README.md

BLOCKSET

The blockset application is a command line program that can store and retrieve data blocks using a content-dependent tree (CDT) hash function as a universal address of the blocks.

Articles:

• BLOCKSET v0.6,
• Content Dependent Tree.

Prerequisites

• Rust.
• For Windows, you may need Visual C++. You can get either
  • by installing Microsoft C++ Build Tools,
  • or adding Desktop development with C++ to Visual Studio.

Installation

To install the latest stable version from crates.io, run:

cargo install blockset

To install the current version from the main branch, run:

cargo install --git https://github.com/datablockset/blockset

To unininstall the blockset, run:

cargo uninstall blockset

Command line interface.

For Developers

Internal documentation: https://blockset.pages.dev/.

Best practices

• Make it simple.
• Avoid unsafe code. Currently, we don't have unsafe code.
• No I/O is allowed in a library. We have 100% code coverage.
• Make const functions if possible.
• Avoid using macros. Allowed macros: derive, cfg, test, assert.., wasm_bindgen_test.
• Avoid using third-party dependencies, especially if they use I/O directly.