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Nimrod

Bitcoin full node in Nim

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About

A Bitcoin full node in Nim combining Python-like syntax with C-like performance, with efficient memory management and metaprogramming.

Completion 100%

Mainnet sync

Initial Block Download
91.7%
Block height
867,000
Sync rate
~1,700 blk/hr
ETA to tip
~46 hours
Test vectors
1222/1222

Tech stack

Language
Nim
Storage
RocksDB + SQLite (wallet)
Crypto
libsecp256k1 (C FFI)
Lines of code
45,616

Quick start

terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/hashhog/nimrod.git
$ cd nimrod
$ nimble build
$ ./bin/nimrod --network=mainnet

Features

✓ Wire serialization
✓ Cryptographic primitives
✓ Script interpreter
✓ P2P networking
✓ Block validation
✓ UTXO set management
✓ Header sync
✓ Block sync (IBD)
✓ Mempool
✓ RPC server
✓ Wallet
✓ Mining/block templates
✓ Script test vectors (1222/1222)
✓ Testnet4 sync
✓ Mainnet sync
✓ BIP324 v2 transport