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Bitcoin full node in Rust aimed at production server-side use: multi-peer IBD, tip follow, block/tx relay (tip mode), optional Core-class JSON-RPC, and in-process Electrum + optional Esplora REST for wallet clients (scripthash index via --shindex, default off; not a graphical block-explorer stack) — built around a libbitcoin-class relational archive and a pure-Rust consensus/script path.

0.5.1 is the current named published 0.x line (GitHub Release: Linux musl + Windows CRT-static + Darwin aarch64). Not 1.0: schema can still refuse a named wipe (SCHEMA.md, OPERATOR.md); default mainnet --milestone 840000 skips historical script/sig checks (--milestone 0 is full scripts); Electrum/Esplora need --shindex (default off) after tip. Run signet first, then mainnet with monitoring. Report security issues privately: SECURITY.md. Runbook: docs/experimental-mainnet.md.

LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0 (LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE)
Version0.5.1 — CHANGELOG.md
PlatformLinux musl is the operator path. Windows / Darwin are published snapshots (no IoRing; Darwin not notarized)
SecuritySECURITY.md — 0.5.x supported published line; no LTS until 1.0
Designdocs/architecture.md — why this node is different
Developrustup 1.95, no Nix — CONTRIBUTING.md

Why this node is different

Most full nodes center a UTXO set + block files (Bitcoin Core). Most Electrum backends are external indexers of another node. rbitcoin does neither: no UTXO set (libbitcoin-class archive), Electrum + txindex in-process.

  • ~200 GiB hot pin/annotate set (schema 17); ~700 GiB with cold inwit — census in SCHEMA.md, --shindex costs in OPERATOR.md
  • Under ~30 h IBD on a laptop-class host with --milestone 0
  • Modest RAM during sync — no multi‑GiB dbcache pause
  • Pure-Rust consensus/scripts (nolibbitcoinconsensus)
  • Reproducible static musl for ordinary Linux hosts

Core / Fulcrum contrasts: docs/architecture.md. Product surface: COMPAT.md. RPC subset: docs/rpc.md.

Status

Core pipelines exist (store, consensus, P2P IBD, tip follow, scripthash, Electrum, Esplora REST, libre mempool) for the server-side / wallet-client backend role. 0.5 mainnet is early production / high-scrutiny — not a Core or Fulcrum replacement, not a soak badge. Run signet first, then mainnet with monitoring (OPERATOR.md). First hour on regtest (mine → Electrum → Esplora): OPERATOR.md. Finishing any one operator’s first full mainnet sync is not a gate for using or packaging this tree. 1.0 gates: docs/road-to-1.0.md.

Non-goal: powering a graphical block explorer (search boxes, address-prefix autocomplete, explorer-only catalogue APIs). Product surface: COMPAT.md.

Authorship: first-party code is AI-written (Grok / xAI) under Brandon Black (@reardencode) prompting — details in SECURITY.md. Default milestone and script skip: OPERATOR.md. Signet lab: docs/experimental-mainnet.md.

Build

Develop (any OS, Nix optional)

Nix is not required. Rust 1.95 via rustup (rust-toolchain.toml). Clone, first build, --smoke, and Windows/macOS notes: CONTRIBUTING.md (Getting started).

git clone https://github.com/reardencode/rbitcoin.git &&cd rbitcoin
cargo build -p rbitcoin-node -p rbitcoin-cli

Linux-only optional pin (nix develop / nix-shell, same flake.lock as release). Agents use a worktree branch and let Actions run workspace/coverage gates — AGENTS.md.

Portable static release (Linux operator)

Pinned nixpkgs + Cargo.lock musl static binaries. Commands and byte-identity: docs/reproducible-builds.md. Day-to-day flags: OPERATOR.md. Experimental mainnet: docs/experimental-mainnet.md.

Do not use cargo build --release inside nix-shell / nix develop as the operator binary — that links against the Nix store glibc and fails outside the store.

Crate map

CrateRole
rbitcoin-primitivesShared types / newtypes
rbitcoin-storeMap-free Class A/B/C tables (fd pread/pwrite), scripthash, bulk IO
rbitcoin-queryDomain API (archive, confirm, reconstruct, Electrum joins)
rbitcoin-consensusValidation / confirm; pure-Rust scripts; milestone = scripts only
rbitcoin-netP2P + IBD (modular ibd/), tip follow, relay
rbitcoin-mempoolCluster graph + libre admission
rbitcoin-electrumElectrum TCP server
rbitcoin-esploraEsplora REST + wallet-scoped WS (opt-in)
rbitcoin-logLeveled stderr logger
rbitcoin-rpcDocumented Core-class JSON-RPC subset (not full Core)
rbitcoin-cliCLI client
rbitcoin-nodeNode binary
rbitcoin-benchOptional Electrum/Esplora client benchmark (--features cli; not a default/musl product bin)
rbitcoin-testHigh-level test harness

Documentation

Full map (one owner per fact): docs/README.md.

AudienceStart
OperatorOPERATOR.md
Product / interopCOMPAT.md
ContributorCONTRIBUTING.md (getting started: rustup, Linux / macOS / Windows)
AgentAGENTS.md
On-diskSCHEMA.md
TestsTESTING.md

Design uniqueness: docs/architecture.md. Security contact: SECURITY.md.

What this is not

  • Production multi-tenant Electrum or “drop-in Core”
  • Wallet, mining, GUI, or pruning
  • Full Core JSON-RPC surface
  • A claim of complete mainnet script validation under the default milestone (use --milestone 0 for full scripts)
  • A multi-OS port — Linux is the supported IO target today

License

Licensed under either of:

at your option.

