Bitcoin full node in F#An alternative full node bitcoin implementation in F#. The source code is on GitHub and this documentation was generated directly from the code.
Introduction
This project is under development and currently in alpha stage. Generally speaking, writing a fully compliant bitcoin node is extremely hard - some think impossible. The Bitcoin project is experimental and grew organically. As a result, the Satoshi client is the de-factor standard. By far the most used client on the network, it dictates what should be accepted and what should be rejected. Even the slighest deviation can cause a fork and potential loss of funds. It should go without saying
Do not use this code in production when real funds are at stake.
A lot of effort has been put into aligning its behavior with the core client but nevertheless there are almost certainly bugs that could be exploited to cause it to deviate from the reference implementation.
That being said this code has been through the "official" block acceptance test and has run from extended period of time. It implements all the consensus rules including the bugs that are now included in the blockchain since the genesis of Bitcoin.
However, Bitcoin F# has fully validated the existing mainnet blockchain and passes all the integration tests including large reorg tests. It is also the only implementation in a functional language and comes under 2.5 kLOC, making it the smallest client too.
Refer to the project page at
https://github.com/bitcoinfs/bitcoinfs and its associated documentation at
http://bitcoinfs.github.io/bitcoinfs
