From a development standpoint, I appreciate it from the concept of a clean refactor implementing current bitcoind features (vs. layered on over time), seemingly well-written and commented code, and introducing a heterogeneity to the bitcoin daemon world - making it a bit more resilient (potentially) against future attacks against the infrastructure.
https://blog.conformal.com/btcd-a-bitcoind-alternative-writt...
* integrated test infrastructure
* no active memory management
* standard formatting
* platform independent code
* simpler parallelism
* virtually crash-proof
* built-in profiling and documentation facilities
From a development standpoint, I appreciate it from the concept of a clean refactor implementing current bitcoind features (vs. layered on over time), seemingly well-written and commented code, and introducing a heterogeneity to the bitcoin daemon world - making it a bit more resilient (potentially) against future attacks against the infrastructure.