Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Tutorial using Python
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Tutorial using Python Introduction Blockchain and Cryptocurrency are the two most popular buzz words in the technology industry today. Blockchain is the technology on which the most popular Cryptocurrency Bitcoin is built upon. I was searching online for a tutorial to understand about Blockchain and how it is used in cryptocurrencies, but I could not find simple examples, hence I decided to come up with this post. In this post, we will understand about Blockchain by building our own cryptocurrency, that I have named as Alpha, using Python. Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Blockchain in simple terms is a chain of blocks or a list of records. It is an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way and it cannot be edited. In a broader sense it is a domain and a technology. Cryptocurrency is one of the practica...