Harish Kumar Garg - Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python: Build powerful online payment centric applications with Python

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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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In this book, you will be introduced to Bitcoin and Blockchain, and how to take part in the Bitcoin ecosystem. You will learn about Bitcoin and its features, Blockchain, and how both can work together. You'll also learn how to use Pi Bitcoin tools to program Bitcoin with Python. You will learn about interacting with Blockchain APIs programmatically with Python, and about Bitcoin mining and how to get started with it. We will also explore Bitcoin trading bots. This book also deals with exploring and analyzing the tremendous amount of data being generated in the Bitcoin ecosystem; how to get, clean, manipulate, and visualize Bitcoin price data; and how to analyze a Bitcoin dice game's data using Python's data analysis tools.

, Getting Started with Bitcoin , introduces Bitcoin and Blockchain, and how to take part in the Bitcoin ecosystem. We will learn about Bitcoin and its features, Blockchain, how both work together, and what the differences between them are. Also, we will explore how to get a Bitcoin wallet and how to start using it, along with how to send and spend Bitcoin.

, Programming Bitcoin and Blockchain with Python , explores Bitcoin and Blockchain API's programmatically. Also, we will learn how to get started with mining Bitcoin.

, Earning Bitcoin Programmatically , demonstrates how to start accepting Bitcoin as a payment method. We will also learn how to build and sell API-based microservices to earn Bitcoin and explore Bitcoin trading bots.

, Bitcoin Data Analysis , explores and analyzes the tremendous amount of data being generated in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Anyone with some Python experience who wants to explore Python Bitcoin programming and start building Bitcoin-driven Python apps will benefit from this book.

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