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An API for rchain dapps to communicate with the blockchain
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npm package name: rchain? rchain-api? #22

Closed dckc closed 5 years ago

dckc commented 5 years ago

In #19, @crypto-coder suggests npm install --save rchain. @JoshOrndorff says he likes it.

Hmm... it seems like a land-grab, to me; are we really developing the rchain module?

Not that rchain-api was any less of a land-grab. Hmm...

JoshOrndorff commented 5 years ago

I think we're developing the rchain module for javascript. Taking that name doesn't preclude development of rchain.py or rchain.java. We could even pronounce the project "RChain JS".

The one situation I can imagine making me regret the land-grab is if someone wants to develop the actual node in javascript. But I think js would be pretty far down the list preferred languages for that.

JoshOrndorff commented 5 years ago

Although I'm certainly open to suggestions @dckc if you have something you like more.

dckc commented 5 years ago

Maybe rchain-client? Or rchain-sidecar?

I would think the rchain package for javascript would re-implement the rholang interpreter / compiler and the rest of the scala code.

I prefer less meaningful names that accrue their own reputation later rather than grabbing up front. (historical example: HTML Wilbur that later became HTML 3.2). Hmm... rchain-dapper for building dapps? Maybe rchain-tools? But that smells like a util package.

rchain-gang rchain-web rchain-connect

using some words from a bip39 generator: rchain-leaf rchain-bubble rchain-blossom rchain-panther

JoshOrndorff commented 5 years ago

panthR

JoshOrndorff commented 5 years ago

This issue was moved to rchain/rchain-api#4