© Harris Brakmić 2019
H. BrakmićBitcoin and Lightning Network on Raspberry Pihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5522-3_8

8. Bitcoin Practice

Harris Brakmić1 
(1)
Troisdorf, Germany
 

In this chapter we will learn how to automate Bitcoin’s daemon with systemd,1 a software suite that provides service management facilities. It will help us create Raspberry Nodes that are more resilient to failures. We will also learn to communicate with Bitcoin nodes by utilizing packages and libraries written in Python and JavaScript. Although Bitcoin offers an easy-to-use graphical wallet, the real power lies in services that run behind it. The knowledge about its interfaces and commands should be part of every proper crypto-toolbelt. We will also learn to build our ...

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