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

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Bitcoin full node in Rust aimed at production server-side use: multi-peer
IBD, tip follow, block/tx relay (tip mode), optional Core-class JSON-RPC, and
in-process Electrum + optional Esplora REST for wallet clients (scripthash
index via --shindex, default off; not a graphical block-explorer stack) — built
around a libbitcoin-class relational archive and a pure-Rust
consensus/script path.
0.5.1 is the current named published 0.x line (GitHub Release:
Linux musl + Windows CRT-static + Darwin aarch64). Not 1.0: schema can
still refuse a named wipe (SCHEMA.md, OPERATOR.md);
default mainnet --milestone 840000 skips historical script/sig checks
(--milestone 0 is full scripts); Electrum/Esplora need --shindex
(default off) after tip. Run signet first, then mainnet with monitoring.
Report security issues privately: SECURITY.md. Runbook:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0 (LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE)
Version0.5.1 — CHANGELOG.md
PlatformLinux musl is the operator path. Windows / Darwin are published snapshots (no IoRing; Darwin not notarized)
SecuritySECURITY.md — 0.5.x supported published line; no LTS until 1.0
Designdocs/architecture.md — why this node is different
Developrustup 1.95, no Nix — CONTRIBUTING.md
Why this node is different
Most full nodes center a UTXO set + block files (Bitcoin Core). Most Electrum
backends are external indexers of another node. rbitcoin does neither:
no UTXO set (libbitcoin-class archive), Electrum + txindex in-process.
  • ~200 GiB hot pin/annotate set (schema 17); ~700 GiB with cold inwit —
census in SCHEMA.md, --shindex costs in OPERATOR.md
  • Under ~30 h IBD on a laptop-class host with --milestone 0
  • Modest RAM during sync — no multi‑GiB dbcache pause
  • Pure-Rust consensus/scripts (nolibbitcoinconsensus)
  • Reproducible static musl for ordinary Linux hosts
Core / Fulcrum contrasts: docs/architecture.md.
Product surface: COMPAT.md. RPC subset: docs/rpc.md.
Status
Core pipelines exist (store, consensus, P2P IBD, tip follow, scripthash,
Electrum, Esplora REST, libre mempool) for the server-side / wallet-client
backend role. 0.5 mainnet is early production / high-scrutiny — not a
Core or Fulcrum replacement, not a soak badge. Run signet first, then
mainnet with monitoring (OPERATOR.md). First hour on
regtest (mine → Electrum → Esplora): OPERATOR.md.
Finishing any one operator’s first full mainnet sync is not a gate for
using or packaging this tree. 1.0 gates:
docs/road-to-1.0.md.
Non-goal: powering a graphical block explorer (search boxes,
address-prefix autocomplete, explorer-only catalogue APIs). Product surface:
COMPAT.md.
Authorship: first-party code is AI-written (Grok / xAI) under
Brandon Black (@reardencode) prompting —
details in SECURITY.md. Default milestone and script skip:
OPERATOR.md. Signet lab:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Build
Develop (any OS, Nix optional)
Nix is not required. Rust 1.95 via rustup
(rust-toolchain.toml). Clone, first build, --smoke,
and Windows/macOS notes: CONTRIBUTING.md (Getting
started).
git clone https://github.com/reardencode/rbitcoin.git &&cd rbitcoin
cargo build -p rbitcoin-node -p rbitcoin-cli
Linux-only optional pin (nix develop / nix-shell, same flake.lock as
release). Agents use a worktree branch and let Actions run workspace/coverage
gates — AGENTS.md.
Portable static release (Linux operator)
Pinned nixpkgs + Cargo.lock musl static binaries. Commands and
byte-identity: docs/reproducible-builds.md.
Day-to-day flags: OPERATOR.md. Experimental mainnet:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Do not use cargo build --release inside nix-shell / nix develop as the
operator binary — that links against the Nix store glibc and fails outside the
store.
Crate map
CrateRole
rbitcoin-primitivesShared types / newtypes
rbitcoin-storeMap-free Class A/B/C tables (fd pread/pwrite), scripthash, bulk IO
rbitcoin-queryDomain API (archive, confirm, reconstruct, Electrum joins)
rbitcoin-consensusValidation / confirm; pure-Rust scripts; milestone = scripts only
rbitcoin-netP2P + IBD (modular ibd/), tip follow, relay
rbitcoin-mempoolCluster graph + libre admission
rbitcoin-electrumElectrum TCP server
rbitcoin-esploraEsplora REST + wallet-scoped WS (opt-in)
rbitcoin-logLeveled stderr logger
rbitcoin-rpcDocumented Core-class JSON-RPC subset (not full Core)
rbitcoin-cliCLI client
rbitcoin-nodeNode binary
rbitcoin-benchOptional Electrum/Esplora client benchmark (--features cli; not a default/musl product bin)
rbitcoin-testHigh-level test harness
Documentation
Full map (one owner per fact): docs/README.md.
AudienceStart
OperatorOPERATOR.md
Product / interopCOMPAT.md
ContributorCONTRIBUTING.md (getting started: rustup, Linux / macOS / Windows)
AgentAGENTS.md
On-diskSCHEMA.md
TestsTESTING.md
Design uniqueness: docs/architecture.md.
Security contact: SECURITY.md.
What this is not
  • Production multi-tenant Electrum or “drop-in Core”
  • Wallet, mining, GUI, or pruning
  • Full Core JSON-RPC surface
  • A claim of complete mainnet script validation under the default milestone
(use --milestone 0 for full scripts)
  • A multi-OS port — Linux is the supported IO target today
License
Licensed under either of:
at your option.
Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions. See
CONTRIBUTING.md.
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Bitcoin full node in Rust aimed at production server-side use: multi-peer
