Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python

This is the code repository for Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python, published by Packt.

Build powerful online payment centric applications with Python

What is this book about?

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 covers the following exciting features:

• Master the Bitcoin APIs in Python to manipulate Bitcoin from your Python apps
• Build your own Bitcoin trading bots to buy Bitcoins at a lower price and sell them at a higher price
• Write scripts to process Bitcoin payments through a website or app
• Develop software for Bitcoin mining to create Bitcoin currency on your own computer hardware
• Create your own keys, addresses, and wallets in Python code

If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!

Instructions and Navigations

All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.

The code will look like the following:

# Generate Public Key
my_public_key = privtopub(my_private_key)
print("Public Key: %s\n" % my_public_key)

Following is what you need for this book: Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python consists of examples that will teach you to build your own Bitcoin application. You will learn to write scripts, build software for mining, and create Bitcoins using Python. Anyone with prior Python experience, who wants to explore Python Bitcoin programming and start building Bitcoin-driven Python apps, will find this book useful.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-4).

Software and Hardware List

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.

Related products

• Blockchain Quick Reference [Packt] [Amazon]

• Ethereum Projects for Beginners [Packt] [Amazon]

Get to Know the Author

Harish Kumar Garg Harish Kumar Garg founder of BignumWorks Software LLP, is a data scientist and a lead software developer with 17 years' experience in the software industry. BignumWorks Software LLP is an India-based software consultancy that provides consultancy services in the area of software development and technical training. Harish has worked for McAfee and Intel for over 11 years. He is an expert in creating data visualizations using R, Python, and web-based visualization libraries.

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