diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 86166ae..45ea3bd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ [OpenTimestamps is a service which provides provable timestamping using the Bitcoin blockchain](https://petertodd.org/2016/opentimestamps-announcement) -This library is in very early stages and currently supports parsing and verification -of `.ots` files, but not serialization. Work needs to be done to support this, and -also to create documentation and examples. +This library is in early stages. It currently supports parsing and serialization +of `.ots` files, and can play them forward to compute the eventual hashes that +actually wind up in the chain. + +There is lots of remaining work to do as far as documentation and examples. + +A timestamp viewer using this library is available at [wpsoftware.net](https://www.wpsoftware.net/ots/). +Its [source code is here](https://github.com/apoelstra/ots-viewer). In `src/bin/ots_info.rs` there is a simple application that reads a `.ots` file and dumps its contents to stdout, as a basic usage example. It really just calls