JoinMarket NG backend for regtest environment

[m0wer]

Most functionality working!

TODO:

• sweep (tumbler)
• UTXO labels (cj-out displaying as deposit)

[theborakompanioni]

@m0wer Would it be possible to keep the joinmarket-clientserver as well and add jm-ng as an additional instance?

[m0wer]

@m0wer Would it be possible to keep the joinmarket-clientserver as well and add jm-ng as an additional instance?

Sure! That's actually what we have in the compatibility tests in the jm-ng repo (a mix of reference and ng makers and takers).

What would be your preferred setup? Leave the current 3 jm-ref instances and add a jm-ng one? What about the directory server? Anything else?

[theborakompanioni]

@m0wer Would it be possible to keep the joinmarket-clientserver as well and add jm-ng as an additional instance?

Sure! That's actually what we have in the compatibility tests in the jm-ng repo (a mix of reference and ng makers and takers).

What would be your preferred setup? Leave the current 3 jm-ref instances and add a jm-ng one? What about the directory server? Anything else?

Yeah, maybe just leave the three joinmarket-clientserver instances as is and just add two jm-ng ones. Ideally devs can change the primary backend via env vars and running npm run dev and npm run jm-ng:dev (or similar).
Regarding the directory server: Would also be nice to switch between them via env vars, but if that adds too much complexity, I am fine with running both or replacing it completely (I suppose the old setup works with your new directory server nicely..). What do you think? Any other recommendations?