Bit
Finance and crypto
bitcoin python library
SHOW HN2017
72points
16comments
#617of 2,242 in 2017
Top 28%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Idea: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Python 3 and PyPy support
From 1 comment
Thanks for testing on pypy and for supporting Python 3! Sometimes it's just a small set of changes to support python 3 and testing on pypy is awesome, so thanks!…
wyldfire on HN
Performance gains in ECDSA signing
From 1 comment
Thanks! FYI, with pyca/cryptography 1.8 using your https://github.com/wbond/asn1crypto, Bit's ECDSA signing is >100 usec faster :)
ofek on HN
Objections
Generic name 'bit' is hard to search and unclear
From 2 comments
Am I the only one annoyed by the name? "Bit" isn't very useful or specific, yet it takes up a pretty big parking space.
notthemessiah on HNbitc would be a better name using a generic word as name would make it harder for search engine to rank your site
bedros on HN
Relies on bitpay rates API by default, a security risk
From 2 comments
Vulnerable if https://bitpay.com/api/rates gets hacked.
bbcbasic on HNI think that relying on it should be the default rather than an advanced option. Kind of like "locked down by default" that you'd want from a database that isn't mongodb.
bbcbasic on HN
Requests
Filter transactions by block height or confirmations
From 2 comments
Thanks for testing on pypy and for supporting Python 3! Sometimes it's just a small set of changes to support python 3 and testing on pypy is awesome, so thanks!…
wyldfire on HNNot yet, but limiting by # of confirmations is planned!
ofek on HN
Questions
What is a real-life use case
From 1 comment
So what is real life case for this ?
aikorevs on HN