What language would you use to build Bitcoin today?

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speedgoose · Accepted Answer

Obviously Whitespace : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_(programming_lang...But if my task is more specifically about fucking up the environment by wasting energy in datacenters, I would go with any JVM based programming language, like Java.

simonebrunozzi · Answer

As we might know, Bitcoin is written primarily in C++. This was probably a good choice back in 2009 or so.If you were to invent/build Bitcoin today, would you still use C++? Or else? And if else, why?

What language would you use to build Bitcoin today?

What language would you use to build Bitcoin today?

Obviously Whitespace : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_(programming_lang...
But if my task is more specifically about fucking up the environment by wasting energy in datacenters, I would go with any JVM based programming language, like Java.

As we might know, Bitcoin is written primarily in C++. This was probably a good choice back in 2009 or so.
If you were to invent/build Bitcoin today, would you still use C++? Or else? And if else, why?