> Both the original creator and the current developers are typically against re-implementations, with good reason. That is not true. Gavin Andressen supports a

> Both the original creator and the current developers are typically against re-implementations, with good reason. That is not true. Gavin Andressen supports alternate implementations. Take the following quote [1]: "Diversity is a good thing. Diverse, inter-operating implementations of the Bitcoin protocol make the network more robust against software bugs, denial-of-service attacks, and vulnerabilities. There are several projects re-implementing Bitcoin; if you are a Java or Go or Python or C programmer who wants to see Bitcoin succeed, you should consider helping them out by reviewing, testing, or contributing patches." He then goes on to list several alternatives, including btcd. [1] https://bitcoinfoundation.org/blog/?p=204 https://bitcoinfoundation.org/blog/?p=204