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Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python

By : BignumWorks Software LLP
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Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python

By: BignumWorks Software LLP

Overview of this book

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that’s changing the face of online payments. Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python teaches you to build software applications for mining and creating Bitcoins using Python. This book starts with the basics of both Bitcoin and blockchain and gives you an overview of these inherent concepts by showing you how to build Bitcoin-driven applications with Python. Packed with clear instructions and practical examples, you will learn to understand simple Python coding examples that work with this cryptocurrency. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to mine Bitcoins, accept Bitcoin payments on the app, and work with the basics of blockchain technology to create simply distributed ledgers.

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Table of Contents (6 chapters)
Preface
Preface
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Getting Started with Bitcoin
Getting Started with Bitcoin
Introduction to bitcoin and blockchains
Getting a bitcoin wallet
Getting and sending bitcoins
Summary
2
Programming Bitcoin and Blockchain with Python
Programming Bitcoin and Blockchain with Python
Programming bitcoin with Python
Creating a multisignature bitcoin address
Blockchain API programming with Python
Installing the Blockchain.info Python library
Learning to mine bitcoin
How to mine bitcoin
Increasing difficulty in mining bitcoin
Summary
3
Earning Bitcoin Programmatically
Earning Bitcoin Programmatically
Accepting bitcoin on your website
Building and releasing bitcoin-enabled APIs
Selling microservices on the 21.co marketplace
Building a bitcoin trading bot
Triggering the bitcoin trade advice alert
How to get a current bid and asking price for bitcoin
Summary
4
Bitcoin Data Analysis
Bitcoin Data Analysis
Manipulating and visualizing bitcoin price data
Getting set up for data analysis
Getting, reading in, and cleaning bitcoin price data
Exploring, manipulating, and visualizing the cleaned-up data
Exploring bitcoin transaction graphs
Collecting and analyzing Bitcoin Dice game data
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Programming Bitcoin and Blockchain with Python

This chapter focuses on using Raspberry Pi Bitcoin tools to program bitcoin with Python and interacting with Blockchain APIs programmatically. The reader will also get a general idea of the process of mining bitcoin and its initial stages.

In this chapter, we will learn about the following topics:

  • Programming bitcoin using Python
  • Creating a multisignature bitcoin address
  • Blockchain API programming with Python
  • Installing the Blockchain.info
  • Python library
  • Learning to mine bitcoin
  • How to mine bitcoin
  • Increasing difficulties in mining bitcoins
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