IBD, tip follow, block/tx relay (tip mode), optional Core-class JSON-RPC, and
in-process Electrum + optional Esplora REST for wallet clients (scripthash
index via --shindex, default off; not a graphical block-explorer stack) — built
around a libbitcoin-class relational archive and a pure-Rust
consensus/script path.
0.5.1 is the current named published 0.x line (GitHub Release:
Linux musl + Windows CRT-static + Darwin aarch64). Not 1.0: schema can
still refuse a named wipe (SCHEMA.md, OPERATOR.md);
default mainnet --milestone 840000 skips historical script/sig checks
(--milestone 0 is full scripts); Electrum/Esplora need --shindex
(default off) after tip. Run signet first, then mainnet with monitoring.
Report security issues privately: SECURITY.md. Runbook:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0 (LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE)
Version0.5.1 — CHANGELOG.md
PlatformLinux musl is the operator path. Windows / Darwin are published snapshots (no IoRing; Darwin not notarized)
SecuritySECURITY.md — 0.5.x supported published line; no LTS until 1.0
Designdocs/architecture.md — why this node is different
Developrustup 1.95, no Nix — CONTRIBUTING.md
Why this node is different
Most full nodes center a UTXO set + block files (Bitcoin Core). Most Electrum
backends are external indexers of another node. rbitcoin does neither:
no UTXO set (libbitcoin-class archive), Electrum + txindex in-process.
  • ~200 GiB hot pin/annotate set (schema 17); ~700 GiB with cold inwit —
census in SCHEMA.md, --shindex costs in OPERATOR.md
  • Under ~30 h IBD on a laptop-class host with --milestone 0
  • Modest RAM during sync — no multi‑GiB dbcache pause
  • Pure-Rust consensus/scripts (nolibbitcoinconsensus)
  • Reproducible static musl for ordinary Linux hosts
Core / Fulcrum contrasts: docs/architecture.md.
Product surface: COMPAT.md. RPC subset: docs/rpc.md.
Status
Core pipelines exist (store, consensus, P2P IBD, tip follow, scripthash,
Electrum, Esplora REST, libre mempool) for the server-side / wallet-client
backend role. 0.5 mainnet is early production / high-scrutiny — not a
Core or Fulcrum replacement, not a soak badge. Run signet first, then
mainnet with monitoring (OPERATOR.md). First hour on
regtest (mine → Electrum → Esplora): OPERATOR.md.
Finishing any one operator’s first full mainnet sync is not a gate for
using or packaging this tree. 1.0 gates:
docs/road-to-1.0.md.
Non-goal: powering a graphical block explorer (search boxes,
address-prefix autocomplete, explorer-only catalogue APIs). Product surface:
COMPAT.md.
Authorship: first-party code is AI-written (Grok / xAI) under
Brandon Black (@reardencode) prompting —
details in SECURITY.md. Default milestone and script skip:
OPERATOR.md. Signet lab:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Build
Develop (any OS, Nix optional)
Nix is not required. Rust 1.95 via rustup
(rust-toolchain.toml). Clone, first build, --smoke,
and Windows/macOS notes: CONTRIBUTING.md (Getting
started).
git clone https://github.com/reardencode/rbitcoin.git &&cd rbitcoin
cargo build -p rbitcoin-node -p rbitcoin-cli
Linux-only optional pin (nix develop / nix-shell, same flake.lock as
release). Agents use a worktree branch and let Actions run workspace/coverage
gates — AGENTS.md.
Portable static release (Linux operator)
Pinned nixpkgs + Cargo.lock musl static binaries. Commands and
byte-identity: docs/reproducible-builds.md.
Day-to-day flags: OPERATOR.md. Experimental mainnet:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Do not use cargo build --release inside nix-shell / nix develop as the
operator binary — that links against the Nix store glibc and fails outside the
store.
Crate map
CrateRole
rbitcoin-primitivesShared types / newtypes
rbitcoin-storeMap-free Class A/B/C tables (fd pread/pwrite), scripthash, bulk IO
rbitcoin-queryDomain API (archive, confirm, reconstruct, Electrum joins)
rbitcoin-consensusValidation / confirm; pure-Rust scripts; milestone = scripts only
rbitcoin-netP2P + IBD (modular ibd/), tip follow, relay
rbitcoin-mempoolCluster graph + libre admission
rbitcoin-electrumElectrum TCP server
rbitcoin-esploraEsplora REST + wallet-scoped WS (opt-in)
rbitcoin-logLeveled stderr logger
rbitcoin-rpcDocumented Core-class JSON-RPC subset (not full Core)
rbitcoin-cliCLI client
rbitcoin-nodeNode binary
rbitcoin-benchOptional Electrum/Esplora client benchmark (--features cli; not a default/musl product bin)
rbitcoin-testHigh-level test harness
Documentation
Full map (one owner per fact): docs/README.md.
AudienceStart
OperatorOPERATOR.md
Product / interopCOMPAT.md
ContributorCONTRIBUTING.md (getting started: rustup, Linux / macOS / Windows)
AgentAGENTS.md
On-diskSCHEMA.md
TestsTESTING.md
Design uniqueness: docs/architecture.md.
Security contact: SECURITY.md.
What this is not
  • Production multi-tenant Electrum or “drop-in Core”
  • Wallet, mining, GUI, or pruning
  • Full Core JSON-RPC surface
  • A claim of complete mainnet script validation under the default milestone
(use --milestone 0 for full scripts)
  • A multi-OS port — Linux is the supported IO target today
License
Licensed under either of:
at your option.
Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions. See
CONTRIBUTING.md.
About
Bitcoin full node in Rust: map-free relational archive, pure-Rust consensus, multi-peer IBD, Electrum for wallet backends
Topics
bitcoinbitcoin-core-alternativeelectrumfull-nodep2prust
