README.md

bitmsg [WORK IN PROGRESS]

bitmsg is an alternative implementation of the bitmessage protocol.

The main difference at the moment is that it uses kaitaistruct for serialization and deserialization, and zig for cryptography and pow purposes.

Despite the implementation of important parts, it is not yet possible to demonstrate real use, but the work is in progress.

Commands

To get started, install kaitaistruct that supports serialization according to the instructions from here

Then, after changing the protocol description, you can run the following command to generate new up-to-date files for serialization and deserialization

    kaitai-struct-compiler kaitai_gen/bitmessage.ksy --read-write --target python \
        --outdir kaitai_gen/out

To clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/vitalnodo/bitmsg.git

To install kaitai struct python runtime

pip install git+https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_python_runtime.git@serialization

To build libbitmsg

cd libbitmsg
zig build

To run some tests of libbitmsg with ctypes:

python test.py

To mess with the network:

python main.py