In this chapter, we shall begin the construction of the Helium cryptocurrency. Our implementation is going to include all of the features that you expect in a production-quality cryptocurrency. Helium is modeled after Bitcoin, which is the canonical standard. We will implement Helium in Python. Python is a simple yet powerful language whose syntax is lucid and exceptionally easy to understand. Python is an ideal language for clearly exposing the algorithms and techniques that constitute the backbone of a cryptocurrency. The downside of using ...
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K. S. GarewalPractical Blockchains and Cryptocurrencieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5893-4_77. The Helium Cryptocurrency Project
Karan Singh Garewal1
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