That helps a lot.  Right now puzzling out how to get a peer added but at 
least I am looking at stuff that is relevant.  Thanks.

// current prototype in the Kotlin programming language
val networkParameters = TestNet3Params.get()
val fullStoreDepth = 10 // let's just start with the first 10 blocks
val blockStore = MemoryFullPrunedBlockStore(networkParameters, 
fullStoreDepth)
val chain = FullPrunedBlockChain(networkParameters, blockStore)
val peerGroup = PeerGroup(networkParameters, chain)
val dnsDiscovery = DnsDiscovery(networkParameters)
peerGroup.addPeerDiscovery(dnsDiscovery); // I expected this to add the 
peers automatically, must be missing something
peerGroup.start()
peerGroup.downloadBlockChain()  // looks like this just waits for a peer to 
show up
println(blockStore.chainHeadHeight)
println(peerGroup.connectedPeers.size)

On Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 1:36:18 AM UTC-8 Andreas Schildbach wrote:

> There are a few examples and tools that operate with the protocol 
> directly, without any wallet.
>
> Classes to look at are Peer and PeerGroup, and the entire Message 
> hierarchy.
>
>
>
> On 21/11/2021 09.46, Sean Shubin wrote:
> > Just started looking at bitcoinj.  I am familiar with the bitcoin data 
> > structure, and want to write applications that analyze the blockchain 
> > data, so I am looking for a library that lets me interact with the 
> > bitcoin protocol directly.  Does bitcoinj have that capability or is it 
> > only a higher level library for managing wallets?  For my first 
> > prototype I intend to load the first 5000 blocks and compute for myself 
> > how many satoshi’s are at each address.  I have already found the 
> > getGenesisBlock method on the NetworkParameters class, but am having 
> > trouble finding out how to get the next block without creating a 
> > WalletAppKit and loading the previous 2,104,841 blocks off the test net 
> > from the BlockStore.  That seems like the wrong direction.  I am hoping 
> > someone already familiar with bitcoinj  can point me in the right 
> > direction regarding which classes I should be looking at first, without 
> > all the noise of capabilities I don’t need at the moment.
> > 
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