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Inspiration

The inspiration behind this project came from the Bitcoin and Lightning Network developer community's need for a centralized resource that tracks BIP-352 implementation across various projects. Currently, developers have to manually search through repositories to identify which projects support Silent Payments, which is time-consuming and inefficient. We wanted to create an automated solution that provides this information in real-time, making it easier for the community to track adoption of this important privacy-enhancing technology.

What it does

The BIP-352 Support Tracker automatically scans popular Bitcoin and Lightning Network repositories to determine their level of BIP-352 (Silent Payments) support. It analyzes code, documentation, issues, and pull requests to classify projects into three categories: "Supported," "In Progress," or "Not Supported." The results are compiled into a user-friendly markdown table that is automatically updated daily, providing developers with a single source of truth for BIP-352 adoption across the ecosystem.

How we built it

We built the BIP-352 Support Tracker using:

Python with the PyGithub library to interact with the GitHub API A custom detection algorithm that searches for BIP-352 references in repository code, READMEs, issues, and pull requests GitHub Actions for automated daily updates, ensuring the data stays current without manual intervention Markdown for presenting results in an easily readable format Optional HTML/JavaScript frontend for more interactive visualization of the data

The system is designed to be extensible, allowing new repositories to be added easily and detection patterns to be refined as BIP-352 implementations mature.