Summary
In this chapter, we looked at Bitcoin payments and payment processors, along with some important Bitcoin innovations, which included topics such as BIPs and advanced Bitcoin protocols.
The chapter continued with an introduction to Bitcoin installation, followed by a discussion on source code setup and how to set up Bitcoin clients for various networks. After this, we examined various command-line options available in Bitcoin clients. Lastly, we saw which APIs are available for Bitcoin programming and the main points to keep in mind while evaluating APIs for usage.
In the next chapter, we’ll introduce smart contracts, which are an integral element of programmable blockchains and allow programmers to write programs that are stored on blockchain and implement business logic on the chain.
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