Re: [Bitcoin-development] Where do I start?

[Thomas Kerin <me@thomaskerin.io>]

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When dealing with any of the libraries or API's it's helps to know
what's going on under the hood. I find these pages to be invaluable.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transactions
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_specification
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script

On 30/04/15 11:28, Jorge Timón wrote:
> Well, if you're interested in learning java while learning bitcoin,
> probably you should be looking at https://github.com/bitcoinj/bitcoinj
> or one of its related project (like the android bitcoin wallet based
> on it).
> There's a getting sterted page: https://bitcoinj.github.io/#getting-started
>
> These links my be useful too:
>
> https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-for-developers
> https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-documentation
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Telephone Lemien
> <lemientelephone@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I'm a beginner in Bitcoin and I want to know, what are things those allo me
>> to understand Bitcoin protocol and make progress in java to become a good
>> developper.
>> Please tell me how I can begin.
>> Best regards
>>
>> 2015-04-30 10:08 GMT+02:00 Jorge Timón <jtimon@jtimon.cc>:
>>> As Mike says it depends on your interests. But one thing that is almost
>>> always welcomed is improving the tests, and it is unlikely that it conflicts
>>> with other people's PRs (unless they're changing that part of the code and
>>> need to update those tests. Improving documentation is also good and you can
>>> do that while reading the code. Usually I just start cloning, compiling and
>>> changing things as I read, "if I understand this correctly, this change
>>> should not break the tests, if I understand this, this other change should
>>> break the build", etc.
>>> But again, is up to you.
>>>
>>> On Apr 16, 2015 2:34 PM, "Mike Hearn" <mike@plan99.net> wrote:
>>>> Hey Gabe,
>>>>
>>>> That's diving into the deep end for sure! :)
>>>>> What are some current things that are lacking in Bitcoin core? Or am I
>>>>> better off making something else for the ecosystem?
>>>> That depends on your interests.
>>>>
>>>> Many of the highest priority tasks in Bitcoin Core are rather
>>>> complicated, unfortunately, even for people with experience. You can consult
>>>> the issue tracker to get a feel for it.
>>>>
>>>> Alternatively, there are lots of wallet apps out there and plenty of more
>>>> straightforward projects on them. However they may have less of a research
>>>> flavour.
>>>>
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