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Bitcoin library.
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Bitcore 2 is a rewrite of bitcore to satisfy several goals:
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1) Support ease-of-use by being internally consistent. It should not be
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necessary to read the source code of a class or function to know how to use it.
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I.e., where in old bitcore a "privkey" might be anything from a buffer to a hex
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string to a key to a private key object, in bitcore 2 "privkey" is the same
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type of object always and everywhere.
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2) Have 100% test coverage so that the library is known to be reliable.
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3) Library objects have an interface suitable for use with a command-line
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interface and API, in particular having toString, fromString, toObject,
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fromObject methods.
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4) All standard features of the bitcoin protocol are implemented and saved in
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lib/. All BIPs are correctly implemented and saved as BIPxx.js in lib/ (since
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that is their standard name). Any non-standard features (such as SINs and
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stealtha addresses) are placed in the lib/expmt/ folder and are accessible at
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bitcore.expmt. Once they are standardized and given a BIP, they are renamed and
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placed in lib/.
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5) It is always possible to create a new object without using "new".
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6) Compatible with browserify (i.e., using require('bitcore/lib/message')
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should work both in node, and be automatically work in the browser with used in
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conjunction with browserify).
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7) Minimize the use of dependencies so that all code can be easily audited.
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