin implementation in Rust

This project provides a complete yet approachable implementation of the Bitcoin protocol written entirely in idiomatic, well-documented Rust. It includes core features like:

• 🧱 Block and transaction structures
• 💸 Wallet generation and UTXO tracking
• ⛏️ Proof-of-work mining
• 🔗 In-memory blockchain
• 📨 Minimal peer-to-peer networking
• 📚 Fully documented, educational codebase

Getting Started

Requirements

• Rust (1.70+ recommended)
• Cargo

Build & Run

git clone https://github.com/yourname/bitcoin_rust.git
cd bitcoin_rust
cargo run --release

This will launch a standalone node that:

• Creates a new wallet
• Starts mining blocks to that wallet’s address
• Listens for peer connections at 127.0.0.1:8333

Project Structure

Module	Description
block.rs	Block header, hashing, and mining
transaction.rs	Transaction structures and signing
blockchain.rs	In-memory chain and UTXO management
wallet.rs	Key generation and P2PKH address handling
crypto.rs	Hashing, Base58Check, difficulty conversion
merkle.rs	Merkle root calculation
network.rs	Async P2P networking over TCP
miner.rs	Simple async miner task
utils.rs	Byte utils and hex encoding

License

MIT © 2025 Anonymous

Inspired by Satoshi. Built for learning. Powered by Rust. 🦀