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Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python

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Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781789537000

Length 90 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

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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Programming bitcoin with Python

In this section, we are going to introduce the following topics:

The Raspberry Pi Bitcoin tools library and how to start using it
How to generate private keys and public keys
How to create a simple bitcoin address from the private keys and public keys you generated

Note

To get started with bitcoin using Python, you must install Python 3.x and the bitcoin Python library called Pi Bitcoin tools in the system.

Pi Bitcoin tools library

To install the Pi Bitcoin tools library, open the command-line program and execute the following command:

pip install bitcoin

Note

The best thing about this library is that it does not need to have a bitcoin node on your computer in order for you to start using it.

This library connects to the bitcoin network and pulls data from places such as Blockchain.info.

We shall start by writing the equivalent of a Hello Worldprogram for bitcoin in Python. In the hello_bitcoin.py script, the demonstration of a new bitcoin address is created using 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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