Resources
Readme
Contributing
Contributing
Security policy
Security policy
Activity
Stars
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Bitcoin full node in Rust aimed at production server-side use: multi-peer
IBD, tip follow, block/tx relay (tip mode), optional Core-class JSON-RPC, and
in-process Electrum + optional Esplora REST for wallet clients (scripthash
index via --shindex, default off; not a graphical block-explorer stack) — built
around a libbitcoin-class relational archive and a pure-Rust
consensus/script path.
0.5.1 is the current named published 0.x line (GitHub Release:
Linux musl + Windows CRT-static + Darwin aarch64). Not 1.0: schema can
still refuse a named wipe (SCHEMA.md, OPERATOR.md);
default mainnet --milestone 840000 skips historical script/sig checks
(--milestone 0 is full scripts); Electrum/Esplora need --shindex
(default off) after tip. Run signet first, then mainnet with monitoring.
Report security issues privately: SECURITY.md. Runbook:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0 (LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE)
Version0.5.1 — CHANGELOG.md
PlatformLinux musl is the operator path. Windows / Darwin are published snapshots (no IoRing; Darwin not notarized)
SecuritySECURITY.md — 0.5.x supported published line; no LTS until 1.0
Designdocs/architecture.md — why this node is different
Developrustup 1.95, no Nix — CONTRIBUTING.md
Why this node is different
Most full nodes center a UTXO set + block files (Bitcoin Core). Most Electrum
backends are external indexers of another node. rbitcoin does neither:
no UTXO set (libbitcoin-class archive), Electrum + txindex in-process.
  • ~200 GiB hot pin/annotate set (schema 17); ~700 GiB with cold inwit —
census in SCHEMA.md, --shindex costs in OPERATOR.md
  • Under ~30 h IBD on a laptop-class host with --milestone 0
  • Modest RAM during sync — no multi‑GiB dbcache pause
  • Pure-Rust consensus/scripts (nolibbitcoinconsensus)
  • Reproducible static musl for ordinary Linux hosts
Core / Fulcrum contrasts: docs/architecture.md.
Product surface: COMPAT.md. RPC subset: docs/rpc.md.
Status
Core pipelines exist (store, consensus, P2P IBD, tip follow, scripthash,
Electrum, Esplora REST, libre mempool) for the server-side / wallet-client
backend role. 0.5 mainnet is early production / high-scrutiny — not a
Core or Fulcrum replacement, not a soak badge. Run signet first, then
mainnet with monitoring (OPERATOR.md). First hour on
regtest (mine → Electrum → Esplora): OPERATOR.md.
Finishing any one operator’s first full mainnet sync is not a gate for
using or packaging this tree. 1.0 gates:
docs/road-to-1.0.md.
Non-goal: powering a graphical block explorer (search boxes,
address-prefix autocomplete, explorer-only catalogue APIs). Product surface:
COMPAT.md.
Authorship: first-party code is AI-written (Grok / xAI) under
Brandon Black (@reardencode) prompting —
details in SECURITY.md. Default milestone and script skip:
OPERATOR.md. Signet lab:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Build
Develop (any OS, Nix optional)
Nix is not required. Rust 1.95 via rustup
(rust-toolchain.toml). Clone, first build, --smoke,
and Windows/macOS notes: CONTRIBUTING.md (Getting
started).
git clone https://github.com/reardencode/rbitcoin.git &&cd rbitcoin
cargo build -p rbitcoin-node -p rbitcoin-cli
Linux-only optional pin (nix develop / nix-shell, same flake.lock as
release). Agents use a worktree branch and let Actions run workspace/coverage
gates — AGENTS.md.
Portable static release (Linux operator)
Pinned nixpkgs + Cargo.lock musl static binaries. Commands and
byte-identity: docs/reproducible-builds.md.
Day-to-day flags: OPERATOR.md. Experimental mainnet:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Do not use cargo build --release inside nix-shell / nix develop as the
operator binary — that links against the Nix store glibc and fails outside the
store.
Crate map
CrateRole
rbitcoin-primitivesShared types / newtypes
rbitcoin-storeMap-free Class A/B/C tables (fd pread/pwrite), scripthash, bulk IO
rbitcoin-queryDomain API (archive, confirm, reconstruct, Electrum joins)
rbitcoin-consensusValidation / confirm; pure-Rust scripts; milestone = scripts only
rbitcoin-netP2P + IBD (modular ibd/), tip follow, relay
rbitcoin-mempoolCluster graph + libre admission
rbitcoin-electrumElectrum TCP server
rbitcoin-esploraEsplora REST + wallet-scoped WS (opt-in)
rbitcoin-logLeveled stderr logger
rbitcoin-rpcDocumented Core-class JSON-RPC subset (not full Core)
rbitcoin-cliCLI client
rbitcoin-nodeNode binary
rbitcoin-benchOptional Electrum/Esplora client benchmark (--features cli; not a default/musl product bin)
rbitcoin-testHigh-level test harness
Documentation
Full map (one owner per fact): docs/README.md.
AudienceStart
OperatorOPERATOR.md
Product / interopCOMPAT.md
ContributorCONTRIBUTING.md (getting started: rustup, Linux / macOS / Windows)
AgentAGENTS.md
On-diskSCHEMA.md
TestsTESTING.md
Design uniqueness: docs/architecture.md.
Security contact: SECURITY.md.
What this is not
  • Production multi-tenant Electrum or “drop-in Core”
  • Wallet, mining, GUI, or pruning
  • Full Core JSON-RPC surface
  • A claim of complete mainnet script validation under the default milestone
(use --milestone 0 for full scripts)
  • A multi-OS port — Linux is the supported IO target today
License
Licensed under either of:
at your option.
Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions. See
CONTRIBUTING.md.
