Author: Michael Grønager 2012-02-27 21:03:27
Published on: 2012-02-27T21:03:27+00:00
The conversation in the email thread revolves around issues related to the Bitcoin client. One user reported an empty response when testing the client using a certain command, leading them to believe that the default account needed to be initialized. Another user encountered a problem where the default account was not listed in the output of "listaccounts". Additionally, one user had difficulty compiling libcoin under Ubuntu 11.04 and sought advice. Another user suggested upgrading the libboost-dev-all library to version 1.46.1 to fix the issue.The email thread begins with Thiago reporting an error related to the 'libcoin' crypto currency library based on the bitcoin/bitcoin "Satoshi" client released by Ceptacle. Michael Gronager, Director at Ceptacle, announced the release of the first version of libcoin which maintains a version of bitcoind that is 100% compatible with the bitcoin/bitcoind client. According to Gronager, the libcoin/bitcoind client downloads the entire block chain 3.5 times faster than the bitcoin/bitcoind client. The build system of libcoin is based on CMake and supports builds of static and dynamic libraries on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.Gronager also mentioned that the Satoshi client code has been completely refactored, properly encapsulating classes, removing all globals, and moving from threads and mutexes to a pure asynchronous approach. Functionalities have been divided into logical units and libraries, minimizing dependencies for thin clients. The libcoin license is LGPL v. 3, allowing its use in open source as well as commercial projects, but improvements should go back into the libcoin library.Links to read more on libcoin, join libcoin on Twitter, and download "libcoin Satoshi release" are provided. The email signature of Michael Gronager, PhD, Director at Ceptacle, is repeated at the end.
Updated on: 2023-06-05T02:58:13.072363+00:00