Bug#838128: ITP: tmsp -- the Tendermint Socket Protocol

[Alessio Treglia <alessio@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Alessio Treglia <alessio@debian.org>

* Package name    : tmsp
  Version         : Git snapshot
  Upstream Author : the Tendermint project
* URL             : http://www.tendermint.com
* License         : Apache-2.0
  Programming Lang: Go
  Description     : Tendermint Socket Protocol


TMSP is a socket protocol enabling a blockchain consensus
engine, running in one process, to manage a blockchain
application state, running in another.

Blockchains are a system for creating shared multi-master
application state. If one wanted to create a Bitcoin-like
system on top of TMSP, Tendermint Core would be
responsible for:

- Sharing blocks and transactions between nodes
- Establishing a canonical/immutable order of
  transactions (the blockchain)

The application will be responsible for:

- Maintaining the Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO) database
- Validating cryptographic signatures of transactions
- Preventing transactions from spending non-existent
  transactions
- Allowing clients to query the UTXO database.



I'm planning to maintain this under the Debian Go
packaging team's umbrella.