Coinbase Launches Final Version of API v2 for Bitcoin App Developers
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....
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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....
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....
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued a new statement indicating Coinbase has not yet secured a license to operate in New York. The remarks, relayed by a spokesman to The New York Times, suggest that the department, which is currently working on a final version of its BitLicense regulation, is still in talks with Coinbase about its legal status in the state, but that no decisions have been finalized. The NYDFS spokesman said: "We are working with several companies, including Coinbase, on licensing and will continue to move forward expeditiously. That said,....
Bitcoin exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has acquired the team behind content-sharing platforms Kippt and Inc, headed by Jori Lallo and Karri Saarinen. Coinbase says it has known the two for quite some time and they have already collaborated on some projects, both formally and informally. "Both will be joining our product team to help us continue to make bitcoin easy to use for the everyday consumer, merchant, and developer," Coinbase said in its blog. Coinbase welcomes the Kippt team - I'm excited to announce that we've acquired the team behind Kippt and... http://t.co/tOK4bYmqie. -....