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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
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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
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
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...

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