We began this chapter with the introduction of Bitcoin installation, followed by some discussion on source code setup and setup of Bitcoin clients for various networks. After this, we examined various command-line options available in the Bitcoin client.
Finally, we also saw which APIs are available for Bitcoin programming and main points to keep in mind while evaluating APIs for usage.
In the next chapter, we will explore alternative coins that emerged after bitcoin. We will also examine in detail various properties and attributes associated with the alternative cryptocurrencies.
