# The Bitcoin Dev Kit
## About
The `bdk` libraries aims to provide well engineered and reviewed components for Bitcoin based applications.
It is built upon the excellent [`rust-bitcoin`] and [`rust-miniscript`] crates.
> ⚠ The Bitcoin Dev Kit developers are in the process of releasing a `v1.0` which is a fundamental re-write of how the library works.
> See for some background on this project: https://bitcoindevkit.org/blog/road-to-bdk-1/ (ignore the timeline 😁)
> For a release timeline see the [`BDK 1.0 project page`].
## Architecture
The project is split up into several crates in the `/crates` directory:
- [`bdk`](./crates/bdk): Contains the central high level `Wallet` type that is built from the low-level mechanisms provided by the other components
- [`chain`](./crates/chain): Tools for storing and indexing chain data
- [`file_store`](./crates/file_store): A (experimental) persistence backend for storing chain data in a single file.
- [`esplora`](./crates/esplora): Extends the [`esplora-client`] crate with methods to fetch chain data from an esplora HTTP server in the form that [`bdk_chain`] and `Wallet` can consume.
- [`electrum`](./crates/electrum): Extends the [`electrum-client`] crate with methods to fetch chain data from an electrum server in the form that [`bdk_chain`] and `Wallet` can consume.
Fully working examples of how to use these components are in `/example-crates`:
- [`example_cli`](./example-crates/example_cli): Library used by the `example_*` crates. Provides utilities for syncing, showing the balance, generating addresses and creating transactions without using the bdk `Wallet`.
- [`example_electrum`](./example-crates/example_electrum): A command line Bitcoin wallet application built on top of `example_cli` and the `electrum` crate. It shows the power of the bdk tools (`chain` + `file_store` + `electrum`), without depending on the main `bdk` library.
- [`wallet_esplora_blocking`](./example-crates/wallet_esplora_blocking): Uses the `Wallet` to sync and spend using the Esplora blocking interface.
- [`wallet_esplora_async`](./example-crates/wallet_esplora_async): Uses the `Wallet` to sync and spend using the Esplora asynchronous interface.
- [`wallet_electrum`](./example-crates/wallet_electrum): Uses the `Wallet` to sync and spend using Electrum.
[`BDK 1.0 project page`]: https://github.com/orgs/bitcoindevkit/projects/14
[`rust-miniscript`]: https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-miniscript
[`rust-bitcoin`]: https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin
[`esplora-client`]: https://docs.rs/esplora-client/
[`electrum-client`]: https://docs.rs/electrum-client/
[`bdk_chain`]: https://docs.rs/bdk-chain/
## Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV)
This library should compile with any combination of features with Rust 1.57.0.
To build with the MSRV you will need to pin dependencies as follows:
```shell
# log 0.4.19 has MSRV 1.60.0+
cargo update -p log --precise "0.4.18"
# tempfile 3.7.0 has MSRV 1.63.0+
cargo update -p tempfile --precise "3.6.0"
# rustls 0.21.2 has MSRV 1.60.0+
cargo update -p rustls:0.21.7 --precise "0.21.1"
# rustls 0.20.9 has MSRV 1.60.0+
cargo update -p rustls:0.20.9 --precise "0.20.8"
# tokio 1.30 has MSRV 1.63.0+
cargo update -p tokio:1.32.0 --precise "1.29.1"
# flate2 1.0.27 has MSRV 1.63.0+
cargo update -p flate2:1.0.27 --precise "1.0.26"
# reqwest 0.11.19 has MSRV 1.63.0+
cargo update -p reqwest --precise "0.11.18"
# h2 0.3.21 has MSRV 1.63.0+
cargo update -p h2 --precise "0.3.20"
# rustls-webpki has MSRV 1.60.0+
cargo update -p rustls-webpki --precise "0.100.1"
```
## License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or )
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or )
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.