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Bitcoin full node in Rust aimed at production server-side use: multi-peer
IBD, tip follow, block/tx relay (tip mode), optional Core-class JSON-RPC, and
in-process Electrum + optional Esplora REST for wallet clients (scripthash
index via --shindex, default off; not a graphical block-explorer stack) — built
around a libbitcoin-class relational archive and a pure-Rust
consensus/script path.
0.5.1 is the current named published 0.x line (GitHub Release:
Linux musl + Windows CRT-static + Darwin aarch64). Not 1.0: schema can
still refuse a named wipe (SCHEMA.md, OPERATOR.md);
default mainnet --milestone 840000 skips historical script/sig checks
(--milestone 0 is full scripts); Electrum/Esplora need --shindex
(default off) after tip. Run signet first, then mainnet with monitoring.
Report security issues privately: SECURITY.md. Runbook:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0 (LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE)
Version0.5.1 — CHANGELOG.md
PlatformLinux musl is the operator path. Windows / Darwin are published snapshots (no IoRing; Darwin not notarized)
SecuritySECURITY.md — 0.5.x supported published line; no LTS until 1.0
Designdocs/architecture.md — why this node is different
Developrustup 1.95, no Nix — CONTRIBUTING.md
Why this node is different
Most full nodes center a UTXO set + block files (Bitcoin Core). Most Electrum
backends are external indexers of another node. rbitcoin does neither:
no UTXO set (libbitcoin-class archive), Electrum + txindex in-process.
  • ~200 GiB hot pin/annotate set (schema 17); ~700 GiB with cold inwit —
census in SCHEMA.md, --shindex costs in OPERATOR.md
  • Under ~30 h IBD on a laptop-class host with --milestone 0
  • Modest RAM during sync — no multi‑GiB dbcache pause
  • Pure-Rust consensus/scripts (nolibbitcoinconsensus)
  • Reproducible static musl for ordinary Linux hosts
Core / Fulcrum contrasts: docs/architecture.md.
Product surface: COMPAT.md. RPC subset: docs/rpc.md.
Status
Core pipelines exist (store, consensus, P2P IBD, tip follow, scripthash,
Electrum, Esplora REST, libre mempool) for the server-side / wallet-client
backend role. 0.5 mainnet is early production / high-scrutiny — not a
Core or Fulcrum replacement, not a soak badge. Run signet first, then
mainnet with monitoring (OPERATOR.md). First hour on
regtest (mine → Electrum → Esplora): OPERATOR.md.
Finishing any one operator’s first full mainnet sync is not a gate for
using or packaging this tree. 1.0 gates:
docs/road-to-1.0.md.
Non-goal: powering a graphical block explorer (search boxes,
address-prefix autocomplete, explorer-only catalogue APIs). Product surface:
COMPAT.md.
Authorship: first-party code is AI-written (Grok / xAI) under
Brandon Black (@reardencode) prompting —
details in SECURITY.md. Default milestone and script skip:
OPERATOR.md. Signet lab:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Build
Develop (any OS, Nix optional)
Nix is not required. Rust 1.95 via rustup
(rust-toolchain.toml). Clone, first build, --smoke,
and Windows/macOS notes: CONTRIBUTING.md (Getting
started).
git clone https://github.com/reardencode/rbitcoin.git &&cd rbitcoin
cargo build -p rbitcoin-node -p rbitcoin-cli
Linux-only optional pin (nix develop / nix-shell, same flake.lock as
release). Agents use a worktree branch and let Actions run workspace/coverage
gates — AGENTS.md.
Portable static release (Linux operator)
Pinned nixpkgs + Cargo.lock musl static binaries. Commands and
byte-identity: docs/reproducible-builds.md.
Day-to-day flags: OPERATOR.md. Experimental mainnet:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Do not use cargo build --release inside nix-shell / nix develop as the
operator binary — that links against the Nix store glibc and fails outside the
store.
Crate map
CrateRole
rbitcoin-primitivesShared types / newtypes
rbitcoin-storeMap-free Class A/B/C tables (fd pread/pwrite), scripthash, bulk IO
rbitcoin-queryDomain API (archive, confirm, reconstruct, Electrum joins)
rbitcoin-consensusValidation / confirm; pure-Rust scripts; milestone = scripts only
rbitcoin-netP2P + IBD (modular ibd/), tip follow, relay
rbitcoin-mempoolCluster graph + libre admission
rbitcoin-electrumElectrum TCP server
rbitcoin-esploraEsplora REST + wallet-scoped WS (opt-in)
rbitcoin-logLeveled stderr logger
rbitcoin-rpcDocumented Core-class JSON-RPC subset (not full Core)
rbitcoin-cliCLI client
rbitcoin-nodeNode binary
rbitcoin-benchOptional Electrum/Esplora client benchmark (--features cli; not a default/musl product bin)
rbitcoin-testHigh-level test harness
Documentation
Full map (one owner per fact): docs/README.md.
AudienceStart
OperatorOPERATOR.md
Product / interopCOMPAT.md
ContributorCONTRIBUTING.md (getting started: rustup, Linux / macOS / Windows)
AgentAGENTS.md
On-diskSCHEMA.md
TestsTESTING.md
Design uniqueness: docs/architecture.md.
Security contact: SECURITY.md.
What this is not
  • Production multi-tenant Electrum or “drop-in Core”
  • Wallet, mining, GUI, or pruning
  • Full Core JSON-RPC surface
  • A claim of complete mainnet script validation under the default milestone
(use --milestone 0 for full scripts)
  • A multi-OS port — Linux is the supported IO target today
License
Licensed under either of:
at your option.
Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions. See
CONTRIBUTING.md.
About
Bitcoin full node in Rust: map-free relational archive, pure-Rust consensus, multi-peer IBD, Electrum for wallet backends
