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Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python

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Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2018

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ISBN-13 9781789537000

Length 90 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

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Bitcoin

Concepts

Cryptocurrency

Author (1):

Harish Garg

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. Getting Started with Bitcoin FREE CHAPTER

2. Programming Bitcoin and Blockchain with Python

3. Earning Bitcoin Programmatically

4. Bitcoin Data Analysis

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Index

How to mine bitcoin

There is also plenty of bitcoin mining software available, which can run on any machine. However, it may not be as efficient anymore. For example, let's go to http://www.bitcoinx.com/bitcoin-mining-software/ for a long list of such software. They can run on all kinds of operating systems: Windows, Linux, and macOS. There are UI-based bitcoin miners, as well as command-line-based bitcoin miners—for example, Pyminer, which is an implementation in Python.

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Authors (1)

Harish Garg

Harish Garg

BignumWorks Software LLP is an India-based software consultancy that provides consultancy services in the area of software development and technical training. Our domain expertise includes web, mobile, cloud app development, data science projects, in-house software training services, and up-skilling services

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