developer-libraries workshop

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+# Developer Libraries
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+2018.06.26 13:00-14:00 Jack (Str4d) Grigg
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+The workshop was mainly a discussion on what kind of libraries and tools are needed in the ZCash ecosystem
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+The state of ZCash Libraries now:
+- Zcash libraries are mostly ported from Bitcoin ones
+--  Libraries with t-address support
+   - Bitcore
+   - python-bitcoinlib
+   - z-nomp
+-- Shielded Addresses
+--- Nothing!
+- Most of the codes are in Rust
+-- Librustzcash
+--- Libwallet-zcash
+---- What functionalities do we want it to do?
+--- Also used in Zcash Fullnode
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+- Discussion on what do we need?
+-- In-browser Signing / Creation of transactions
+-- cross-language tools
+-- Need for  a curated list of dev tools
+-- APIs for humans and machines
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+- Back to where dev tools are required:
+-- Low friction - Convenience:
+--- Browser
+--- Docker
+--- Packages with every language (npm, pip)
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+- Operations required for such libraries to do:
+-- Address creation
+--- ZIP32
+-- Address (key) Management
+-- Signing
+--- Multi-signature Architecture
+-- Proving
+-- Payment detection
+-- UTXO Management
+-- Serialization