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Bitcoin full node in Rust aimed at production server-side use: multi-peer
IBD, tip follow, block/tx relay (tip mode), optional Core-class JSON-RPC, and
in-process Electrum + optional Esplora REST for wallet clients (scripthash
index via --shindex, default off; not a graphical block-explorer stack) — built
around a libbitcoin-class relational archive and a pure-Rust
consensus/script path.
0.5.1 is the current named published 0.x line (GitHub Release:
Linux musl + Windows CRT-static + Darwin aarch64). Not 1.0: schema can
still refuse a named wipe (SCHEMA.md, OPERATOR.md);
default mainnet --milestone 840000 skips historical script/sig checks
(--milestone 0 is full scripts); Electrum/Esplora need --shindex
(default off) after tip. Run signet first, then mainnet with monitoring.
Report security issues privately: SECURITY.md. Runbook:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0 (LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE)
Version0.5.1 — CHANGELOG.md
PlatformLinux musl is the operator path. Windows / Darwin are published snapshots (no IoRing; Darwin not notarized)
SecuritySECURITY.md — 0.5.x supported published line; no LTS until 1.0
Designdocs/architecture.md — why this node is different
Developrustup 1.95, no Nix — CONTRIBUTING.md
Why this node is different
Most full nodes center a UTXO set + block files (Bitcoin Core). Most Electrum
backends are external indexers of another node. rbitcoin does neither:
no UTXO set (libbitcoin-class archive), Electrum + txindex in-process.
  • ~200 GiB hot pin/annotate set (schema 17); ~700 GiB with cold inwit —
census in SCHEMA.md, --shindex costs in OPERATOR.md
  • Under ~30 h IBD on a laptop-class host with --milestone 0
  • Modest RAM during sync — no multi‑GiB dbcache pause
  • Pure-Rust consensus/scripts (nolibbitcoinconsensus)
  • Reproducible static musl for ordinary Linux hosts
Core / Fulcrum contrasts: docs/architecture.md.
Product surface: COMPAT.md. RPC subset: docs/rpc.md.
Status
Core pipelines exist (store, consensus, P2P IBD, tip follow, scripthash,
Electrum, Esplora REST, libre mempool) for the server-side / wallet-client
backend role. 0.5 mainnet is early production / high-scrutiny — not a
Core or Fulcrum replacement, not a soak badge. Run signet first, then
mainnet with monitoring (OPERATOR.md). First hour on
regtest (mine → Electrum → Esplora): OPERATOR.md.
Finishing any one operator’s first full mainnet sync is not a gate for
using or packaging this tree. 1.0 gates:
docs/road-to-1.0.md.
Non-goal: powering a graphical block explorer (search boxes,
address-prefix autocomplete, explorer-only catalogue APIs). Product surface:
COMPAT.md.
Authorship: first-party code is AI-written (Grok / xAI) under
Brandon Black (@reardencode) prompting —
details in SECURITY.md. Default milestone and script skip:
OPERATOR.md. Signet lab:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Build
Develop (any OS, Nix optional)
Nix is not required. Rust 1.95 via rustup
(rust-toolchain.toml). Clone, first build, --smoke,
and Windows/macOS notes: CONTRIBUTING.md (Getting
started).
git clone https://github.com/reardencode/rbitcoin.git &&cd rbitcoin
cargo build -p rbitcoin-node -p rbitcoin-cli
Linux-only optional pin (nix develop / nix-shell, same flake.lock as
release). Agents use a worktree branch and let Actions run workspace/coverage
gates — AGENTS.md.
Portable static release (Linux operator)
Pinned nixpkgs + Cargo.lock musl static binaries. Commands and
byte-identity: docs/reproducible-builds.md.
Day-to-day flags: OPERATOR.md. Experimental mainnet:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Do not use cargo build --release inside nix-shell / nix develop as the
operator binary — that links against the Nix store glibc and fails outside the
store.
Crate map
CrateRole
rbitcoin-primitivesShared types / newtypes
rbitcoin-storeMap-free Class A/B/C tables (fd pread/pwrite), scripthash, bulk IO
rbitcoin-queryDomain API (archive, confirm, reconstruct, Electrum joins)
rbitcoin-consensusValidation / confirm; pure-Rust scripts; milestone = scripts only
rbitcoin-netP2P + IBD (modular ibd/), tip follow, relay
rbitcoin-mempoolCluster graph + libre admission
rbitcoin-electrumElectrum TCP server
rbitcoin-esploraEsplora REST + wallet-scoped WS (opt-in)
rbitcoin-logLeveled stderr logger
rbitcoin-rpcDocumented Core-class JSON-RPC subset (not full Core)
rbitcoin-cliCLI client
rbitcoin-nodeNode binary
rbitcoin-benchOptional Electrum/Esplora client benchmark (--features cli; not a default/musl product bin)
rbitcoin-testHigh-level test harness
Documentation
Full map (one owner per fact): docs/README.md.
AudienceStart
OperatorOPERATOR.md
Product / interopCOMPAT.md
ContributorCONTRIBUTING.md (getting started: rustup, Linux / macOS / Windows)
AgentAGENTS.md
On-diskSCHEMA.md
TestsTESTING.md
Design uniqueness: docs/architecture.md.
Security contact: SECURITY.md.
What this is not
  • Production multi-tenant Electrum or “drop-in Core”
  • Wallet, mining, GUI, or pruning
  • Full Core JSON-RPC surface
  • A claim of complete mainnet script validation under the default milestone
(use --milestone 0 for full scripts)
  • A multi-OS port — Linux is the supported IO target today
License
Licensed under either of:
at your option.
Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions. See
CONTRIBUTING.md.
About
Bitcoin full node in Rust: map-free relational archive, pure-Rust consensus, multi-peer IBD, Electrum for wallet backends
Topics
