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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.
Table of Contents (6 chapters)

Accepting bitcoin on your website

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

  • How to enable bitcoin payment on our websites
  • Introduction to BitPay, a third-party bitcoin API service
  • How to generate a bitcoin payment button
  • How to add a bitcoin payment button to our website

There are a lot of third-party APIs that are available on the web that enable developers to start accepting bitcoin for products or services on their website quickly. One of the most popular ones is BitPay.

Introduction to BitPay

BitPay can be used to accept payment in a lot of different ways, including the following:

  • You can use bitcoin to accept online payments on e-commerce websites
  • Integrate bitcoin with a lot of different e-commerce...