Bitcoin on Raspberry Pi 3 and Pi Zero

PART I: Enter Bitcoin

CHAPTER 1: What is Bitcoin?

CHAPTER 2: Bitcoin Technology

CHAPTER 3: Preparing Raspberry Pi

CHAPTER 4: Running Bitcoin

PART II: Using Bitcoin

CHAPTER 5: Bitcoin Core Wallet

CHAPTER 7: Bitcoin Script

CHAPTER 8: Practical Bitcoin Examples

PART III: Using Lightning Network

CHAPTER 9: Introduction to the Lightning Network

CHAPTER 10: Lightning Nodes with c-lightning

CHAPTER 11: Lightning Nodes with LND

CHAPTER 12: Lightning Network Web Apps

APPENDIX A: Reference Tables

APPENDIX B: Dummy Text

Harris Brakmic is a senior software engineer from Germany. He has experience working C#, Java, JavaScript, Angular, React, and NodeJS. Occasionally he has worked on projects targeting Android and iOS platforms. He discovered Bitcoin a few years ago, but decided to approach it differently. While most people working in the cryptocurrency space were looking for quick gains, Harris ignored the whole monetary component and concentrated on learning Ethereum’s programming language. Ethereum itself is an alternative blockchain implementation that unlike Bitcoin script offers a turing-complete programming language, Solidity. Gaining a solid understanding of the programming behind cryptocurrency in general, he returned to Bitcoin to see what he could do with the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.

Compile and run Bitcoin full nodes, lightning nodes, and user-friendly web-apps that help abstract the complexities of Bitcoin. This book not only explains the tools and techniques to help readers build their own banks and banking apps, but it also tells a story. Starting with the origins of Bitcoin—what it is and why we need it—find out what its strengths and limitations are. Understand the nature of mining and why so much energy is put into it. The blockchain itself will be reviewed, as well, and compared to other options such as a normal SQL database or a simple spreadsheet.

With this book, you can control Bitcoin wallets via RPC commands on a Raspberry Pi. Configure, compile, and run two implementation of the Lightning Network-compatible daemons: LND and c-lightning. And employ user-friendly web apps that abstract the complexities of Bitcoin/Lightning-Network.

What You'll Learn

• Control Bitcoin wallets via console RPC commands
• Run two implementation of the Lightning Network compatible daemons
• Simplify the complexities of Bitcoin and the Lightning network with user-friendly web apps