bitcoinbitcoin-core-alternativeelectrumfull-nodep2prust
Resources
Readme
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IBD, tip follow, block/tx relay (tip mode), optional Core-class JSON-RPC, and
in-process Electrum + optional Esplora REST for wallet clients (scripthash
index via --shindex, default off; not a graphical block-explorer stack) — built
around a libbitcoin-class relational archive and a pure-Rust
consensus/script path.
0.5.1 is the current named published 0.x line (GitHub Release:
Linux musl + Windows CRT-static + Darwin aarch64). Not 1.0: schema can
still refuse a named wipe (SCHEMA.md, OPERATOR.md);
default mainnet --milestone 840000 skips historical script/sig checks
(--milestone 0 is full scripts); Electrum/Esplora need --shindex
(default off) after tip. Run signet first, then mainnet with monitoring.
Report security issues privately: SECURITY.md. Runbook:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0 (LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE)
Version0.5.1 — CHANGELOG.md
PlatformLinux musl is the operator path. Windows / Darwin are published snapshots (no IoRing; Darwin not notarized)
SecuritySECURITY.md — 0.5.x supported published line; no LTS until 1.0
Designdocs/architecture.md — why this node is different
Developrustup 1.95, no Nix — CONTRIBUTING.md
Why this node is different
Most full nodes center a UTXO set + block files (Bitcoin Core). Most Electrum
backends are external indexers of another node. rbitcoin does neither:
no UTXO set (libbitcoin-class archive), Electrum + txindex in-process.
  • ~200 GiB hot pin/annotate set (schema 17); ~700 GiB with cold inwit —
census in SCHEMA.md, --shindex costs in OPERATOR.md
  • Under ~30 h IBD on a laptop-class host with --milestone 0
  • Modest RAM during sync — no multi‑GiB dbcache pause
  • Pure-Rust consensus/scripts (nolibbitcoinconsensus)
  • Reproducible static musl for ordinary Linux hosts
Core / Fulcrum contrasts: docs/architecture.md.
Product surface: COMPAT.md. RPC subset: docs/rpc.md.
Status
Core pipelines exist (store, consensus, P2P IBD, tip follow, scripthash,
Electrum, Esplora REST, libre mempool) for the server-side / wallet-client
backend role. 0.5 mainnet is early production / high-scrutiny — not a
Core or Fulcrum replacement, not a soak badge. Run signet first, then
mainnet with monitoring (OPERATOR.md). First hour on
regtest (mine → Electrum → Esplora): OPERATOR.md.
Finishing any one operator’s first full mainnet sync is not a gate for
using or packaging this tree. 1.0 gates:
docs/road-to-1.0.md.
Non-goal: powering a graphical block explorer (search boxes,
address-prefix autocomplete, explorer-only catalogue APIs). Product surface:
COMPAT.md.
Authorship: first-party code is AI-written (Grok / xAI) under
Brandon Black (@reardencode) prompting —
details in SECURITY.md. Default milestone and script skip:
OPERATOR.md. Signet lab:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Build
Develop (any OS, Nix optional)
Nix is not required. Rust 1.95 via rustup
(rust-toolchain.toml). Clone, first build, --smoke,
and Windows/macOS notes: CONTRIBUTING.md (Getting
started).
git clone https://github.com/reardencode/rbitcoin.git &&cd rbitcoin
cargo build -p rbitcoin-node -p rbitcoin-cli
Linux-only optional pin (nix develop / nix-shell, same flake.lock as
release). Agents use a worktree branch and let Actions run workspace/coverage
gates — AGENTS.md.
Portable static release (Linux operator)
Pinned nixpkgs + Cargo.lock musl static binaries. Commands and
byte-identity: docs/reproducible-builds.md.
Day-to-day flags: OPERATOR.md. Experimental mainnet:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Do not use cargo build --release inside nix-shell / nix develop as the
operator binary — that links against the Nix store glibc and fails outside the
store.
Crate map
CrateRole
rbitcoin-primitivesShared types / newtypes
rbitcoin-storeMap-free Class A/B/C tables (fd pread/pwrite), scripthash, bulk IO
rbitcoin-queryDomain API (archive, confirm, reconstruct, Electrum joins)
rbitcoin-consensusValidation / confirm; pure-Rust scripts; milestone = scripts only
rbitcoin-netP2P + IBD (modular ibd/), tip follow, relay
rbitcoin-mempoolCluster graph + libre admission
rbitcoin-electrumElectrum TCP server
rbitcoin-esploraEsplora REST + wallet-scoped WS (opt-in)
rbitcoin-logLeveled stderr logger
rbitcoin-rpcDocumented Core-class JSON-RPC subset (not full Core)
rbitcoin-cliCLI client
rbitcoin-nodeNode binary
rbitcoin-benchOptional Electrum/Esplora client benchmark (--features cli; not a default/musl product bin)
rbitcoin-testHigh-level test harness
Documentation
Full map (one owner per fact): docs/README.md.
AudienceStart
OperatorOPERATOR.md
Product / interopCOMPAT.md
ContributorCONTRIBUTING.md (getting started: rustup, Linux / macOS / Windows)
AgentAGENTS.md
On-diskSCHEMA.md
TestsTESTING.md
Design uniqueness: docs/architecture.md.
Security contact: SECURITY.md.
What this is not
  • Production multi-tenant Electrum or “drop-in Core”
  • Wallet, mining, GUI, or pruning
  • Full Core JSON-RPC surface
  • A claim of complete mainnet script validation under the default milestone
(use --milestone 0 for full scripts)
  • A multi-OS port — Linux is the supported IO target today
License
Licensed under either of:
at your option.
Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions. See
CONTRIBUTING.md.
About
Bitcoin full node in Rust: map-free relational archive, pure-Rust consensus, multi-peer IBD, Electrum for wallet backends
