Coinbase Launches Toshi, a Free Bitcoin API for Developers
Coinbase has released Toshi, a free API toolkit for bitcoin app developers that runs on a full bitcoin node backed by a SQL database. With the initial launch, Coinbase joins a growing number of bitcoin companies seeking to provide friendly APIs for app developers, including the Boost VC-backed BlockCypher, Barry Silbert-funded Chain and newly capitalized Gem. Speaking to CoinDesk, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong framed his company's latest offering as a boon for developers who will be able to build web applications and businesses on a free, hosted version of Toshi. Armstrong told CoinDesk:....
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BitPay isn't the only company having some fun with open source projects. San Francisco-based Coinbase announced Wednesday the launch of a new project called Toshi (most likely after Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin's creator). Toshi is an open source bitcoin node designed for developers. In short, the software makes it simpler for developers to build their web applications, and it's 100 percent compatible with Bitcoin Core. Or as Coinbase says, Toshi is an API to query blockchain data. It's written in Ruby, and it's using the PostgreSQL database. Developers will find that querying blockchain data....
Coinbase recently announced it was organizing the second Coinbase Bitcoin Hackathon, the Bithack V2. Along with this announcement, the Coinbase team also revealed the launch of the developer portal which provides information and documentation for all of Coinbase's APIs. The Hackathon is a distributed, six-week competition, open to anyone who is willing to participate. This gives the chance for developers from around the world to build bitcoin-integrated applications and to submit them for consideration. Developers will be able to access the Coinbase API to develop new applications to....
Online Bitcoin marketplace Coinbase has announced the launch of API v2 developer platform for Bitcoin applications. In a blog post, the company said, "We're excited to announce the release of Coinbase API v2, now in "general availability." We introduced API v2 into developer preview two months ago and received great feedback and suggestions from the community. Since then, our API team has been busy adding new features and endpoints and refining the API." Build Your Bitcoin Applications with API v2. The final versionof API v2 can now be used by all developers and merchants to build their....
U.S. customers can now apply for the Coinbase Visa, a card that allows users to spend digital assets anywhere Visa is accepted. In addition to the U.S. launch, Coinbase cardholders will be able to earn up to 4% back in stellar or 1% back in bitcoin. A while back, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency firm Coinbase launched the Coinbase Visa debit card for European customers. Coinbase disclosed that the card is now being leveraged in 30 different countries within the UK and Europe. On Wednesday, the company announced that American residents can now register for the crypto card.....
Free TON, a decentralized international community of developers and enthusiasts, have launched a brand-new contest to rework the Wikipedia Governance model, and there are thousands of dollars worth of rewards on offer. Freecyclopedia Wikipedia currently boasts over twenty-one million individual articles, and while many last minute homework reports may have been saved by the dusty halls of these hallowed community moderated forums, the way in which we verify information is evolving. As a cornerstone of internet information databases, it is vital that the way in which Wikipedia works, stays....