Bitcoin full node and query server

Oct 28, 2025

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evoskuil21:17
Having moved on from that, it was time to tackle integration with the network layer. We have socket/proxy abstractions now for complete serialization and deserialization of boost::beast::http request/response types. These are not polymorphic, but instead duck-typed using common outer templates. The http header parse/serialize and containing object is common across the various types, which include (TCP is for p2p): 
    /// TCP.
    /// -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /// Read fixed-size TCP message from the remote endpoint into buffer.
    virtual void read(const asio::mutable_buffer& buffer,
        count_handler&& handler) NOEXCEPT;

    /// Send a complete TCP message to the remote endpoint.
    virtual void write(const asio::const_buffer& payload,
        count_handler&& handler) NOEXCEPT;

    /// HTTP Readers.
    /// -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /// Read full http variant request from the socket, using provided buffer.
    virtual void read(http::flat_buffer& buffer, http::request& request,
        count_handler&& handler) NOEXCEPT;

    /// Read full http string request from the socket, using provided buffer.
    virtual void read(http::flat_buffer& buffer, http::string_request& request,
        count_handler&& handler) NOEXCEPT;

    /// Read full http json request from the socket, using provided buffer.
    virtual void read(http::flat_buffer& buffer, http::json_request& request,
        count_handler&& handler) NOEXCEPT;

    /// HTTP Writers.
    /// -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /// Write full http variant response to the socket (json buffer in body).
    virtual void write(http::response& response,
        count_handler&& handler) NOEXCEPT;

    /// Write full http string response to the socket.
    virtual void write(http::string_response& response,
        count_handler&& handler) NOEXCEPT;

    /// Write full http json response to the socket (serialize buffer in body).
    virtual void write(http::json_response& response,
        count_handler&& handler) NOEXCEPT;

    /// Write full http data response to the socket.
    virtual void write(http::data_response& response,
        count_handler&& handler) NOEXCEPT;

    /// Write full http file response to the socket.
    virtual void write(http::file_response& response,
        count_handler&& handler) NOEXCEPT;