Bitcore - Open Source Developer Tools for the Bitcoin Network

BitPay has recently created Bitcore, based on removing centralized API systems and allows apps to interact directly with the Bitcoin network itself. This allows apps to continue working even if the server hosting the API goes down, and allows more decentralization. Bitcore uses node.js, which is a Javascript runtime. A simple command is needed to install Bitcore: npm install bitcore. Bitcore. While Bitcore does not necessarly transform app building into a simple copy and paste, it does allow pre-set commands to be shown easier than before. Bitcore is a fork of the three year-old....

April 16, 2014 – Atlanta, GA – BitPay, the world leader in business solutions for Bitcoin digital currency, is excited to announce that Bitcore, a complete, native interface to the Bitcoin network has achieved 100% compatibility with the Bitcoin Core test data. Since the launch of the Bitcore open-source project in February of 2014, BitPay has been working hard at achieving full compatibility. These test confirm that bitcore correctly handles all of the test input data in the same way as the Bitcoin reference client, Bitcoin Core. Bitcore is a community effort and adding tests will greatly....

Atlanta, Georgia-based bitcoin processor BitPay has announced the beta launch of Bitcore, a new open-source project that it says will allow app developers to more easily build projects on the bitcoin network. Bitcore represents a break from BitPay's processor plugins, as the JavaScript library is designed not for merchants, but to encourage "more developers to build software that interfaces directly with the real bitcoin network". BitPay broke the news via blog post, stating: "At BitPay, we believe that developers contemplating new Bitcoin projects should not have to resort to using....

Atlanta-based BitPay today announced the launch of Bitcore, an open-source JavaScript library that allows developers to interact with the bitcoin protocol in any form they see fit. "At BitPay, we believe that developers contemplating new Bitcoin projects should not have to resort to using proprietary APIs hosted on services running closed software," the company wrote on their blog. "To encourage more developers to build software that interfaces directly with the real bitcoin network, we are launching Bitcore." From the post: Like several other companies and projects, BitPay created an....

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - February 21, 2014 - BitPay, a provider of business solutions for virtual currencies announced its participation as a premier sponsor at the LAUNCH Hackathon 2014 in San Francisco, CA. The event begins on Friday, February 21, 2014 at the San Francisco Design Center. LAUNCH Hackathon is a global effort being held in conjunction with The Startup Weekend and Up Global, with attendees competing for over $2 million in investment and many other prizes. Over 1,000 developers will be competing in the 48-hour Hackathon, which aims at encouraging additional development of....