Could you elaborate on what you mean when you say privacy could affect the idea of the client?

The main privacy problem around light clients is: how do you get the client to query the network without revealing exactly what it's interested in? Eg. how do I get transaction information without revealing which are my transactions?

This is the idea behind BIP 157*, which is implemented in Nakamoto. See https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP37_privacy_problems for issues around BIP37, which is implemented by some other light-clients (eg. bitcoinJ, Bread wallet..)

* BIP 157: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0157.mediawiki

1. Yeah, Tor support is something I would really like to have, but haven't had the time to look into yet. I'm also looking to integrate BIP 151 (p2p-layer encryption) as soon as it makes its way into Core.
2. The minimum rust version required is 1.47, if that's what you're asking.

Good question - the main place I've been hanging out is the #rust-bitcoin channel on freenode. There are a few core devs there who are working on rust-lightning, however it's pretty quiet. I'm yet to find a place I'd call home.

Hey all, I'm new here. I thought some of you would be interested in a new Bitcoin light-client I've been developing over the last six months. It's focused on low resource utilization and privacy, and written in Rust.

More details here: https://cloudhead.io/nakamoto/, code here: https://github.com/cloudhead/nakamoto.

Happy to answer any questions.

Thanks!