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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)

Manipulating and visualizing bitcoin price data

In this section, we will introduce the following topics:

  • Getting set up for data analysis
  • Getting, reading in, and cleaning bitcoin price data
  • Exploring, manipulating, and visualizing the cleaned-up data
We first need to install several Python libraries, which includes installing the pandas module for reading in data, and also doing some exploratory analysis. We'll also be installing matplotlib for creating plots and charts, as well as Jupyter Notebooks, as they are the best for this kind of work involving data analysis.