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bitcoinbitcoin-core-alternativeelectrumfull-nodep2prust
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rbitcoin
Bitcoin full node in Rust aimed at production server-side use: multi-peer
IBD, tip follow, block/tx relay (tip mode), optional Core-class JSON-RPC, and
in-process Electrum + optional Esplora REST for wallet clients (scripthash
index via --shindex, default off; not a graphical block-explorer stack) — built
around a libbitcoin-class relational archive and a pure-Rust
consensus/script path.
0.5.1 is the current named published 0.x line (GitHub Release:
Linux musl + Windows CRT-static + Darwin aarch64). Not 1.0: schema can
still refuse a named wipe (SCHEMA.md, OPERATOR.md);
default mainnet --milestone 840000 skips historical script/sig checks
(--milestone 0 is full scripts); Electrum/Esplora need --shindex
(default off) after tip. Run signet first, then mainnet with monitoring.
Report security issues privately: SECURITY.md. Runbook:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0 (LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE)
Version0.5.1 — CHANGELOG.md
PlatformLinux musl is the operator path. Windows / Darwin are published snapshots (no IoRing; Darwin not notarized)
SecuritySECURITY.md — 0.5.x supported published line; no LTS until 1.0
Designdocs/architecture.md — why this node is different
Developrustup 1.95, no Nix — CONTRIBUTING.md
Why this node is different
Most full nodes center a UTXO set + block files (Bitcoin Core). Most Electrum
backends are external indexers of another node. rbitcoin does neither:
no UTXO set (libbitcoin-class archive), Electrum + txindex in-process.
  • ~200 GiB hot pin/annotate set (schema 17); ~700 GiB with cold inwit —
census in SCHEMA.md, --shindex costs in OPERATOR.md
  • Under ~30 h IBD on a laptop-class host with --milestone 0
  • Modest RAM during sync — no multi‑GiB dbcache pause
  • Pure-Rust consensus/scripts (nolibbitcoinconsensus)
  • Reproducible static musl for ordinary Linux hosts
Core / Fulcrum contrasts: docs/architecture.md.
Product surface: COMPAT.md. RPC subset: docs/rpc.md.
Status
Core pipelines exist (store, consensus, P2P IBD, tip follow, scripthash,
Electrum, Esplora REST, libre mempool) for the server-side / wallet-client
backend role. 0.5 mainnet is early production / high-scrutiny — not a
Core or Fulcrum replacement, not a soak badge. Run signet first, then
mainnet with monitoring (OPERATOR.md). First hour on
regtest (mine → Electrum → Esplora): OPERATOR.md.
Finishing any one operator’s first full mainnet sync is not a gate for
using or packaging this tree. 1.0 gates:
docs/road-to-1.0.md.
Non-goal: powering a graphical block explorer (search boxes,
address-prefix autocomplete, explorer-only catalogue APIs). Product surface:
COMPAT.md.
Authorship: first-party code is AI-written (Grok / xAI) under
Brandon Black (@reardencode) prompting —
details in SECURITY.md. Default milestone and script skip:
OPERATOR.md. Signet lab:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Build
Develop (any OS, Nix optional)
Nix is not required. Rust 1.95 via rustup
(rust-toolchain.toml). Clone, first build, --smoke,
and Windows/macOS notes: CONTRIBUTING.md (Getting
started).
git clone https://github.com/reardencode/rbitcoin.git &&cd rbitcoin
cargo build -p rbitcoin-node -p rbitcoin-cli
Linux-only optional pin (nix develop / nix-shell, same flake.lock as
release). Agents use a worktree branch and let Actions run workspace/coverage
gates — AGENTS.md.
Portable static release (Linux operator)
Pinned nixpkgs + Cargo.lock musl static binaries. Commands and
byte-identity: docs/reproducible-builds.md.
Day-to-day flags: OPERATOR.md. Experimental mainnet:
docs/experimental-mainnet.md.
Do not use cargo build --release inside nix-shell / nix develop as the
operator binary — that links against the Nix store glibc and fails outside the
store.
Crate map
CrateRole
rbitcoin-primitivesShared types / newtypes
rbitcoin-storeMap-free Class A/B/C tables (fd pread/pwrite), scripthash, bulk IO
rbitcoin-queryDomain API (archive, confirm, reconstruct, Electrum joins)
rbitcoin-consensusValidation / confirm; pure-Rust scripts; milestone = scripts only
rbitcoin-netP2P + IBD (modular ibd/), tip follow, relay
rbitcoin-mempoolCluster graph + libre admission
rbitcoin-electrumElectrum TCP server
rbitcoin-esploraEsplora REST + wallet-scoped WS (opt-in)
rbitcoin-logLeveled stderr logger
rbitcoin-rpcDocumented Core-class JSON-RPC subset (not full Core)
rbitcoin-cliCLI client
rbitcoin-nodeNode binary
rbitcoin-benchOptional Electrum/Esplora client benchmark (--features cli; not a default/musl product bin)
rbitcoin-testHigh-level test harness
Documentation
Full map (one owner per fact): docs/README.md.
AudienceStart
OperatorOPERATOR.md
Product / interopCOMPAT.md
ContributorCONTRIBUTING.md (getting started: rustup, Linux / macOS / Windows)
AgentAGENTS.md
On-diskSCHEMA.md
TestsTESTING.md
Design uniqueness: docs/architecture.md.
Security contact: SECURITY.md.
What this is not
  • Production multi-tenant Electrum or “drop-in Core”
  • Wallet, mining, GUI, or pruning
  • Full Core JSON-RPC surface
  • A claim of complete mainnet script validation under the default milestone
(use --milestone 0 for full scripts)
  • A multi-OS port — Linux is the supported IO target today
License
Licensed under either of:
at your option.
Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions. See
CONTRIBUTING.md.
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