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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)

Building and releasing bitcoin-enabled APIs

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

  • Introducing the 21.co marketplace
  • Getting started with the 21.co SDK
  • Starting to sell services for bitcoin

21.co marketplace

21.co is a platform that hosts a virtual marketplace where developers can create and sell microservices in return for bitcoin. For more information please refer to https://earn.com/.

We will demonstrate how to join this marketplace and sell microservices to earn bitcoin.

To do this, we will use 21.co's SDK.

21.co SDK

The 21.co SDK is currently...