Re: [bitcoin-dev] I want to rebuild the GUI in JavaScript

2020-01-16 Thread M.K. Safi via bitcoin-dev
Thank you for the feedback Jonas. It was helpful. I'll take this topic off list since this is probably not the right place for it, but just for those who emailed me asking about how to follow the progress, I've been working on a proof-of-concept over the last month and published it here:

Re: [bitcoin-dev] I want to rebuild the GUI in JavaScript

2019-11-23 Thread Daniel Edgecumbe via bitcoin-dev
You may find my (incomplete) front-end of interest: https://bitcoin.electronrelocation.com The live demo is backed by a -disablewallet node, but it was able to accept payments and send them via QR codes before I stopped development. The source is available via AGPLv3.

Re: [bitcoin-dev] I want to rebuild the GUI in JavaScript

2019-11-23 Thread Jonas Schnelli via bitcoin-dev
Hi This is probably the wrong place to discuss that (OT). > I’d like to try to rebuild Bitcoin Core GUI using the JavaScript Electron > framework. My goal is to get a real world understanding of the pros and cons > of moving from Qt to Electron. There is a relatively new Bitcoin Core Github

Re: [bitcoin-dev] I want to rebuild the GUI in JavaScript

2019-11-23 Thread Oscar Lafarga via bitcoin-dev
Hi MK, I very much share your interests and curiosities here and actually don't have an answer on whether it's been tried before. One of the few things I am imagining is that given the security-focused nature of the Bitcoin Core software, any vulnerabilities in the way NPM handles the

[bitcoin-dev] I want to rebuild the GUI in JavaScript

2019-11-23 Thread M.K. Safi via bitcoin-dev
I’d like to try to rebuild Bitcoin Core GUI using the JavaScript Electron framework. My goal is to get a real world understanding of the pros and cons of moving from Qt to Electron. Before I start, I‘d like to know if this has been tried before or if there are ongoing efforts in this direction by