The best Bitcoin Core alternatives
3 tools that do a similar job to Bitcoin Core, 3 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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Bitcoin CoreSoftware that runs a full Bitcoin node: it downloads and checks the whole Bitcoin network's history itself.
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Anoma
Open source · MIT · ★ 33.6k
Reference implementation of the Anoma protocol, written in Elixir, for running a node.
Best for: Developers who want to read or contribute to a reference implementation of the Anoma protocol; Engineers studying distributed systems or peer-to-peer node software written in Elixir
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Ciphey
Open source · MIT · ★ 21.7k
Paste encoded or encrypted text and it works out the layers and shows the plaintext, no key needed.
Best for: CTF players working through encoding puzzles; Security students learning common ciphers and encodings
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Dogecoin Core
Open source · MIT · ★ 15.2k
Open-source software for running a Dogecoin cryptocurrency node and wallet.
Best for: People who want to run their own Dogecoin node rather than rely on a third party; Developers building tools that talk to Dogecoin via its JSON-RPC API
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Bitcoin Core. We don't take payment for placement.