Bitcoin application development

Build applications
on Bitcoin.

Libraries, a developer guide and hands-on tutorials to help you build bitcoin-enabled applications for mobile, desktop and server.

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Dart · Flutter · Java · Kotlin

Two blocks in time order. Transaction b1 in block b has an input that spends the output of transaction a1 in block a. timeprevBlock aBlock bTx a1Tx a2Tx a3Tx a4Tx b1Tx b2outputoutputoutputoutputinputoutputUnspent outputSpent outputTransaction input
Every transaction spends outputs that earlier transactions created.

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Learn how Bitcoin works, then build on it.

Developer Guide

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Build a deeper understanding of Bitcoin's internals: the structure, architecture and higher-level abstractions that exist within the Bitcoin system.

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Tutorials

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Practical, hands-on video tutorials with source code on GitHub. Each one is short, solution-oriented and covers a specific tool, technique or data structure.

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“In general, bitcoin programming consists entirely of building, broadcasting and parsing Transactions.”
Developer Guide · TransactionsStart with Transactions

Libraries and tools

Open-source libraries for bitcoin-enabled applications.

Dart · FlutterDartSVBuild cross-platform Bitcoin applications for mobile, desktop and server, with a fluent Transaction Builder to verify, construct and manipulate transactions.Java · Kotlin · JVMBitcoin4JValidate, construct, parse and manipulate Bitcoin transactions from any JVM language: Java, Kotlin, Scala or Clojure.Dart · SPV walletlibspiffyAn actor-based SPV wallet library for Dart, with event-sourced wallets, BEEF payments validated by Merkle proof, ARC broadcast and payment channels.Dart · token scriptslibtokensvToken scripts for libspiffy wallets. Create and transfer PushDrop overlay tokens and the TSL1 lineage tokens, and talk to BSV overlay services.