May 25 2023 31 mins 28
Alekos Filini and Daniela Brozzoni visit the podcast to discuss the Bitcoin Development Kit (BDK). Hang out with them on the BDK Discord.
We cover:
How BDK started (00:48)
Why is it named BDK and not the Magical Bitcoin Library? (2:10)
The first users of BDK (3:30)
Rust HWI (4:20)
Built around descriptors (7:15)
The ideal use case of BDK (7:30)
Pain points (9:05)
Why do devs keep building wallets from scratch? (10:05)
Greenwallet (13:03)
If you have a working wallet, should you switch to BDK? (16:25)
HWI complaints (see Python) (17:41)
BDK 1.0 release features (22:31)
- Sync
- Planning module
