From 91fe15573c6babcee77e2598223027c4d0c3146f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Jeffrey <chjjeffrey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 09:43:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] readme: improve readme.

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 # BCoin
 
-Just a bike-shed.
+**BCoin** is a bitcoin client which implements [BIP-37][1]. It can track
+transactions, public keys, and public key hashes (bitcoin addresses) without
+saving the entire blockchain to disk. This means you can have a wallet with a
+synchronized balance and send and receive payments without keeping track of a
+20GB database.
 
-#### LICENSE
+BCoin is implemented in *pure* javascript, and is browserify-able (this means
+compiling a binding to an ECDSA library is not even required for node.js).
+
+**NOTE**: BCoin is also in the process of supporting the original (pre-bip37)
+satoshi protocol, which will also optionally give the user the ability download
+the entire blockchain.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+``` js
+var bcoin = require('bcoin');
+var net = require('net');
+
+// Standard bitcoin seeds
+var seeds = [
+  'seed.bitcoin.sipa.be',
+  'dnsseed.bluematt.me',
+  'dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org',
+  'seed.bitcoinstats.com',
+  'seed.bitnodes.io',
+  'bitseed.xf2.org'
+];
+
+var index = 0;
+var pool = new bcoin.pool({
+  // Number of peers allowed
+  size: 32,
+  // This function must return a socket that supports the standard
+  // node socket model: `write()`, `destroy()` `on('data')`, etc.
+  createConnection: function() {
+    if (index >= seeds.length) {
+      index = 0;
+    }
+
+    var addr = seeds[index++];
+    var parts = addr.split(':');
+    var host = parts[0];
+    var port = +parts[1] || 8333;
+    var socket = net.connect(port, host);
+
+    socket.on('connect', function() {
+      console.log('Connected to %s:%d', host, port);
+    });
+
+    return socket;
+  },
+  // Storage DB for transactions and wallet, must support
+  // the levelup `put`/`del`/`createReadStream` methods.
+  storage: require('levelup')(process.env.HOME + '/.bcoin', {
+    db: require('leveldown'),
+    valueEncoding: 'json'
+  })
+});
+
+// Receive the address of another peer.
+pool.on('addr', function(data, peer) {
+  var host = data.ipv4 + ':' + data.port;
+  if (!~seeds.indexOf(host)) {
+    console.log('Found new peer: %s', host);
+    seeds.push(host);
+  }
+});
+
+// Receive a block.
+pool.on('block', function(block, peer) {
+  var hash = bcoin.utils.revHex(block.hash('hex'));
+  var ip = peer.socket.remoteAddress;
+  console.log(block);
+  console.log('Received block %s from %s.', hash, ip);
+  // Add tx hashes to our bloom filter. They're not useful if they're not our
+  // own, but what the hell: let's see what's going on in the world of bitcoin.
+  block.tx.forEach(function(hash) {
+    pool.watch(hash);
+  });
+});
+
+// Receive a transaction.
+pool.on('tx', function(tx, peer) {
+  var hash = bcoin.utils.revHex(tx.hash('hex'));
+  var ip = peer.socket.remoteAddress;
+  console.log(block);
+  console.log('Received transaction %s from %s.', hash, ip);
+});
+```
+
+## API Documentation
+
+*TODO...*
+
+## LICENSE
 
 This software is licensed under the MIT License.
 
@@ -26,3 +119,5 @@ NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
 DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
 OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
 USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+[1]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0037.mediawiki