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In "Does running an alternative full node implementation benefit the Bitcoin network?", I asked about running an alternative full node implementation for the benefit of the Bitcoin network.
What is the current status of different alternative full node implementations with regard to
- maturity (alpha/beta/stable)
- performance
- compatibility tests
- code review
- suitability for different purposes:
- experimentation
- merchants
- as a wallet
- as a lightweight wallet back-end
- solely for the benefit of the network?
Update: Moved the list of implementations into an answer.
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This question requires a good answer to be too long for this format. However, I think the Client overview page of the bitcoin.it-wiki might be at least partially what you are looking for.
– Murch – 2013-10-07T11:42:43.503@Murch You must consider that StackExchange answers usually appear first and foremost while searching, and that an answer here might attract more interest than a blog post could. The SE format is rich enough, I guess the limitations are engagement and expertise - i.e., nobody cares, or who cares doesn't know. – Bruno Kim – 2014-02-21T11:52:09.303
@BrunoKim Correct. Unfortunately, engagement on the Bitcoin.SE is somewhat at a low, so I would expect information that has to be constantly updated to fall behind quickly, i.e. in this case I think it is better to link to the bitcoin wiki (not a blog post) instead of duplicating their effort. – Murch – 2014-02-21T13:50:56.293
@Murch I couldn't find any wiki page on bitcoin.it about full node implementations, and the tables there don't seem to have a column for that either. In your opinion, should I create a list of full node implementations on the wiki instead of maintaining this list here? – akaihola – 2014-02-22T20:38:40.470
Well, if someone starts doing it here, that would be marvelous of course, I was just thinking that there might be more people using bitcoin.it actively than bitcoin.SE.
However, I am not sure, are you currently collecting information in the Question? It might be better if you created an answer instead for the answer part. :) If you need help, I am up for it, I usually hang out in the Bitcoin chat when I am online. – Murch – 2014-02-22T23:30:58.600
The answer to this question will change radically over time, (and may actually be opinion-driven,) so I don't think this is a good place for this question. – BraveNewCurrency – 2014-03-16T17:41:07.257
In any case, the answer part of the question would make a good start for an answer. – Murch – 2014-03-19T21:38:32.483
It's not an answer, but I requested to be able to do my Masters Thesis about Bitcoin and if my proposal is accepted, I will be building a full node implementation in Dart. I've been building a Dart Bitcoin library for the last few months.
– Steven Roose – 2014-05-10T15:49:06.617