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andkom/php-bcdatastream
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A simple stream implementation in PHP for reading/writing binary data in Bitcoin protocol.

1.1.0(7y ago)319142MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Sep 7Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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A simple stream implementation in PHP for reading/writing binary data in Bitcoin protocol.

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~4 days

Total

2

Last Release

2796d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ec653e6695015eb0781b3b4fbd07e72b67ea8969b38a922ceb8011a0f60900f6?d=identicon)[andkom](/maintainers/andkom)

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Top Contributors

[![andkom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/150830?v=4)](https://github.com/andkom "andkom (4 commits)")

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Tags

bitcoinbitcoin-protocolbitcoindphpphp-librarystreambinarybitcoin

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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