bitcoins

Python Bitcoins for Humans.


License
Other
Install
pip install bitcoins==0.0.0

Documentation

Bitcoins: Cryptocurrency for Humans

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Bitcoins is an MIT licensed cryptocurrency library, written in Python, for human beings.

Nothing is complicated when it's in Python. Not even cryptocurrencies.

>>> bitcoins.get_difficulty()
2694047.952955
>>> bitcoins.get_block_count()
198975
>>> bitcoins.get_latest_hash()
'00000000000000B8FCF51939B5FFDC13686D560061E46935A5671501938008F1'
>>> bitcoins.get_block_hash(1337)
'000000008BF44A528A09D203203A6A97C165CF53A92ECC27AED0B49B86A19564'

Bitcoins is in early alpha. Use with caution.

Features

Bitcoins can currently retrieve the following stats through the BlockExplorer API:

  • Current difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty (highest target)
  • Number of blocks in the longest block chain (not including the genesis block)
  • Latest block hash
  • Block hash at a given height

Installation

To install bitcoins, simply:

$ pip install bitcoins

Or, if you have to:

$ easy_install bitcoins

But, you probably shouldn't do that.