The node combines network and store, to download, validate, and index the blockchain and unconfirmed transactions. Blocks are downloaded and validated concurrently, while a sequence of chasers advances the chain in order.
1. The library#
| Repository | libbitcoin-node |
| Depends on | libbitcoin-database, libbitcoin-network |
| Used by | libbitcoin-server |
| Header | <bitcoin/node.hpp> |
| Namespace | libbitcoin::node |
| Package | libbitcoin-node (pkg-config) |
| License | AGPL with a lesser clause |