txt: ## dist_cpan-DONPDONP-BlkMeV.md
  the bitcoin protocol in perl6, because why not.
  
  ## 
  
  run from source
  
  ```
  $ git clone https://github.com/donpdonp/blkmev
  Cloning into 'blkmev'...
  remote: Counting objects: 451, done.
  remote: Compressing objects: 100% (268/268), done.
  remote: Total 451 (delta 240), reused 363 (delta 152), pack-reused 0
  Receiving objects: 100% (451/451), 88.04 KiB | 117.00 KiB/s, done.
  Resolving deltas: 100% (240/240), done.
  Checking connectivity... done.
  $ cd blkmev
  $ zef install .
  ===> Testing: BlkMev
  ===> Testing [OK] for BlkMev
  ===> Installing: BlkMev
  
  1 bin/ script [blkmev] installed to:
  ~/.rakudobrew/moar-2018.04.1/install/share/perl6/site/bin
  
  ```
  
  ## 
  
  `blkmev <bitcoin|bitcoincash|litecoin|dogecoin> [seed peer]`
  
  ```
  $ ./bin/blkmev dogecoin
  * pool new client dogecoin {:host("seed.multidoge.org")}. pool size 1
  * connecting dogecoin seed.multidoge.org:22556
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] -> VERSION 1100004 BlkMev:dogecoin block height 2150000 payload len 100
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] command: VERSION (105 bytes)
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] /Shibetoshi:1.10.0/ version #70004 height #2220526
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] -> VERACK
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] command: VERACK (0 bytes)
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] command: PING (8 bytes)
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] -> pong d012d0c672c01404
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] command: GETHEADERS (1093 bytes)
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] command: INV (37 bytes)
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] TX 4b5f4c7b23d52ff2c7ca6a7aec7ee66923f3887d2a306b249921926ad00a3a9d mempool#1
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] command: ADDR (30003 bytes)
  176.31.106.41 [dogecoin] peers: [20:01:00:00:9d:38:6a:bd:08:5f:17:ed:23:12:a0:19] 22556 ... 1000 peer addresses
  
  ```
  
  ## roadmap
  
  * build hashlock/timelock transactions and watch the mempool as the atomic swap process progresses.
  